I used monday.com a few years ago. Back then it was called "dapulse". Thank goodness for the name change. I felt silly every time I said it.
I don't remember exactly how their philosophy differs from all the other project management tools. I just remember really wanting to like it because of how clean it was, but not really being able to. I think it required too much setup and customization for my liking. Kind of like how Jira is super customizable, but you have to put a lot of work in to getting something that works really well. My team ended up switching back to just using Github issues/projects/milestones.
I completely agree with what you said about the human component being the most important part. I've never had any success using a project management tool with a team that is unwilling to put forth the effort to maintain it. On the other hand, I've had great success using less-than-perfect tools with a team that is willing to keep it organized. Right now my team is using Gitlab as our project management tool. There are a few things that bother me with how Gitlab does issue tracking. However, it is working phenomenally for us since everyone helps keep it organized.
I don't remember exactly how their philosophy differs from all the other project management tools. I just remember really wanting to like it because of how clean it was, but not really being able to. I think it required too much setup and customization for my liking. Kind of like how Jira is super customizable, but you have to put a lot of work in to getting something that works really well. My team ended up switching back to just using Github issues/projects/milestones.
I completely agree with what you said about the human component being the most important part. I've never had any success using a project management tool with a team that is unwilling to put forth the effort to maintain it. On the other hand, I've had great success using less-than-perfect tools with a team that is willing to keep it organized. Right now my team is using Gitlab as our project management tool. There are a few things that bother me with how Gitlab does issue tracking. However, it is working phenomenally for us since everyone helps keep it organized.