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Add Kanban support to Jira with GreenHopper
Kanban is an agile development methodology that aims to assist you in visualising the workflow, limiting the work in progress and measuring lead time for your projects (Kanban vs Scrum – Henrik Kniberg, 3rd April 2009). GreenHopper’s virtual index cards and task board allow you to visualise your work and seamlessly interact with it using […]
Webinar reminder: Agile with Jira, Fisheye, and other tools
Tomorrow we are holding a Voice of the Customer webinar with Chris Brown of Backstop Solutions Group. Jira and Fisheye are an affordable combination for Agile SaaS companies. Backstop Solutions Group is such an organization, with a development staff of about 25 engineers. In this webinar Chris will discuss how Backstop successfully manages a regular […]
Confluence Activity Reporting with Earth Hour
A few weeks ago Matt Hodges asked me if I could use some of my Foundation Time to help out with Earth Hour / WWF’s Confluence installation at wiki.earthhour.org. It seems that WWF had been tracking activity with the Usage Tracking Plugin, but they disabled it because of some performance issues. Now they were stuck […]
Confluence 3.1 Open Beta – We want your feedback
We just announced the Confluence 3.1 beta on the Confluence Blog. Confluence 3.1 is a major new release with many new features and improvements like support for embedding OpenSocial gadgets, Office 2007 support, and a number of significant improvements to the editing experience. You can find out more details on all Confluence 3.1 improvements in […]
Wiki markup, time tracking, live updates and lots more in Crucible 2.1
In the four months since Crucible 2.0 we’ve been working hard solidifying the huge changes delivered in 2.0. Regular users will notice a faster, more polished reviewing experience than 2.0, as well as some handy new features. Check out the Crucible 2.1 Release Notes! Crucible 2.1 Highlights Wiki-markup – comments & review objectives support standard […]
Movember @ Atlassian: Mo of the Week
16 Atlassian’s across three nations have been growing their Mo’s for the past week. Some have been more successful than others….it’s time to check out their progress and announce the Mo of the Week. But first, a couple of facts about the Mo: A moustache or Mo is hair grown on the upper lip by […]
Confluence 3.1 Beta is Here – Give Us Your Feedback
Today we are pleased to announce the release of the Confluence 3.1 Open Beta. As we draw back the red curtain, we invite you to download the Beta and let us know what you think. Please note that this Beta is for testing purposes only, and should NOT be installed on production systems. What’s new? […]
Video: Scroll Wiki Exporter Plugin for Confluence
Today we held an excellent Plugin of the Month webinar with Tobias Anstett of K15t Software. Tobias covered Scroll, the wiki exporter plugin for Confluence. Watch the video now: For past webinars, please hop on over to Atlassian TV where you can sort videos by products and categories. For upcoming webinars, please visit our events […]
Scroll Wiki Exporter for Confluence = Documentation 2.0
Yesterday we had Tobias Anstett from K15t on our Plugin of the Month Webinar. K15t’s product, the Scroll Wiki Exporter, lets you create professional documentation from pages in your Confluence wiki. Not only has K15t built a great plugin with Wiki scroll but they’re also at the forefront of bringing the world of professional documentation […]
Upcoming webinars you should not miss
For the last year, I have been hosting an average of two webinars per month. There are two flavors of webinar: 1) ‘Plugin of the Month’ where a developer shows off their latest and greatest plugin(s) that work well with Atlassian products, and 2) ‘Voice of the Customer’ whereby a customer presents how they’re using […]
Cash For Clunkers: SofTrek Leads The Way
We were really blown away when we learned that SofTrek, the winner of the best trade-in story for Jira’s Cash For Clunkers program, wanted to donate the $4,000 in prize money that we had on offer to charity. It was, after all, a noble act. Andre and the rest of his SofTrek team (pictured below) […]
Updated IDE Connector for Eclipse – Faster Jira operations, Crucible pre-commit reviews and more!
The latest release of the Atlassian Connector for Eclipse is now available, and includes some great improvements for users of Jira, Crucible or Bamboo. Install or upgrade the Atlassian Connector for Eclipse. What’s new in the latest release (version 1.3)? Faster Jira operations: Thanks to improvements in the latest release of the Eclipse Mylyn task-focused […]
Cash for Clunkers – Confluence Edition!
Today we’re announcing Cash for Clunkers – Confluence Edition. From now until December 11, you can trade in your wiki, team site or any other collaboration clunker in exchange for either a free 10-user Confluence license or 20% off a new Confluence license. Bill has all the details of this offer in his blog post […]
Atlassian is helping change the face of men's health
It’s November Movember and there’s a bunch of Atlassian Mo Bro’s that have started the month cleanly shaven with the intention of growing a Mo to help highlight men’s health issues – specifically prostate and testicular cancer. WTF is Movember? So, what’s this got to do with Confluence? Atlassian’s Mo Bro’s are using Confluence to […]
Trade in Your Clunky Old Wiki for a Free Confluence License
In anticipation of our pending Confluence 3.1 release we’re offering a special deal to everyone stuck in with an old, out-of-date wiki. Today we’re announcing Cash for Clunkers – Confluence Edition. From now until December 11, 2009, you can trade in your wiki, team site or any other collaboration clunker in exchange for either: A […]