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5 tips for shifting left in continuous testing

This is a guest post by Shani Shoham, President and COO for Testim.io, a test automation platform that uses machine learning to create self-healing stable tests. [cta]What is continuous testing? In broad terms, it means testing from the beginning to the end of each development cycle. It means running unit tests, functional tests, performance tests, […]

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How an uncompromising automobile is built on uncompromising engineering systems

This is a guest post by Soumya Menon of Go2Group, a worldwide provider of DevOps and application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions. An Enterprise and Platinum Atlassian Solutions Partner, the company has been serving enterprises since 2002 and has implemented thousands of enterprise-level migrations and integrations. Timeless design powered by electricity, fuel, and the sun. Vehicles […]

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New research shows great customer experience doesn’t come from bots

Forget chatbots. New research shows employee empowerment is still the key to delivering a great customer experience.

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Infographic: Learn how large customers scale Jira

[cta]When we speak to customers about their experience with Jira, many of them can’t remember exactly when their journey started. “Jira was used at the company before my time”, or “we found multiple teams were using it,” or “we made a decision to standardize on Jira across the company” are some common stories we hear. […]

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Should management be on your career path?

Whenever someone is promoted to a management position, their colleagues start thinking about their own career path and wondering if that should be their next move, too. I always encourage people to explore this interest in a thoughtful, intentional way. Managing teams can be a great career – but you have to walk down this path with […]

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3 strategies to increase digital workforce engagement

This article was written with Matthew Lewsadder of Communardo Products. [cta]Digital transformation is advancing at an unprecedented pace. From marketing and sales to product development and beyond, businesses are integrating digital technologies across their organization to increase automation, improve collaboration and achieve new competitive advantages. By the end of 2017, two-thirds of Global 2000 companies will have digital […]

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7 pros and cons of open workspaces—and how to compensate for them

Anna Johansson is a writer, researcher, and business consultant who is passionate about helping everyone do their best work. Her work has been featured in Entrepreneur and on Business.com. [cta]More and more, work culture gravitates toward openness, collaboration, and transparency. You can see it in the increased number of open-office layouts (despite some recent pushback) […]

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Jira super users: get Atlassian Certified in less than 60 days

[cta]Are you a skilled power user who lives in Jira day in and day out? Do you know how to configure projects and boards, customize workflows, and manage project permissions in your organization’s Jira Server (or Data Center) instance? Can you help scale your instance to meet the demands of your business, so your Jira […]

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How to choose the best methods of estimation for planning

This article was written with Jacek Wizmur-Szymczak of Spartez. Every planning or grooming session, where team members meet to estimate stories and work items, has its own rules. Sometimes we haven’t estimated for a long time, the backlog is huge, and time is limited. Sometimes we have a team that can meet in the same office, […]

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Providing proactive support through Intercom and Statuspage

Since the start of Statuspage, two of our core tenants have been: Keep end users in the loop during downtime. Reduce the support load on incident response teams. At a minimum, this means giving end users a status page they can depend on and allowing them to subscribe to incident notifications via email and SMS. […]

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Downtime and taxes: an open letter to the IRS

Dear IRS, We imagine that Tax Day during the best of times is extremely hectic, so we can’t even imagine what your past 24 hours has been like. First off, we wanted to send you some massive #HugOps from all of us at Statuspage – we know how stressful unplanned downtime can be. Our bread […]

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Growing the next generation of coders and computational thinkers

This guest post was written by Vivek Ravisankar, CEO & Cofounder of HackerRank, a platform that helps programmers hone their skills and connect with companies. HackerRank is the leading player in the programming talent assessment space, and the company is growing. Programming is a fundamental tool to help you discover solutions to problems by following […]

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Designing inclusive illustrations (or, a brief history of the meeple)

[cta]2017 was a huge year for the Atlassian brand and design. We developed a new design language that touches every part of our business. It was an effort not only to change the way we embody our personality but also change the standard we hold ourselves to. Over the past few years, our use of illustration has become more […]

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5 benefits of using an intranet in the workplace

As someone who grew up in this digitized age, there are two things that are important to my productivity: I’m able to share and access information as easily and pain-free as possible I’m able to connect with my teammates on more than just work Thankfully for me, intranets are still alive and thriving. Your intranet is the […]

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13 books that disrupt stereotypes and build emotional intelligence

There are so many experiences that can be understood through literature. When we access those stories, we push back on ignorance and build the emotional intelligence that is so important for personal and professional success.