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3 ways to stay on top of your software project in Confluence
If your project in Jira Software is your one-stop shop for everything JIRA-related, then your project space in Confluence is your go-to place for everything else: requirements, retrospectives, meeting notes, and more. Here are 3 ways to use the project space to surface what’s most important to you.
How the consumerization of service is changing ITSM and the service desk
As the business and technology landscapes change, so does that of corporate IT support. I hear a lot of talk about consumerization, customer experience, and enterprise service management in the context of the evolution of the IT service management (ITSM) and the service desk, but rarely are they mentioned in the same breath. They should be. Let me explain.
Learn how Indeed’s HR processes are tracked using Jira
Indeed decided to extend their use of Jira to the HR team (and other teams), and they adopted the Jira best practices of their software teams to help their other teams get work done as efficiently as possible. Register for the webinar to learn more about Indeed, and how to implement Jira Core for your business teams.
Three DevOps principles to streamline your operations team
In this blog post, we’ll walk you through the three underlying principles of DevOps created by entrepreneur and IT operations extraordinaire, Gene Kim. These principles describe the values and philosophies that frame the processes and practices from which all DevOps patterns are derived. We’ll also give you some helpful tips and show you a few add-ons from the Atlassian Marketplace to get the most out of these DevOps principles.
Living long and prospering with long-lived Git branches
This is a guest blog post by Holger Just from Plan.io, the creators of Planio for Bitbucket Cloud. It’s generally considered best practice to keep Git branches short-lived. But that approach won’t work for every team or every situation. I know this because it doesn’t work for my team. You see, our Git workflows include […]
Inside Atlassian: how we do marketing project management with Jira Core and Confluence
Marketing can be a cyclical process. We marketers typically plan projects, assign work, review content, publish, and then…. start all over again. At the beginning of each quarter, we approach this process with bright-eyed enthusiasm, big ideas, and a clear plan of attack. But as the months wear on, and more (or unexpected) work accumulates, it can […]
6 steps to better release management in Jira
In a DevOps world, work is often merged to master multiple times a day, but it’s not always easy to know when changes ship. Developers have full control over deploying their changes to customers which makes it extra important that those changes are tracked. The good news is that teams can automate much of this process using Jira or Jira Service Desk. Here are six actionable steps for better release management in the Jira platform.
New to Hipchat? 3 first steps to get started
If you’re a Hipchat newbie, welcome! We’re super content to have you aboard. Hipchat is easy to use and set up, so don’t worry about reading tons of boring instructions. Just do these three steps, and you’ll be smooth sailing.
Agile roadmap planning done right with Jira Software and Portfolio for Jira
Agile software development supports a release plan, but it’s challenging to coordinate that on a multi-team level when you’ve got a lot of dependencies between teams. Rosetta Stone, a language learning technology company, found a solution to this challenge by bringing their entire development organization together about once per quarter to map out 10 to 12 weeks of work. And last week, I was lucky enough to watch how they do this at their 5th program increment planning (dubbed “PI5”). Here’s how it worked.
Got questions? We’ve got answers. Git, agile and Jira/Bitbucket answers to be exact.
Our twitter chat has now ended! For a recap, check out the questions and answers on the #AskJiraBB hashtag, and stay tuned for more events to come. Are you a Jira Software or Bitbucket user? How about an Agile fan or Git enthusiast? We’re looking at you. To honor one of Atlassian’s core values, Don’t […]
Prevention, self-service, and strategic laziness: the recipe for service desk success
Selecting the right tools and software to run your service desk is just part of what makes your customers and engineers successful. Creating a collaborative, self-service environment where people can develop and implement the most effective ways to solve complex challenges – be it from customers or internally – will result in a chamber of innovative teams tackling any issue and adapting to ever-changing business needs.
35 ways to get more work done from Hipchat
Lots of people love Hipchat for its collaborative team rooms, easy-to-use interface, and let’s not forget those fun emoticons! But did you know there are a myriad of ways to turn Hipchat into your one-stop productivity shop? Thanks to the integrations that have been built on the Hipchat Connect API, you and your teams can now get more stuff done from right within the comfort of your Hipchat application. From engineering to operations, marketing and support, here are 35 new integrations that will turn Hipchat into your team command center.
How to use group chat to strengthen company culture
Think about how you communicate with the people on your team and in your company. In today’s offices, with distributed teams across the globe, we often don’t have the luxury of just walking up and saying, Yo. This inevitable lack of face time (to say nothing about the missed opportunities to practice your Rocky Balboa voice) leads to more impersonal forms of communication, like email. And over time, a disconnected feeling grows and it affects culture. So, if you can’t be together, you’ve got to replace that feeling of being together. A great way to do this is with group chat, because it encourages communication. And company culture is rooted in the ways teammates and coworkers communicate.
Atlassian, trust, and the Cloud Security Alliance
Atlassian Trust Center We have launched our new Trust @ Atlassian site to make it easier to find the information you need to trust Atlassian products and cloud services. We have Security at the heart of that trust relationship but also know that Quality, Availability, Privacy and Compliance are important. We have detailed information about our Security program, including […]
CI at scale with Bamboo Server 5.11 and 250 build agents
Bamboo 5.11 is here! Learn more about how to scale your CI pipeline with the new Bamboo 5.11 release, which includes the addition of 250 build agents. The upgrades we’ve made include allowing for REST APIs to trigger project deployment, improved application links for better issue tracking, and expanded permissions for better repository management.
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