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6 call-outs from the Summit 2015 keynote address

Highlights from the Summit 2015 keynote address including Hipchat Connect, Jira Software, Jira Core, Jira and Confluence for iOS, the Health Monitor, Room to Read, and Pledge 1%.

A guide to setting up business workflows using Jira Core

When we surveyed users in 2014, we discovered that roughly a third of our customers used Jira for non-software projects. But despite the diversity of the businesses, there was a common denominator to their Jira use: non-software teams needed workflows to track work. That’s why we created Jira Core.

Confluence performance: twice as fast in the cloud

We need tools that support the speed at which we work. Even a slight wait can throw you off your flow. Have you ever gotten impatient while waiting for, oh… I don’t know… a Confluence page to load? So you pop over to Facebook (just for a sec – seriously!), and after chuckling over some pics […]

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Who’s who in agile teams?

Agile teams are structurally different than their waterfall counterparts. Agile teams focus on the team itself, whereas waterfall teams often follow the structure of the organization. As I was learning scrum, one of the questions that kept coming to mind was, “How do development managers and scrum masters share responsibilities in the team?” Let’s explore the answer to this question.

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Why every development team needs continuous delivery

Continuous delivery helps you move faster and retain talent. Yet only 28% of dev teams do it! Find out why continuous delivery could be your competitive advantage.

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Keep track of your code review activity with Fisheye and Crucible 3.10

One of our favorite things at Atlassian is getting to know our customers and hear about how you’re using our products to build your own kick-ass software. Sometimes we get to do this in person at events like Atlassian Summit coming up next week, but often times this happens via video conferences and surveys – […]

5 tips to transform your IT team from zero to superhero

Some of the world’s most respected brands employ some seriously innovative solutions when it comes to their service desks. Find out what they did to turn their average service desks into IT super-centers with these five easy tips.

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Say hello to Jira Core

Jira’s been redesigned into three purpose-built experiences for software, IT, and business teams. Why? We discovered that a third of our users were using Jira for non-software projects. So we decided rather than have business teams use a product built for software teams, why not build a product just for them? Meet Jira Core.

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Open letter from an @ignored test

Dear developer, I’ve been wanting to talk to you for a while now, but words don’t always come easy. We’ve had some really fun times together. I still remember the first time I warned you about a minor bug in your code, and how happy you were for having me in your life! Do you remember it? I also remember the first time you refactored me to make me more efficient and how well-written I felt afterwards… ah, great times!

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From rough to real-time: Klarna’s planning revolution with Portfolio for Jira

Klarna simplifies buying by providing a streamlined solution for all payment types, so that businesses can give their customers the simplest buying experience. They believe that the easier it is for people to shop, the more you sell.  But Klarna’s planning process wasn’t as simple as its buying process. They needed a real-time planning solution […]

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How to document releases and share release notes with Confluence

If you track and report most of your work in Jira, the integration between Confluence and Jira makes it easy to insert your release results straight from Jira into a Confluence page, where you can add more color and detail, publish internally, and also make them publicly available.

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Jira Software just got easier to navigate (and more fun, too)

The new customizable sidebar brings projects and your team to center stage in Jira Software. Read on for our list of conventional (and not-so-conventional) ways to use it.

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Introducing Jira Software: the #1 software development tool used by agile teams

Today we’re thrilled to announce the next branch in Jira’s evolution: Jira Software. This new branch was created specifically for software teams, the customers who made Jira great from the beginning.

Jira Service Desk 3: built for IT and service teams

At Atlassian, we love interacting and listening to you, our customers. Two years ago at Summit 2013, Atlassian introduced Jira Service Desk in response to customers who were looking to use Jira as an IT ticketing tool. At Summit 2014, we released a new Jira Service Desk with an agent-based pricing model so opening a ticket was free. Today, we’re totally excited to unveil the next evolution: Jira Service Desk 3!

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Inside Atlassian: using scrum to balance operations and innovation on the support team

One of Atlassian’s core values is “Be the change you seek.” For Atlassian support, it means innovation can’t be put aside, despite very busy schedules. In other words, obstacles to change can’t stand in the way forever. Read about some of the successes and failures of the Atlassian support team’s efforts to innovate, and how scrum keeps their eyes on the ball.