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When companies ban remote work in the name of collaboration, what are they really saying?
[cta]The debate over remote work rages on. At the heart of the issue is collaboration and, by extension, creativity, and innovation. How well can teammates really work together when they’re not in the same building? Don’t we need that intense level of interaction to spark new ideas? Surely, teams are more effective when they’re sitting side by […]
Forget about “fail fast” – just fail well
Go ahead, include it with the others. “Fail” has gone full buzzword. Shield your eyes (if you can) from the event banners, the blog post headers, the office posters, all with “fail” and “fail fast” writ large. Can’t we do better than grease the wheels of the failure bandwagon? Let’s forget failure. What matters is […]
Your teams are getting better navigation in Jira Cloud
Over the past few years, we’ve reviewed thousands of customer responses that highlight a common theme: complexity and poor usability are the biggest challenges for teams using Jira. After rigorous testing and validation, we’re happy to announce that Jira Cloud will get an updated look and feel, including a collapsible sidebar navigation and enhanced search, […]
How and why we use coding challenges to interview developers
Hiring is one of the most time-intensive and critical things we do. [cta]This means time is precious. We can’t waste any on interviewing or hiring the wrong people. That’s why every engineering candidate we talk to goes through a set of coding challenges. We know there are different schools of thought on this (and some […]
Making the most of the Jira integration for Hipchat Data Center
[cta]Once in a blue moon, there comes a power couple so good for each other that you can’t help but merge their names into one. While “Jirpchat” may never take off, we can always take solace in the fact that there’s the Jira integration for Hipchat Data Center. The integration gives you the ability to access Jira […]
3 ways to improve collaboration by putting culture first
When I see high-performing teams working well together, I can attribute it to the people, tools, and practices every time. When I see dysfunctional teams, they almost always have the same tools as their high-performing counterparts. The difference is in the people and practices. In an age where work is increasingly about creative problem-solving (i.e., now and the […]
Don’t know how to get feedback at work? Here are some practical ways to start
Peer feedback is so important to your career growth and development. But, what’s the best way to ask for it? Most companies have at least a yearly performance review process but in reality, the best way to continually grow and learn from your experiences at work is by getting feedback on a regular basis. Kim […]
The human side to scaling Jira: governance, change control, and more
When you think about growing your Jira instance what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Performance factors? Tactics and process? While all of these are critically important, and we’ve written documentation on what considerations to make when scaling, I’ve come to see that the human element to scaling is just as important – and often the most […]
Hipchat Data Center presents: 5 surprising ways enterprise teams are winning with ChatOps
There’s this rumor going around that ChatOps was the invention of start-ups. I don’t know about you, but I can think of several enterprise IT/Ops teams who started using chat to coordinate and troubleshoot over a decade ago. (Ok, back then we called it “instant messenger”. But still.) So I hope I don’t spoil the […]
We read 100 data breach notifications to make this guide (which we hope you’ll never need)
Nothing fills out the “worst-case scenario” column quite like a data breach. For the countless teams out there who work hard to protect their customers’ data, the idea of compromising that trust is a nightmare. Data breaches are on a lot of minds lately with the 2017 Equifax data breach, which exposed personal data from […]
Predictive Quality Analytics: delivering better quality, faster
This is a guest blog post by Atlassian Marketplace vendor, QMetry. Tracking and fixing bugs through automation and manual testing processes is becoming increasingly efficient. However efficient it may be to getting code shipped, the downside is, there’s no predictability to it. The next big thing that will alter the landscape of software testing is […]
The secrets of JQL everyone wished they knew
An Atlassian expert shares his favorite JQL tips and shortcuts.
Powering Enterprise DevOps with Bitbucket Server 5.4 & Bamboo 6.2
Implementing DevOps practices in large or highly regulated organizations is a balancing act. How do you make your development and operations teams as productive as possible, improve the flow of work moving throughout the system, and maintain the scale and security required? The answer is to choose tooling that can do it all. [cta]Bitbucket Server 5.4 and Bamboo 6.2 bring […]
How the new Dropbox app for Jira Software Cloud helps distributed teams stay in sync
[cta] Work is becoming more and more distributed across multiple teams, multiple time zones, and in multiple geographic locations. Today’s software teams are more collaborative and include more stakeholders from more disciplines than ever before. Many of those stakeholders don’t code, yet they rely heavily on Dropbox to collaborate with others in the organization. As […]
Scale agile practices with programs in Portfolio for Jira
[cta]To successfully scale agile, organizations need to know how software development is tracking against business priorities. This gives executives visibility into the status and progress of projects, and helps project management sleep at night. The tricky part, however, is figuring out how to link agile development to high-level deliverables. At Atlassian, we believe that the […]