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8 steps to Jira field greatness
Now Available: This content is available as a presentation on SlideShare! I’m always in awe when thinking about how many different kinds of organizations use Jira Software to help teams of people deliver their visions. While the specifics of each implementation differ, each customer uses Jira Software to track information so that everyone in the team can stay […]
3 steps to a rocking agile wallboard
Before I started working in video streaming, I had never heard of the term “10-foot UI.” For those who haven’t heard this one yet, a 10-foot UI is the user interface specifically designed for use on televisions and large screens. Why is this interesting for us? Because Jira can be used on a television screen, […]
My life runs on Jira: project Little Man
Those of you who saw me at Summit 2013 know I’ve got a special project underway: In about four weeks, our family will welcome another member. Even though this isn’t our first child, getting ready for “Little Man,” as we’ve been calling him, gets to feeling pretty overwhelming at times: Replace the car seat that […]
Project portfolio management with Jira Software (2/2)
This article uses several concepts in Jira to manage a portfolio of initiatives at a company. Prior Jira admin experience is very helpful, but not required; I link to documentation of each concept discussed in the article. Hey program managers! This is the second article in a series focused on portfolio project management with Jira […]
Project portfolio management with Jira Software (1/2)
Can agile scale? Absolutely. We are going to take a look at project portfolio management for agile teams. Program managers, this blog series is for you. You’re charged with being on top of everything going on at your company. You’ve got to keep executive stakeholders aware of what’s going on, and keep tabs on all […]
Using effective workflows
This is the second post in a two-part series about using workflows in Jira Software. If you haven’t read the first post, Building workflow awesome, go ahead and start there. For those who already read it, this post will answer any questions you might have, as we’ll focus on practical applications to help solidify how to configure and […]
Building an awesome Jira workflow: concepts and examples
[cta]I’m amazed by how many different types of teams use Jira to manage their workflows. Jira’s customizable workflow engine lets you adapt it to all kinds of company cultures – whether small and new, or large and legacy. As your company grows, you develop a unique culture based on how employees work together in teams. And how a […]
A tale of time zones and feature discovery in Jira
About a year ago, I wrote a feature for Jira during my 20% time that shipped in Jira 5.1. This feature notifies a user if their current time zone (as detected by their browser) doesn’t match the time zone they’ve set in their user preferences. Part of the reason I wrote the time zone detection […]
Managing a product backlog with ease (3/3)
This article is part of a blog series! Part Title 1 Organizing your backlog 2 Prioritizing work 3 Handing off to engineering In the last post, we outlined how Josh Devenny, one of the Jira product managers, uses GreenHopper to prioritize work for the team. He works closely with the development team to ensure […]
Managing a product backlog with ease (2/3)
This article is part of a blog series! Part Title 1 Organizing your backlog 2 Prioritizing work 3 Handing off to engineering I received a number of comments on the post Managing a product backlog with ease. Because there were several key questions around the larger workflow and how the product managers interact with […]
Using watchers and @mentions effectively in Jira
Jira makes it easy to keep others in the loop and stay on top of issues you care about. For notifications to be effective you can’t overwhelm your audience. Jira has three notification methods known as notification schemes, watchers, and @mentions. In this blog article we will focus on watchers and @mentions as they apply […]
How to manage a product backlog with ease
Product owners have the challenging task of ingesting feedback from multiple sources, organizing it into a meaningful format, and communicating out to the product teams. Feedback is a critical part of the product life cycle. We can’t iterate to make our products better without it, as we talked about in our three-part series on collecting […]
Jira Admins: where is your field?
Do you know about the Jira Admin Helper? If you’re a Jira administrator, hold on to your hat: we’re about to move your configuration tasks at warp speed! The Jira Admin Helper is a free, bundled plugin that answers questions like: Why isn’t my field showing up on view/edit/create screens? Why can/can’t a user see […]
Announcing Jira Jr.: it’s fun-tastic!
Software is eating the world. And nobody’s hungrier, or youngrier, than our kids. The technology landscape is quickly being reshaped by code-writing hipsters barely out of college. Case in point: just last week, Yahoo! acquired Summly, a company whose CEO still has to go to prom. So it’s perplexing: even though entrepreneurs are getting younger, […]
Jira Query Language (JQL) recap
The Tip of the Month, brought to you by Atlassian University, is a monthly series to help master Atlassian tools. Products are more fun to use when you know all the tricks. Hey Everyone! In the month of February we did a series on JQL at atlassian.reaktivdev.com. It’s a quickstart guide to making the transition […]