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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 […]
Publish Jira reports in Confluence, fast
One out of every two Confluence customers also uses Jira. Development teams live in Jira where they track their work; the rest of the business lives in Confluence where everyone collaborates around requirements, documentation, marketing plans, sales reports, and everything else. You’ve told us you need an easy way communicate the work that your development […]
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 […]
Five Confluence features beginners will love
Prior to joining Atlassian on the Confluence Marketing team, I had never used Confluence, so I understand what it’s like to learn it from scratch. There are tons of useful features for any kind of Confluence user that I’m still learning, but I found concentrating on a few basics helped me get comfortable quickly. 1. Keep […]
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 […]
Four fast ways to link to content in Confluence
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. At Atlassian we live in Confluence. Our intranet houses all the content that keeps the company running. This collection of rich pages and […]
Five Keyboard Shortcuts I Can’t Live Without
I’ve said it before – I’m a productivity junkie. If there’s a faster way to get something done, I’ll find it. That’s why I commit keyboard shortcuts to memory. Shortcuts for the actions I perform the most. Shortcuts that help me get more work done, faster. Since I spend 90% of my day working with my team in Confluence I thought I’d share the five keyboard shortcuts I use the most to get my job done.
How to Share Files with Your Team Using Confluence
Share files with your team using the File List Blueprint Too often files are trapped in shared network drives or email inboxes, making it impossible for everyone to have access to the most current version. We decided to tackle this problem with the File List Blueprint – which makes it easy to share and store […]
How to run effective meetings with Confluence
How many times have you left a meeting thinking it was a waste of time? Have you ever felt ‘meeting dread’ because you know that the next hour is time better spent actually getting work done? The fact is most of the meetings we attend during the day don’t accomplishing anything. Meetings with no agenda, meetings full of […]
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, […]
3 Ways to Use the Status Macro in Confluence
The Tip of the Month, brought to you by Atlassian University, is a monthly series aimed to help you master Atlassian’s tools. Products are more fun to use when you know all the tricks. The saying “big things come in small packages” is the perfect way to describe the status macro – a little color […]
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 […]
3 tips for creating page templates in Confluence
One of the biggest time-saving tactics you can employ in your workplace is creating standardized content. Teams waste so much time every day creating documents from scratch or mindlessly scanning unstructured pages for the information they need. It’s time to stop reinventing the wheel. [cta] Here are three awesome features to use when creating page templates in Confluence […]
JQL: Using filters and subscriptions
If you find yourself searching for Jira issues weekly, daily, (or hourly!), you will benefit immensely from setting up filters, dashboards, and subscriptions to make your life even easier. Filters: Save your search Don’t perform a search over and over again: save it for easy access next time! Once you run your query in JQL […]
3 reasons most meetings are pointless
Between pointless meetings and email it’s exceedingly difficult to get work done while you’re actually at work. Time is scarce when your calendar looks like a game of Tetris, but you’d at least hope that all the time spent in meetings is put to good use. Unfortunately, that’s just not the case, and the fact of the […]