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The me in team: personal productivity tips to boost your team game
You’ve heard a coach say: There ain’t no “I” in team! And that’s true enough. But, there is a “me.” (You take the m from the end and the e from the second position… oh, never mind.) At Atlassian, we believe good teams are made up of individuals with distinct strengths that collectively drive teamwork […]
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Getting more out of your Atlassian products
These days, many of us rely on teaching ourselves new skills. Whether it’s a Google search, YouTube videos, or word-of-mouth, we’re accustomed to figuring it out as we go. A lot of times, this works just fine, like if you’re learning how to change the battery on your car or how to perfectly poach an […]
How to build a kick-ass agile team
Despite sharing common values, there is no formula for the perfect agile team. Some implement scrum while others use kanban. Agile purists prefer co-located teams, but business realities sometimes necessitate distributing an agile team across geographies. Most agile teams possess all the required skills, but sometimes it’s necessary to call on specialists for specific work. So how do you know whether your team is on the path to greatness? Read on.
How to scale Jira Software to 10,000+ users
What do you do when your Jira Software instance grows from 10 to 10,000+ users? This was what Brian Wallace and Mike Damman, Vice President and Knowledge Architect at Cerner, the leading U.S. supplier of healthcare information technology, needed to answer in order to meet the needs of their growing teams. How do you guarantee reliability […]
The importance of empathy in coding interviews
A loss of color to the face. Sweaty palms and clammy handshakes. Cracking voices and fumbled words. Yes, I am describing one of the most-feared elements of any job search: the interview. At Atlassian, we’re all about teams and how they work together to create great things. And in this pursuit, it’s essential that we […]
Portfolio for Jira meets kanban
No matter what agile framework your team uses, Portfolio for Jira can forecast a realistic roadmap for your product or project. In our blogs about Portfolio for Jira, we’ve focused heavily on Scrum methodology, but lately we’ve been getting more questions about how kanban can be planned in Portfolio for Jira. So lets see how […]
Why Atlassian Summit 2016 is a can’t-miss event
This year’s 8th annual Atlassian Summit is October 10 – 13 in sunny San Jose, CA, and is gearing up to be our biggest event ever. Join thousands of Atlassian users, partners, and thought leaders for four jam-packed days of learning, inspiration, and fun. Whether you’re using one, or all, of our Atlassian products, are a […]
Bitbucket Data Center is now available for growing teams
Whether you’re burning the midnight oil at a startup or starting a new project within a larger organization, we want to be part of your Git journey. And in order to do that, we need to be there from the start. So Bitbucket Data Center now offers source code collaboration for professional teams, across any […]
A new way to use Confluence: employee training
This is a guest post written by Katerina Kolina, product owner of Quizzes for Confluence at StiltSoft. StiltSoft is an Atlassian Expert, and a Verified Vendor on the Atlassian Marketplace where they have 15 add-ons for Confluence, Jira and Bitbucket. Every team needs to be well-trained in order to succeed. Be it onboarding new team members, adjusting […]
Why you get more done when you gamify your life
As a kid playing games, you didn’t stay up for hours because of the music, the graphics, or the storyline. Rather, it was because the games were so difficult that any kind of achievement was a massive deal for your 8-year-old self.
Atlassian sys-admins offer 6 help desk success tips
Atlassian’s growing fast. New hires enter one of our offices daily, and it ain’t easy meeting the needs of all these new folks, and keeping offices across the globe connected with a click. We could never do what we do without our IT team. I decided to ask three of Atlassian’s brightest IT minds – Major Payne […]
5 team building exercises for setting goals you’ll stick to
Imagine your company as a rowing team all rowing in different directions. Not only would you certainly lose the race, you’d likely capsize. Or, imagine two of your team members refusing to row because they have no direction: aimless and making the other team members frustrated. A team rowing together towards a shared end goal, on the other hand, is far more likely to win.
Codegeist 2016: help teams work better
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=89MoWzAlLZo&w=560&h=315] We’re happy to announce Codegeist, Atlassian’s 9th add-on online hackathon. Add-ons allow you to extend Jira and other Atlassian products with even more functionality. You can find over 2,000 add-ons in the Atlassian Marketplace. Have an idea about how to make Jira, Confluence, Hipchat, or Bitbucket even better? Build an add-on or find […]