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Trello goes global: use it in over 20 different languages!
Taco, our spokes-husky, embarked on a world tour. As a result, we are excited to announce that Trello will now be available in over 20 languages!
Git LFS 1.2: Clone Faster
As we announced a little while ago, Atlassian is collaborating with GitHub and many others in the community to contribute to the ongoing development of Git LFS. Together, we’re trying to solve the problems that face teams who need to store large files in their Git repositories, on projects like game development, media production and […]
How internal blogging with Confluence created a culture of knowledge sharing at APT
I wish I could say we started with grand plans to revolutionize our company culture, but in all honesty, we simply wanted to share funny stuff without sending an email blast. So, we tried creating a blog on Confluence. It didn’t happen overnight, but we learned a lot. Read on to hear our story, as well as my 7 tips to encourage a culture of internal blogging at your company.
Git – CVE‑2016‑2315 and CVE-2016-2324 Advisory
We have reviewed the issues described in the Git vulnerabilities CVE‑2016‑2315 & CVE-2016-2324 and released updates to affected products to fix the vulnerabilities. The following products were affected Sourcetree for Windows. Update to version 1.8.3 or later for a fix. You can find the latest version at https://www.sourcetreeapp.com/download/. Sourcetree for Mac. Update to version 2.2.4 or later for a fix. You can […]
Get to master faster with improved pull requests in Bitbucket Server
Pull requests provide a lightweight way to do peer code reviews and merges as part of a branch-based development workflow. Sure beats having to huddle around a monitor with 3 other developers! Today I’d like to share with you some improvements we’ve made to pull requests in Bitbucket Server that will help you get to […]
How to give your team meetings a status update
It’s 3 PM. The caffeine is kicking in from your afternoon coffee, but you can’t shake the feeling of dread as you drag yourself into your team’s weekly meeting. You know it’s going to carry on forever while simultaneously accomplishing nothing. You wonder, “Does it have to be this way?”
7 imaginative ways business teams can track work in Jira Core
We built Jira Core because we realized business and back-office teams could benefit from Jira in the same ways software teams do. Jira Core extends the workflow functionality and customizability of Jira to business teams so they can track work, manage projects, and stay on top of everything. Jira Core lets business teams define their processes, break down and track issues, and organize work. Issues in Jira Core can represent all kinds of things: a task, a document… even a person. Just about anything you want to track can be an issue. Read on to see more of the many examples!
Tip of the Week: Using different SSH keys for multiple Bitbucket accounts
Create a key for each of your accounts To generate a new key pair simply run this command in the ~/.ssh/ folder: The -C option is a comment to help identify the key. The -f option specifies the file name. Repeat the above for each Bitbucket account you want to use. Add the public key […]
Three ways to use Jira Service Desk’s new approvals like a pro
Pop quiz! Name three things you’d rather do than set up approvals in your service desk tool. Get a root canal? Darn socks? Walk barefoot through the snow (uphill both ways)? If your toes are already getting frostbite just from thinking about it, I’ve got good news: Jira Service Desk now offers an easy […]
4 new Jira Software features you didn’t know about
Since the launch of Jira Software, we’ve added some features to make the lives of every software team member easier. But you might not know these features exist! Read on to learn how these four features put more control of Jira projects into the hands of team leads, scrum masters, and developers. You can start using these features today, and we guarantee they’ll make you and your team more efficient.
Faster and leaner: the trend toward smaller software development teams
We recently conducted a survey to assess and evaluate the latest software development trends amongst our customer base and more than 1,300 people weighed in. While most of our insights are focused on process, one thing stood out to us that we wanted to dig deeper into: 80% of respondents said the average development team in their org had 10 or fewer members. Here are our thoughts on why that’s happening, and the advantages small teams enjoy.
5 surprising insights about DevOps and tech support
Tech support is a powerful, multifaceted hub: it can fix or improve products, reduce future customer requests and boost customer satisfaction. But is this feedback actually making its way back to product development? We set out on a mission to see if tech support and development teams were collaborating. To kick it off, we commissioned a never-been-done-before study with HDI, the largest association for technical support professionals, boasting 150,000 members. Here are five findings that might surprise you.
The invisible problem wrecking your productivity and how to stop it
In all of the myriad articles and advice on productivity, there is one evil lurking in our activities, one activity that when mastered, opens the door to potential productivity paradise. When it comes down to it, distractions (or lack thereof) are the real crux of working better. They’re a big culprit behind one of the worst productivity destroyers of the work day: context switching.
Software teams ship more often with Jira Software and Bitbucket
Jira Software and Bitbucket are two of the most popular developer tools among software teams and many of our customers choose to integrate them. While they swear by the integration, we were curious as to whether there was a measurable improvement to their processes and if so, how. So we asked one of our product analysts to pull the data for us.
Help desk vs. service desk vs. ITSM: what’s the difference? Part 2 of 2
In part 1 of this two-part series, I explained the difference between a help desk and a service desk. Thankfully, the difference between service desk and IT service management (ITSM) is easier to explain – especially when you start with ITSM. ITIL, the most commonly-adopted ITSM best practice framework, describes ITSM as: “The implementation and […]