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How to manage projects like an actual project manager
So. You have to manage a project, and you’re not a project manager by trade. I’ve been there. It’s pretty daunting, with all these different frameworks and methodologies to consider… But if you’re like me, you don’t really care about methodology. You just want to deliver your project successfully, and not lose your mind in the process. […]
Kitesurfing with ex-presidents: what Richard Branson taught me about leadership
If I told you that you were going to meet a 66 year-old business man worth 7 billion dollars who owns his own island, you’d greet that person with certain assumptions and expectations. Right? Well, when I met Sir Richard Branson for the first time, I brought in my own assumptions of what he’d be […]
5 things I learned about product (and people) management this year
This last year has been a blur. At the start of 2016 I was working in Product Management at Twitter, and then I moved to the other side of the world to work at Atlassian in Sydney, Australia. Despite the massive geographic and timezone change, I’ve learned a lot from both places about being a […]
What I want other parents to know about women in tech
On the go? You can listen to this blog, read by the author, using the player below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/311716129″ params=”color=0066cc&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] I’m a 16-year veteran of the tech world, a “recovering coder,” and the mother of a 6-year-old girl. And if I was looking at tech from the outside, I would be […]
6 essential skills every quality assistance engineer should develop
What type of QA engineer are you? Quality Assurance, or Quality Assistance? At Atlassian we take a “quality assistance” approach to QA in order to optimise our release process for both quality and speed. Quality assistance, first coined by Cem Kaner, is based on the idea that a QA engineer is a facilitator for high […]
If your company’s idea of teamwork is BS, here’s how to fix it
Teamwork and tools that support it get a lot of hype. But teamwork isn’t a technical problem – it’s a people problem. You can’t solve it with tools.
Iterate on your team: how to stay agile and keep improving
It’s the start of a new year, and everyone is thinking about how to improve themselves and their work. I’m not here to offer a list of resolutions to take on, or tips to make the most out of 2017. My message for the coming year is simply this: keep working on your team. It […]
Say sayonara to business jargon with corpspeak haiku
I know. Everybody’s too busy blowing things out of the water and knocking things out of the park to start talking and writing like actual humans. Well, guess what. The machines are coming, and they’re coming fast. If we don’t stop talking like machines and start re-engaging our clever human minds to come up with fresher […]
Inside Atlassian: how to make team decisions without killing your momentum
It’s hard enough making decisions by ourselves. Sandwich or salad? Coffee or tea? T-shirt or button-down? Now imagine if your whole team was in your closet, helping to choose your outfit. The teams we work with represent a wide variety of expertise and experience, and that can cause conflict when a decision needs to be […]
Moving down the corporate ladder
On the go? You can listen to this blog using the player below. [soundcloud url=”https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/311607484″ params=”color=0066cc&auto_play=false&hide_related=false&show_comments=true&show_user=true&show_reposts=false” width=”100%” height=”166″ iframe=”true” /] “I don’t think I’ve been doing a very good job lately.” Not the way I usually kick off 1-on-1 meetings with my boss. But that day, it’s what needed to be said. I’d been managing […]
Inside Atlassian: stopping team dysfunction before it starts
This is not the story of a team that was obviously broken. On the surface, we looked like your typical, high-powered marketing team. Busy, ambitious, and fueled by constant pressure from crazy deadlines. We played nicely together, collaborating early and often. We respected each other. We liked each other. Collaboration, respect, a bit of office-appropriate […]
How to build an incident response plan
On October 21, 2016 at approximately 4am PST, the internet broke. Ok, ok we know the internet doesn’t “break.” But hundreds of important services powering our modern web infrastructure had outages – all stemming from a DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) targeting Dyn, one of the largest DNS (Domain Name System) providers on the internet. […]
Inside Atlassian: how we use service enablement to ship better software
Service enablement exists to create a frictionless product experience for our customers. Our goal is that our customers can intuitively use our products without having to reach out for help. So how do we create this system? Imagine you’re a development team. You ship a product customers love, who spread the word, and your customer base grows. But, […]
Start small and it’ll snowball: how Atlassian partners give back
There are so many ways to give back, and everything counts. So don’t wait, get out there and be the change you seek. Never volunteered with your team before? Try it! You just might start a trend at your company. But you’ve got to make that first move. This week we’ve heard from founders, employees, […]
Giving back in all we do at InVision Communications
This is a guest post by Drew Hagen, Co-Founder and Chief Culture Officer at InVision Communications. InVision is a corporate communications engagement agency and fellow Atlassian partner in Pledge 1%. From the first day my business partner, Rod Mickels, and I started InVision Communications, giving back was at the heart of our company’s culture. Philanthropy […]