Jira Core tips
Organize your Jira issues with subcomponents
This is a guest blog post from Vasiliy Krokha, a consultant at Atlassian partner Broken Build and maker of Subcomponents for Jira.
What is JQL: functions, history, and sorting
Like in math class, functions in Jira boil down complex logic and make it easy for you to access and use in a simple way. Here’s how they work in JQL.
JQL: the most flexible way to search Jira
JQL stands for Jira Query Language and is the most powerful and flexible way to search for your issues in Jira. JQL is for everyone: developers, testers, agile project managers, and business users. This blog is intended to be a tutorial for those who have no experience with database queries to those who want faster access to […]
Two great products, now even better together: Jira and Confluence
Confluence and Jira Software: Separate, they’re good. Together, they’re real good. In fact, over half of Jira Software teams already use Confluence as a complement to Jira and their agile development toolset. Confluence is an open and shared workspace where teams can create and organize documentation, draw up project requirements, collaborate with other teams, and provide visibility to projects. Teams […]
How to embed Excel tables in Jira issues
Need to comment on Jira issues with a table of data from Excel to support your findings? Here’s the formatting shortcut you’ve been waiting for.
How the best teams in the world run on Jira Software
Great software teams around the world all share a common goal: to build products that users will love. The majority also have something else in common: tens of thousands of teams rely on Jira software every day to plan, track, and release their products. But the composition of each of those teams, how they work […]
Introducing Jira Cloud for Stride
Whether shipping software, managing a help desk, or executing a project, Jira Cloud helps thousands of teams plan and track work together. This powerful tool is now even more venerable with the Jira app for Stride. By bringing your task and project management to where your team is already communicating — Stride — you’ll be […]
Getting the most out of JQL with Atlassian Marketplace add-ons
One of the great things about Jira is that it is easily extensible. It’s extensiblity layer makes it easy to add new features or extend existing ones. JQL is no exception in that regard. There are a number of plugins for Jira on the Atlassian Marketplace that enhance JQL. You can also develop custom functions […]
Bringing sanity to your website development projects
Websites. They just happen – right? Wrong! Just ask anyone who manages projects for a living. Unfortunately, this isn’t an obvious answer to a lot of people out there who request website projects. The thinking is that websites are so simple, easy to use, and beautiful, they must be a breeze to create. But, there […]
How Jira Core puts the groove in email marketing processes
Email has stood the test of time. While new technologies pop up every day, 91% of consumers check their email at least once a day and report it as their preferred channel for marketing messages. This is great news for an email marketer, who is always thinking about how to reach customers through email campaigns. But, […]
Marketing project management with Jira Core
Marketing departments are made up of various teams: email, content, PR, product, etc. Though each is charged with different tasks, they all have something in common: they must manage projects and deliver work on time. How do most marketing teams do this? They follow the progress of projects and make sure work is delivered on time using scary-complicated spreadsheets, and sharing updates […]
How advertising agencies use Jira for business development
People at Helios Interactive realized Jira could be used for all sorts of different use cases throughout the agency. The more Jira spread, the more teams wanted to use it. Now, after just two years, nearly the entire agency uses Jira for projects that range from business development to invoice tracking, and it has become a critical part of their business. For business development, Helios uses Jira to track the entire client pipeline, from the first meeting to the last. Ben McChesney, Managing Partner and CTO, started it all by using Jira to manage development projects. We asked Ben to talk about how Helios uses Jira for business development.
Inside Atlassian: how we use Jira Core for HR Project Management
The HR team at Atlassian was using excel and email to manage their projects. That is, until the bright-eyed Jira Core team approached ’em with a proposition: Implement Jira Core for them to manage their HR projects if they told us everything about the experience. Boom! We had ourselves a deal. And it was good one, because HR use cases typically involve onboarding and recruiting… but HR teams do so much more than that. Read on to learn about the results of the proposition, how the Atlassian HR team now uses Jira Core for HR project management to be more organized and in the know for all tasks, requests, and statuses.
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!
Using Jira Core, marketing and software teams get in sync
Successfully launching a new product is a complicated process – multiple teams are involved and each have a multitude of tasks to accomplish. Such a feat requires the help of two teams to work in sync. Software teams to develop the product and marketing teams to generate awareness, demand, and adoption. Traditionally, however, software and […]