workflows
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.
Learn to create a marketing workflow in the new ebook
We created the ebook “Atlassian for marketing teams: workflows” to help you begin to visualize your work. A marketing workflow helps support your projects and get them moving along on time, with all the assets and feedback they require. The ebook will get your marketing team familiar with the concepts of visualizing and implementing a workflow, and it offers examples and tips to get you going, whether your project involves managing a complex process with loads of stakeholders, or something less involved. A blog marketing workflow is offered as a familiar example, and the ways tools like Confluence and Jira Core make it come to life.
Agile marketing: fad or future of marketing?
Can agile methodologies used to deliver products really help marketers in delivering campaigns? We think the answer is yes. In today’s world of constant customer feedback, marketers must be able to adjust their plans based on what’s trending in digital and social media. And with that, they need a better way to manage their marketing projects. That is why many are looking at agile marketing and methods such as scrum and kanban, to help.
My life runs on Jira: an inventory system for carp fishing
By using Atlassian Jira (Core or Software) every day, I became crazy about wanting to “jiralyse” everything. As the product moves to being less and less linked to IT software development, it’s becoming easier and easier to use Jira not only for workflows and customer relationships but also for data analysis. Check out how I built a JIRA-based carp catches inventory system!
Learn how Indeed’s HR processes are tracked using Jira
Indeed decided to extend their use of Jira to the HR team (and other teams), and they adopted the Jira best practices of their software teams to help their other teams get work done as efficiently as possible. Register for the webinar to learn more about Indeed, and how to implement Jira Core for your business teams.
6 steps to better release management in Jira
In a DevOps world, work is often merged to master multiple times a day, but it’s not always easy to know when changes ship. Developers have full control over deploying their changes to customers which makes it extra important that those changes are tracked. The good news is that teams can automate much of this process using Jira or Jira Service Desk. Here are six actionable steps for better release management in the Jira platform.
A marketing workflow example: Jira for multi-team collaboration
Jira is at the center of Aeria Games’ work processes. All departments use it, even though the level of adoption is quite different. Read on to learn about how Aeria Games’ marketing team built a marketing workflow to reduce process complexity when collaborating with other teams in other departments.
Super-powered continuous delivery with Git
Developing as a team can be messy. You’re trying to understand which pieces of code everyone is working on, trying to make sure changes don’t conflict, trying to find defects before your customers do, and trying to keep everyone connected with the project up to date on how things are progressing. As it turns out, each of those problems is addressed by either Git branching or continuous delivery.
Inside Atlassian: Jira workflows for tracking blog projects
Chances are, your marketing team manages blog projects on spreadsheets. You probably track who is working on it, what state it’s in, when it’s going to be published, what it’s about, how it fits into larger marketing campaigns… And that’s just the stuff you’re concerned with before it’s published. It’ll come as no surprise that Atlassian’s marketing team uses Jira Core, Confluence, and Hipchat to keep our blogs running smoothly. So today I’m going to get all meta with a blog about how we use Jira Core, including some example workflows, to track our blogs.
3 steps to marketing zen: how to visualize your workflow
Workflows provide a huge advantage to your marketing process and the success of your projects. As a visualization tool, workflows can help your marketing team come to consensus on the steps needed to complete tasks, anticipate or remove bottlenecks, and move much more quickly. Put simply, workflows give everyone a sense of ownership and accountability.
How to make Jira Core issues work for your business team
Jira Core can help any business team manage any project. That means projects like onboarding new employees, and launching marketing campaigns, and keeping track of legal document updates with workflows. And that’s not all. Since more information is still needed to help teams make decisions and progress toward next steps, Jira Core lets you customize items called issues to help any member of your team match the unique way your team works.
A guide to setting up business workflows using Jira Core
When we surveyed users in 2014, we discovered that roughly a third of our customers used Jira for non-software projects. But despite the diversity of the businesses, there was a common denominator to their Jira use: non-software teams needed workflows to track work. That’s why we created Jira Core.
Meet the new gold standard in workflow automation
I’ve been called many things by many people, and “borderline OCD” is one that pops up more frequently than I should probably admit. It’s just so satisfying when my own records match those of my bank… when I know the next three turns I need to make when driving to someplace new… when the issues on […]
My life runs on Jira: sommelier edition
Nobody will ever accuse me of being a wine snob, what with my unsophisticated palate and refusal to spend over $30 per bottle. But I know what I like, and when I find something I like, I tend to grab a few bottles to have on hand. This has led to me to build up a […]