Tier 3
How to add bots to your workflows the proper (read: productive) way
If you use digital applications to communicate or do any part of your work, you’ve probably heard about bots. These task-based automated programs may be poised to become the next big thing in the software economy – and it helps that they’re useful to individuals and companies alike.
Group video chat and screen sharing: coming to a Hipchat near you
Remember the last time a discussion really got going in Hipchat? Someone probably wrote, “I bet we could hash this out in 5 minutes if we talked face-to-face.” So you either scheduled a meeting or you flipped over to Skype, Google Hangouts, or your company’s conference-bridge-of-choice. Invariably, the conversation lost momentum. The new Hipchat video platform […]
npm for Bitbucket 2.0: Now with private packages!
Note: This is a repost of our previous announcement. However if you don’t have it already, the Bitbucket NPM add-on is now available in the Atlassian Marketplace. Original announcement … We’re pleased to announce version 2.0 of Tim’s npm for Bitbucket integration. The major change for this release is the addition of support for private packages. Read […]
4 ways prototyping untangles your product requirements
As a writer with over 10 years of experience in product management, Germaine loves to share resources that help agile PMs. Check out her recent ebook Prototyping for Product Managers. If a picture is worth a thousand words, then a prototype must be worth a hundred thousand pages of a requirements document. While a requirements […]
Trello Android schema upgrades
For many years, Trello Android has used a simple system for upgrading the database schema: drop the entire database, recreate it, and repopulate the data from the server! While far from ideal, this solution worked because the Trello server was the only source of truth. Any change you made in the app was immediately transmitted […]
How Jira Core makes me a less grumpy social media marketer
As a Content Marketing Manager, I deal with words all day long. I’m always writing, editing, reading, or posting on social media in the name of Atlassian’s Jira products including Jira Coreand Jira Service Desk. When it comes to social media, the details are key. Every word, every character, and every image counts toward building […]
What teaching kids to code taught me
“Good morning, Mr. Kelley!” Over the past year, I’ve enjoyed hearing this cheerful greeting from my students at the start of every class. No, I’m not a teacher; I’m a Senior Java Developer at Atlassian. But this year, I’ve been able to teach kids computer science education in a local Sydney school. Like many places, […]
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 […]
Love working smarter? These are the 12 productivity bots you’re looking for
“I hate tools that help me work more efficiently and communicate more clearly,” said no one ever. Enter: Your bot minions.
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 […]
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 […]