Tier 3
Git and project dependencies
Consider the following questions: How do you handle project dependencies with git? Our project is made up of multiple inter-dependent repositories. Currently we manage those with svn:externals. What’s the best way to handle those with git? How do you split a very big repository in smaller components using git? The topic appears to be a big pain […]
How to tear apart a repository: the Git way
How do you divide a Git repo without squashing the history and breaking the original repo? I’ll show you how to do it with as little pain as possible, by splitting the main repository, thus making your team and Git happy at the same time! Here at the Hosted Operations team, we have many small […]
Share Jira with external partners
During my time at Atlassian, many Jira administrators have asked, “How do I share Jira with external partners in my development process?”. External partners can integrate alongside your internal teams with Jira. This article targets external partners who fully engage in the development process. Collaborative teams or agencies that need to give clients visibility into […]
Jira for asset management
IT organizations have the challenge of ensuring system uptime, supporting users, and managing inventory of both hardware and software. IT teams gain significant efficiencies when one tool can support multiple business operations. According to Gartner, mastering the discipline of effective asset management is a huge cost savings for companies: “Gartner clients who successfully execute ITAM […]
Managing vacation days with Jira and Confluence
Here at Atlassian, we love using our own stuff. And when we’re not busy building kick-ass new products, we’re usually off finding new ways to use our stuff internally. Recently, Jeff Sinclair, our IT portfolio manager devised a clever way to combine the power of Jira Service Desk and Confluence to manage employee leave. “We […]
Every team needs kick-ass code reviews
Developing software often involves teams of people working together. As the team grows from one, to two, to multiple people, challenges begin to creep in and rob the organization of creative flow. It becomes harder to maintain a continuous culture across different people. Engineering groups are especially prone to these challenges as code is routinely […]
New direct image uploads for Bitbucket
A picture is worth a thousand words, and this is one cliché that the Bitbucket team takes to heart. Every day, we use images to help make things clearer a screen shot of a feature gets added to your code review so reviewers know what to expect, or an illustration of steps involved to reproduce […]
3 ways Confluence makes authoring for WordPress awesome
This is the second post in a three-part series about how we use our tools to power atlassian.reaktivdev.com. In part one we focused on using Jira Agile to manage the cadence and blog flow. Unlike a personal blog, content is a collaborative effort here at Atlassian; this allows for multiple perspectives and results in better quality […]
Simple Git workflow is simple
Many teams have already migrated to git and many more are transitioning to it now. Apart from training single developers and appointing Champions to help with the adoption it is imperative to pick a nice and simple code collaboration practice that does not complicate things too much. With git one can definitely conjure very complicated workflows, I’ve […]
3 ways to ease external collaboration tension with Jira
Information is power. When everyone’s priorities are clear, we can make better decisions for our project and the organization as a whole. Once upon a time at an old job, I needed a considerable amount of the IT group’s time to help me get a new CRM server up and running for my project. I often […]
Use Git even if your team doesn’t: git-svn tips and tricks
Before joining Atlassian, I’d been working on various projects that still used Subversion (SVN) as their version control system. I had moved to Git already years before, and I wanted to keep using it as much as possible. Luckily I could use git-svn: An incredibly complete solution to interact with Subversion repositories without leaving the comfort […]
Capacity planning in Jira for teams with specialists
For many teams becoming agile is a journey, not a point-in-time transition. While many teams share similarities, each team is unique in its skills and relationships. In this article, I’d like to focus on teams that have specialized skill sets; teams that can benefit from capacity planning, which ensures that there is the right amount […]
Inside Atlassian: the Jira QA process, techniques and tools
This post is part of a series of blogs on Atlassian QA. We will cover how the QA strategy has been implemented in different teams, the tools and techniques we use, and the personal experiences from members of the team. The Jira engineering team is large, consisting of 78 developers and team leads, 10 product managers, […]
Inside Atlassian: introducing Atlassian QA
This is the first in a series of blogs on Atlassian QA. We will cover how the QA strategy has been implemented in different teams, the tools and techniques we use, and the personal experiences from members of the team. True, it’s an assumption – but probably a safe one – that the majority of […]
5 ways to work with Jira issues in Confluence
Half of the teams that use Jira also use Confluence. Development teams live in Jira where they track their work; The rest of the business lives in Confluence where everyone collaborates around requirements, documentation, marketing plans, sales reports, and anything else. We’ve worked hard over the last year to bring Jira into Confluence like never […]