Development
Scheduled maintenance message examples and inspiration
A well run service needs routine maintenance. Without regular system maintenance, updates would go uninstalled, bugs would go unsquashed, patches would go … unpatched. It’s important for the long-term reliability of your service that ops teams and system administrators feel confident and empowered about announcing maintenance activities. Whether you’re running a public service on the […]
A preview of the new agility boards in Jira Software
For more than a decade, Jira Software has helped teams around the globe turn ideas into reality. From building the world’s most prominent music streaming service, to landing a rover on Mars, to distributing life-changing healthcare in developing nations. Regardless of a team’s size, structure, or preferred style of work, Jira Software’s power and flexibility allows teams to plan, track, and deliver. However, it’s no secret this same power and […]
How to prepare for the remote-friendly future of work
Three investments to make in anticipation of the highly-distributed future of work. And they won’t cost you a penny.
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.
Atlassian’s 2018 State of Diversity Report finds “diversity fatigue” is real
This year’s results show that diversity fatigue has set in and progress has stalled. People are tired of talking about it, frustrated by inaction, and overwhelmed by the number of issues.
5 tips for shifting left in continuous testing
This is a guest post by Shani Shoham, President and COO for Testim.io, a test automation platform that uses machine learning to create self-healing stable tests. What is continuous testing? In broad terms, it means testing from the beginning to the end of each development cycle. It means running unit tests, functional tests, performance tests, […]
Gartner’s 2018 Magic Quadrant for Enterprise Agile Planning Tools and the state of agile
In recent years, we’ve seen agile methodologies adopted by a variety of teams beyond software development, watched the rise of DevOps, and witnessed adaptations of agile across larger and larger organizations. It’s clear that in 2018, agile has reached mainstream adoption for companies large and small, across virtually every industry. The outcomes of agile—higher quality software in […]
How an uncompromising automobile is built on uncompromising engineering systems
This is a guest post by Soumya Menon of Go2Group, a worldwide provider of DevOps and application lifecycle management (ALM) solutions. An Enterprise and Platinum Atlassian Solutions Partner, the company has been serving enterprises since 2002 and has implemented thousands of enterprise-level migrations and integrations. Timeless design powered by electricity, fuel, and the sun. Vehicles […]
New research shows great customer experience doesn’t come from bots
Forget chatbots. New research shows employee empowerment is still the key to delivering a great customer experience.
Infographic: Learn how large customers scale Jira
When we speak to customers about their experience with Jira, many of them can’t remember exactly when their journey started. “Jira was used at the company before my time”, or “we found multiple teams were using it,” or “we made a decision to standardize on Jira across the company” are some common stories we hear. […]
Should management be on your career path?
Whenever someone is promoted to a management position, their colleagues start thinking about their own career path and wondering if that should be their next move, too. I always encourage people to explore this interest in a thoughtful, intentional way. Managing teams can be a great career – but you have to walk down this path with […]
3 strategies to increase digital workforce engagement
This article was written with Matthew Lewsadder of Communardo Products. Digital transformation is advancing at an unprecedented pace. From marketing and sales to product development and beyond, businesses are integrating digital technologies across their organization to increase automation, improve collaboration and achieve new competitive advantages. By the end of 2017, two-thirds of Global 2000 companies will have digital […]
New Jira Software integration for Workplace by Facebook
Tens of thousands of companies now use Workplace by Facebook to share work, ideas, and projects. That’s why we’re excited to bring Atlassian to Workplace by Facebook, starting with Jira Cloud, which is the first launch in the pipeline of additionally planned integrations. With Jira Cloud for Workplace, teams using Workplace and Jira will enjoy […]
7 pros and cons of open workspaces—and how to compensate for them
Anna Johansson is a writer, researcher, and business consultant who is passionate about helping everyone do their best work. Her work has been featured in Entrepreneur and on Business.com. More and more, work culture gravitates toward openness, collaboration, and transparency. You can see it in the increased number of open-office layouts (despite some recent pushback) […]
Jira super users: get Atlassian Certified in less than 60 days
Are you a skilled power user who lives in Jira day in and day out? Do you know how to configure projects and boards, customize workflows, and manage project permissions in your organization’s Jira Server (or Data Center) instance? Can you help scale your instance to meet the demands of your business, so your Jira […]