(Guest Post) Implement Role-Based Jira Dashboards to Keep a Process Flowing
This is a guest blog by Dan Mihalache, a Jira and Confluence expert with a passion for designing, implementing and optimizing processes. Dan is a senior project manager at Murex, a leader in software development for trading, risk management and processing solutions. The Process Roadmap What makes Jira a great tool for me is that […]
Jira 5 Deep Dive: Admin Luv
As a Jira administrator, you’ve no doubt heard and seen some of the highlights of Jira 5 – big features to connect people, activity and applications across your organization. For administrators, we’ve opted for – as SD Times put it – ‘A relentless focus on saving you 5 minutes here and there’. While these incremental […]
Performance and scale testing with the Jira Data Generator plugin
The Jira Data Generator helps create large Jira test instances that can be used for performance and scalability testing. It quickly generates random metadata (projects, workflows, statuses, custom fields, etc) and random test data (issues, edits, comments, issue transitions etc) spread over a user defined time period. Warning: Do not use this plug-in on a […]
Bonfire 2 Deep Dive – The Art of Issue Creation
Atlassian Bonfire makes it easy to create Jira issues without ever leaving your browser tab. Chances are you probably create similar issues often, and you know how painstaking the repetitive data entry can be. This is especially true if you have Jira set up a certain way – like working with a specific project or […]
Jira Deep Dive – Mine for Gold
You can use Jira to see what’s happened in the past, view today’s work in a whole new light, and to frame important decisions as you plan for the future. Take advantage of searching the change history of issues in your Jira instance to discover all kinds of new insight into the flow of work […]
Bonfire 2 Deep Dive – Ensure Consistent Bug Reports from Remote or Outsourced Testers
Atlassian Bonfire 2 makes it easy to test together, whether you sit across the room or across the globe from the rest of your team. You may work with consultants, teams at partner companies, or outsource development or testing. Quality issue creation from people outside your team is important to keep software development projects on […]
Bonfire 2 Deep Dive: Shared Sessions & Blitz Testing
Atlassian Bonfire 2 makes it easier than ever to collaborate with teammates around test activity. Software development involves the entire company, and collaborative testing is one of the ways Atlassian connects people across teams working together to make better software. Share & Join Sessions Bonfire’s Test Sessions are the central place in Jira to track […]
Test Together: Atlassian Bonfire 2 Available Today
Today we’re excited to announce Atlassian Bonfire 2, connecting people and teams involved in software development and testing. Bring developers and QA closer together, and get everyone exploring your web application to create high quality issues in Jira. Share & Join Sessions Test Sessions are the central forum in Jira to track activity while manually […]
QA Innovation Blog Round-Up
We’ve learned a lot from the submissions to our 13-part blog series raising awareness about testing innovation within the QA community. Today we’re excited to announce Bonfire 2, with new features to connect teams and testers and foster collaboration, so now is a great time to take a look back at everything we’ve heard so far. You can […]
Jira 5 Deep Dive: Connecting People
Atlassian recently released Jira 5 to help foster connections between developers and the rest of the organization. Typically, developers work hard to make great software, Quality Assurance (QA) helps in the quest to find and kill bugs, and Support works with customers who find the ones that slip through the cracks. In our first deep dive, […]
(Guest blog) Revealing Oracles
This guest blog post is part of an Atlassian blog series raising awareness about testing innovation within the QA community. You can find the other posts in this series under the QA Innovation tag. This post is written by Anne-Marie Charrett, a testing coach and trainer with a passion for helping testers discover their testing strengths and become […]
Jira 5 Goes Social
Jira 5 is the developer’s platform for collaboration, connecting the people, activity and applications you work with every day. Software development involves your entire organization, and good software becomes great when you bring everyone into your development process. Jira 5 is here, connecting the dots between the development process and the rest of your business. Your […]
(Case Study) mgm technology partners uses Jira to connect development projects directly to customers
About mgm technology partners mgm is a medium sized software solution company that defines its success by its contribution to the success of its clients’ businesses. Founded in 1994, mgm is based in Munich, with about 300 employees throughout Europe. Alexander Weiss has been with the company since its migration from Bugzilla to Jira in […]
The only way to keep bugs out of your software
This guest blog post is part of an Atlassian blog series raising awareness about testing innovation within the QA community. You can find the other posts in this series under the QA Innovation tag. The only surefire way to guarantee bug-free software is to prevent their creation in the first place. Preventing bugs starts with communication and collaboration […]
(Case Study) Telestream uses Jira & Fisheye to connect development to the rest of the business
As readers of this blog already know, Atlassian makes a lot of videos! Our YouTube channel grows larger with every company event and product release, and one of the tools we use for screen capture style product demos is Screenflow, made by Telestream. We love Screenflow, and recently Telestream asked us to participate in a […]