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Dan Radigan

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Using watchers and @mentions effectively in Jira

Jira makes it easy to keep others in the loop and stay on top of issues you care about.  For notifications to be effective you can’t overwhelm your audience.  Jira has three notification methods known as notification schemes, watchers, and @mentions.  In this blog article we will focus on watchers and @mentions as they apply […]

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Become “triage fit” in 7 steps!

Making great software is an exciting and collaborative process.  Teams often have too many things to do and not enough time to get them all done.  Effective managers use their issue triage sessions as an asset by making them short but frequent, so everyone stays on the same page. Issue triage sessions often involve several […]

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What are people saying about Jira 6?

Jira 6 has been out for just over a week. Teams have been taking advantage of the new detail view which makes working through issues faster than ever. Jira’s mobile interface keeps you connected on the go. It’s our biggest release of Jira in the product’s history. Don’t take our word for it! What does […]

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Meet Ross, Jira’s Lead Designer (2/2)

This is a second in a two part series about the Jira 6 re-design with Ross Chaldecott.  In our first part we talked about Ross’ design approach.  We will continue with Ross about the implementation of the Atlassian Design Guidelines inside of Jira.  First, let’s take a closer look at the beginnings of ADG with […]

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Meet Ross, Jira’s Lead Designer (1/2)

Jira 6 is the biggest release to modernize Jira ever. We’ve updated everything from typography, icons, layouts to make Jira look and feel awesome. I got a few moments to catch up with Ross Chaldecott, the lead designer on the Jira program to see how this transformation took place. In this two part series we […]

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Jira 6: Auto look and feel

Jira 6 is the biggest release of Jira in three years. One of the big changes is the introduction of the Atlassian Design Guidelines (ADG). The biggest benefit of this improvement is a consistent look and feel across Jira as well as other Atlassian applications that support ADG, including Confluence and Stash. All three applications use similar […]

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Jira 6 available today!

Meet the new Jira Modern. Fast. Mobile. Simple. Jira 6 is a completely new Jira. The redesigned look and feel brings a whole new user experience to Jira. It is modern and simple, clearing away the clutter so that you can get your work done faster. It’s also mobile so you can work with your […]

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Why tools matter: Optimize your team with Jira 6

Each of us has a series of tasks that we do on a recurring basis at work. Engineers typically work with a few key tools such as compilers, source code repositories, issues trackers, build servers, and office tools like email to deliver code back to the company. At Atlassian, we think of product development tasks as falling […]

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Make Growth Easy: Why People Choose Jira 6

Jira is used by nearly 20,000 teams, spanning 115 countries around the globe. Why do so many companies choose Jira? Because it lets their teams plan more efficiently, communicate more effectively, and get work done faster. To understand how Jira makes collaboration easy, let’s start with why collaboration gets difficult. Growth makes things complicated! Growth is […]

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Meet the New Jira: Watch Issues in Bulk!

Jira 6 has been released! Staying Connected to Jira: Subscriptions and Bulk Watch I’ve got great news for you: Jira 6.0 is coming soon!  Amongst many great new features, this release of Jira will support bulk watching of issues. Atlassian has a public Jira instance, jira.atlassian.com, where we get a massive amount of feedback from […]

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Atlassian University: Configuring Search Results

The Tip of the Month, brought to you by Atlassian University, is a monthly series to help master Atlassian tools. Products are more fun to use when you know all the tricks. One of the great things about our customers is that we see great diversity and individuality across our customer base. That’s you, our […]

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Coming Soon: Jira 6.0

This is just a sneak of what’s to come.  We are REALLY excited about Jira 6.  Sit tight in that Aeron chair as you get ready to meet the new Jira! Kudos the Confluence team for the inspiration for this video

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How to manage a product backlog with ease

  Product owners have the challenging task of ingesting feedback from multiple sources, organizing it into a meaningful format, and communicating out to the product teams. Feedback is a critical part of the product life cycle. We can’t iterate to make our products better without it, as we talked about in our three-part series on collecting […]

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Atlassian at GOTO Chicago

GOTO Chicago 2013 It was great to be one of the sponsors at the GOTO Chicago 2013 conference from Tuesday April, 23 – Wednesday, April 24th  It was awesome meeting a number of Jira, Confluence, and Dev Tools customers  at the conference.  Herzum Consulting, one of our experts joined us at the booth as well.  […]

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6 steps to prepare for Jira 6!

Jira 6 is coming! Sys admins: this one is for you! As many of you know we at Atlassian are really excited about Jira 6. To help prepare your organization for the update, you can install the new Jira on a test system to ensure all your plugins and integrations continue to run smoothy. If […]