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Get to master faster with improved pull requests in Bitbucket Server
Pull requests provide a lightweight way to do peer code reviews and merges as part of a branch-based development workflow. Sure beats having to huddle around a monitor with 3 other developers! Today I’d like to share with you some improvements we’ve made to pull requests in Bitbucket Server that will help you get to […]
How to give your team meetings a status update
It’s 3 PM. The caffeine is kicking in from your afternoon coffee, but you can’t shake the feeling of dread as you drag yourself into your team’s weekly meeting. You know it’s going to carry on forever while simultaneously accomplishing nothing. You wonder, “Does it have to be this way?”
7 imaginative ways business teams can track work in Jira Core
We built Jira Core because we realized business and back-office teams could benefit from Jira in the same ways software teams do. Jira Core extends the workflow functionality and customizability of Jira to business teams so they can track work, manage projects, and stay on top of everything. Jira Core lets business teams define their processes, break down and track issues, and organize work. Issues in Jira Core can represent all kinds of things: a task, a document… even a person. Just about anything you want to track can be an issue. Read on to see more of the many examples!
Tip of the Week: Using different SSH keys for multiple Bitbucket accounts
Create a key for each of your accounts To generate a new key pair simply run this command in the ~/.ssh/ folder: The -C option is a comment to help identify the key. The -f option specifies the file name. Repeat the above for each Bitbucket account you want to use. Add the public key […]
Three ways to use Jira Service Desk’s new approvals like a pro
Pop quiz! Name three things you’d rather do than set up approvals in your service desk tool. Get a root canal? Darn socks? Walk barefoot through the snow (uphill both ways)? If your toes are already getting frostbite just from thinking about it, I’ve got good news: Jira Service Desk now offers an easy […]
4 new Jira Software features you didn’t know about
Since the launch of Jira Software, we’ve added some features to make the lives of every software team member easier. But you might not know these features exist! Read on to learn how these four features put more control of Jira projects into the hands of team leads, scrum masters, and developers. You can start using these features today, and we guarantee they’ll make you and your team more efficient.
Faster and leaner: the trend toward smaller software development teams
We recently conducted a survey to assess and evaluate the latest software development trends amongst our customer base and more than 1,300 people weighed in. While most of our insights are focused on process, one thing stood out to us that we wanted to dig deeper into: 80% of respondents said the average development team in their org had 10 or fewer members. Here are our thoughts on why that’s happening, and the advantages small teams enjoy.
5 surprising insights about DevOps and tech support
Tech support is a powerful, multifaceted hub: it can fix or improve products, reduce future customer requests and boost customer satisfaction. But is this feedback actually making its way back to product development? We set out on a mission to see if tech support and development teams were collaborating. To kick it off, we commissioned a never-been-done-before study with HDI, the largest association for technical support professionals, boasting 150,000 members. Here are five findings that might surprise you.
The invisible problem wrecking your productivity and how to stop it
In all of the myriad articles and advice on productivity, there is one evil lurking in our activities, one activity that when mastered, opens the door to potential productivity paradise. When it comes down to it, distractions (or lack thereof) are the real crux of working better. They’re a big culprit behind one of the worst productivity destroyers of the work day: context switching.
Help desk vs. service desk vs. ITSM: what’s the difference? Part 2 of 2
In part 1 of this two-part series, I explained the difference between a help desk and a service desk. Thankfully, the difference between service desk and IT service management (ITSM) is easier to explain – especially when you start with ITSM. ITIL, the most commonly-adopted ITSM best practice framework, describes ITSM as: “The implementation and […]
Introducing Teamder™
Despite the myriad advances in workplace technology, we’re still forming teams the old fashioned way. We pour over org charts. We obsess about bringing the right blend of skills and view points to the table. And we do it all from the top down – until today. Introducing Teamder™ – the latest member of the Atlassian family.
Automating quality checks and Docker containers in a Git workflow
Recently I had the chance to meet the team over at CloudCannon and discuss how they develop their application using Bitbucket and Docker. They’ve faced challenges many other small teams are dealing with in setting up a solid continuous delivery model and ensuring the code released is of the highest quality possible. But thanks to the bitHound Bitbucket add-on and their own custom Bitbucket extension, they were able to create a Git workflow that’s a perfect fit.
How to find your most productive hours
Not all hours are created equal. Sometimes an hour is enough to blaze through a massive project, and other times all you manage is to tiredly send a couple of unimportant emails.
Introducing code search for Bitbucket Server
How often has this happened to you: you see an error message and you’re not sure which part of the code it came from, or you know the function name but you don’t know what repo contains the code for it. “Ghaah!” Many of you’ve been asking for a way to search through your code […]
Top 10 user suggestions addressed by Portfolio for Jira’s live plans
Ever since I joined Atlassian as a product manager for Portfolio for Jira, there is one thing that keeps blowing my mind: the quantity and quality of feedback we’re receiving from you, our users. It’s humbling to see how much effort you put into providing us with great ideas, detailed descriptions of challenges you are […]