Jira Software tips
Assign, discuss, done: more Jira + Hipchat goodness
Together, Jira and Hipchat eliminate shoulder tapping while ensuring that agile teams can collaborate and communicate in real-time. Team members get the information they want, when and where they want it. Does it get any better than that?
3 steps to taming technical debt with Jira
Learn how to reduce technical debt.
4 tips to get more out of Jira with keyboard shortcuts
I’ve been a Jira Software administrator for some time now and have worked with hundreds of customers’ instances. I’m often asked, ‘How can I get more out of Jira Software?’ I always give the same answer: learn the keyboard shortcuts. Nothing will improve your speed throughout Jira Software more than keyboard shortcuts. From creating issues, assigning work, and even administering […]
Getting the right data from your users to ease developer pain
Collecting the right information from the start makes interactions between the development team and issue reporters much easier. In this article, I’ll share a few ways you can help ease developer pain with Jira Software. Successful product teams incorporate user feedback throughout their entire development cycle. Product owners meet with customers, and development teams respond to […]
Organizing issues with priority to optimize delivery
I’ve had a number of people ask me lately, “How can I use priority to better manage issues inside of Jira Software?” Throughout my career in software, different teams have used priority to communicate different processes inside of their issue tracking systems. Failure to be crisp about the definition of priority makes work more confusing to get done. […]
Task management with Confluence and Jira
I’d like to take a few moments to share how task management in Confluence relates to Jira. Both products enable teams to collaborate using task management and distribution. Confluence works well for smaller business teams, whereas Jira excels for larger projects. Getting from here to goal People rally around goals. For goals to be actionable, we need to break them […]
Connecting Jira 6.2 to GitHub
In almost every instance, software development is a collaborative effort – multiple people are working with any given issue during an its lifecycle. Product owners, developers, as well as business stakeholders all need to be involved during the software development lifecycle. With Jira 6.2 we released deep integrations with Atlassian’s Git tools, Stash and Bitbucket. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
8 steps to Jira field greatness
Now Available: This content is available as a presentation on SlideShare! I’m always in awe when thinking about how many different kinds of organizations use Jira Software to help teams of people deliver their visions. While the specifics of each implementation differ, each customer uses Jira Software to track information so that everyone in the team can stay […]
Building an awesome Jira workflow: concepts and examples
I’m amazed by how many different types of teams use Jira to manage their workflows. Jira’s customizable workflow engine lets you adapt it to all kinds of company cultures – whether small and new, or large and legacy. As your company grows, you develop a unique culture based on how employees work together in teams. And how a […]
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 […]
Jira Admins: where is your field?
Do you know about the Jira Admin Helper? If you’re a Jira administrator, hold on to your hat: we’re about to move your configuration tasks at warp speed! The Jira Admin Helper is a free, bundled plugin that answers questions like: Why isn’t my field showing up on view/edit/create screens? Why can/can’t a user see […]