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| SEPTEMBER 2012 EDITION | | |
| | New GreenHopper 6: Innovation Week | | | At Atlassian, we are big believers in the concept of 20% time for improvements. Teams take this time by implementing an Innovation Week which is held at the beginning of each release. | | | With the launch of GreenHopper 6, the GreenHopper Team had their own Innovation Week, and was able to bring 3 great new features to light. Read more » | |  | | |
| | 3 reasons why email hurts your productivity | | | Historically, email has been the easiest way to make contact in any business relationship – short, pointed conversations with the teammates you work closest with, or quick messages to people you’re communicating with for the very first time. Since its inception, however, the notion that email is also a good channel for team collaboration is what’s holding us all back. Read more » | |  | | | |
| | Artifact passing for Agile Teams | | | When teams decide to go agile, they do so with visions of smoothly flowing burndown charts dancing in their heads. Not that the chart itself is important. It’s what that smooth burndown line represents: a team that is firing on all cylinders, everyone playing their positions… insert your favorite sportscaster metaphor here. Read more » | | |
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| | University tips of the month | | | Brought to you by the big-brained (or maybe highly evolved?) people at Atlassian University, the best place to learn about the hundreds of features and shortcuts in our products. | | | | | | |
| | Win this shirt | | | Every month, we pose a question or task to our newsletter readers. The brave ones who answer are placed in a drawing to win some free Atlassian gear. | | | This Month's Challenge | | | What are the three biggest challenges your team faces when collaborating together? Let us know here. You'll be entered to win our new blue Angry Nerds t-shirt (pictured right). | | |  | | |
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| | Our reading list | | | Here are a few sites and blogs we've been tagging around the office: | | | | | |
| | Thanks for reading | | | Thanks for reading this month's edition of the Atlassian Newsletter. If you have ideas or feedback, feel free to contact us. | | | Until next month! | | | Cheers, | | | The Atlassians | | |
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