4 best practices for sprint planning meetings
This article is the second in a series on agile ceremonies. Learn how we do sprint retrospectives, too! Every new year brings a renewed sense of purpose and in the software world, promises to ship...
Dan Radigan
Getting the most out of JQL with Atlassian Marketplace add-ons
One of the great things about Jira is that it is easily extensible. It’s extensiblity layer makes it easy to...
7 steps to a beautiful and useful agile dashboard
Greetings agile fans! A question I often get is how to configure Jira Software’s dashboards to show content that’s relevant...
JQL: Functions, history, and sorting
You are now on your way to creating more effective queries in Jira to have a clearer view on your...
JQL: the most flexible way to search Jira
JQL stands for Jira Query Language and is the most powerful and flexible way to search for your issues in Jira....
How to build a kick-ass agile team
Despite sharing common values, there is no formula for the perfect agile team. Some implement scrum while others use kanban. Agile purists prefer co-located teams, but business realities sometimes necessitate distributing an agile team...
Who’s who in agile teams?
Agile teams are structurally different than their waterfall counterparts. Agile teams focus on the team itself, whereas waterfall teams often follow the structure of the organization. As I was learning scrum, one of the...
The smoke test: the golden arrow in an admin’s quiver
Software teams have long benefitted from using a smoke test to quickly validate a new software build. The smoke test is designed to verify basic functionality and the most common problems that appear in...
Atlassian’s Agile Coach goes TAM
Hey everyone! Dan, the agile TAM here. Many of you know me as a frequent author here on atlassianblog.wpengine.com, where I've written about Jira, agile, Jira Agile, and software development best practices. I joined...
3 steps to taming technical debt with Jira
Mounting technical debt is similar to damage caused by termites--left unchecked, both can cause major problems. When technical debt creeps in, development becomes harder, the codebase becomes brittle, and tribal knowledge is required to...
Inside Atlassian: stand-ups for distributed and co-located teams
Stand-up is one of the fundamental parts of agile development, and it’s often the most misunderstood. Let’s be real: stand-ups by themselves don’t make your team agile. They aren’t about inflating egos or justifying...
Inside Atlassian: three steps for better sprint reviews
In the late afternoon on Fridays you can often hear clapping and cheering throughout the Atlassian office. Here, we work hard, play hard, and celebrate our successes in the form of sprint reviews. Sprint reviews...
Form nimble agile teams
With agile, it’s easy to talk about processes, ceremonies, and workflows. But it’s also easy to lose sight of the team. In this article, we’ll explore the dynamics of forming nimble agile teams and...
Watch the Jira Keynote from Summit 2014
2014 has been an exciting year for software teams here at Atlassian. During the Jira keynote at Atlassian Summit 2014, we...
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,...