Development
Boiling the ocean with Portfolio for Jira: adventures in capacity planning
[Captain’s log August 1, 2117 – somewhere off the Gold Coast. What follows is an account of how I created the agile capacity plan for building the software that will power our mission to boil the oceans – and save humanity.] . . . If you’re reading this, it means our mission failed and the crew is […]
DevOps vs. compliance: a guide to having it all
The miasma of compliance documentation alone is enough to drain a person’s soul. Thank goodness for DevOps.
Q&A with a Bamboo product manager: see what we’ve been building
It’s been a busy year so far for the Bamboo team, and with the recent release of Bamboo 6.1, there are no signs of it slowing down any time soon. I recently sat down with Bamboo Product Manager, Syed Ghouse Masood, to find out more about what the team’s been up to, what new features were added […]
I ran my kids like an Atlassian team for a month
My wife recently went away on a business trip to the U.S. so I decided to experiment on my children. What if, I thought, I ran my kids like an Atlassian team? My boys are awesome, but anybody with three boys children knows that things can get a little bit crazy at times. My goal […]
Inside Atlassian: Meet the Portfolio for Jira product managers
Portfolio for Jira is about to turn three. In those three years, we have seen it evolve to be Data Center compatible, endure one name change, and be rebuilt from the inside out to better integrate data dynamically from Jira Software. Also, the product team has brought more and more features that do away with the heavy lift of planning […]
Bitbucket Server 5.2: compliance meets DevOps
Version control is at the heart of every development team’s process. The version control tooling and technology you select not only dictate how you interact with your team but can also hold you back from making improvements to your workflow. For example, teams looking to adopt DevOps practices can be especially frustrated with the lack of tooling options if […]
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 add new features or extend existing ones. JQL is no exception in that regard. There are a number of plugins for Jira on the Atlassian Marketplace that enhance JQL. You can also develop custom functions […]
Inside Atlassian: An interview with Crowd Development Lead, Marcin Kempa
Hi Marcin, can you tell us a little about yourself? I’m a development lead on the Crowd team located in the Gdańsk office. My entire professional career, almost 10 years now, has been focused on developing mission critical enterprise products – servicing industries ranging from aviation to financial services. I made my way to Atlassian two […]
How to speed up code reviews
This is a guest blog post by Atlassian Marketplace vendor, Midori. Ask anyone in the DevOps community and chances are, they will tell you that code review is time-consuming and frequently boring, but it’s a critical phase of the software development process. What they mention less often is that the long back and forths with […]
Why we’re letting 60,000 Bugcrowd security researchers ethically hack us
At Atlassian, security is baked into the product development lifecycle. We employ an entire team of security engineers who build threat models, review code, and test our systems. Building and maintaining products that keep our customers safe is a team effort. Our first public bug bounty program run through Bugcrowd Today, we’re launching Atlassian’s first […]
Inside Atlassian: Q&A with Imran Khan, Bitbucket Server product manager
Putting professional software teams first has always been the goal for Bitbucket Server & Data Center. How can we help your team move faster, worry less about mundane tasks, and adopt new ways of working – like DevOps – without seeing an impact to your security or scalability? There’s no better way to understand how we tackle this challenge […]
5 reasons why you (and your team) won’t want to miss Atlassian Summit
Atlassian Summit U.S. is our largest gathering of passionate Atlassian product users, admins, and industry leaders, and it’s taking place in San Jose, California this September 12-14. This Summit is shaping up to be the biggest one yet, and we want to see you there! Here are 5 reasons why Summit is a valuable event for […]
10 million in 10 years
When I joined Atlassian as the Head of Foundation last December I knew I was becoming part of something very special. Atlassian’s 5 values really do drive behaviours (so much more than anything I have experienced elsewhere during a career spanning more than 35 years) and the passion of all Atlassians (from the founders, Scott […]
Jira Software Server 7.4 – flexibility meets productivity
When an organization grows and Jira Software scales to include more teams, striking a balance between administrative control and team flexibility can be tough. On the one hand, teams want the ability to modify their processes quickly to fit their evolving needs and stay ahead of development trends. On the other hand, system and global […]
Jira Service Desk Server 3.6 – Eliminate downtime, resolve issues faster, and stop guesstimating
Jira Service Desk Server 3.6 is here with collaborator comments, SLA improvements, and zero downtime upgrades. Allow collaborators to comment on existing requests via email so they’re resolved faster, stop guesstimating with improved readability of SLAs in the queue, and eliminate downtime (giving you your weekends back!) with zero downtime upgrades in Jira Service Desk […]