Development
Quick filters, improved user management & more in Bamboo 5.12
Knowing that many of our customers have very large and growing instances with hundreds to thousands of projects and plans, we have improved filtering and search so that Bamboo stays a world-class enterprise solution with more options for all users. Additionally, we’ve added an extra option for easier user management without tool-switching. Read on to learn more about all we have for you in this release.
How feedback helps you develop better software: insights from the Jira Mobile team
Collecting and responding to user feedback is what makes agile software development lean. This relationship creates a constant need to release early and develop with users in mind. As a result, user feedback is crucial to understanding how to add value to a product. Learn why feedback collection and early user involvement was such an important decision to the Jira mobile team, how this set them up for success in a mobile world, and how feedback fits into the lifecycle of any software product.
The wait is over. Portfolio for Jira 2.0 is here!
Portfolio for Jira 2.0 has arrived, featuring a new integration with Jira Software. The new integration means you can say goodbye to manually tracking progress and status using disconnected tools like spreadsheets. Now, your team’s work in Jira will automatically roll up into Portfolio so you can get visibility across all teams and projects at a glance. By loading data dynamically from Jira Software, you can plan in real time and everything will always be up to date. Read more!
From beta to GA: how to build a winning API
When you think of an API, you probably don’t picture a bunch of drawings on a whiteboard. But exactly one year ago, our plans for Hipchat Connect were just that. In a year this idea evolved through several stages and finally made it to public GA with over 30 partners. We’ve learned a lot about shipping and partnership in the process, and we hope what we’ve learned will be helpful to other software development teams like yours.
Jira Software Cloud is now available in Portuguese, Korean, and Russian
Today we’re pleased to announce that Jira Software Cloud is now available in 3 new languages: Portuguese, Korean, and Russian. Over the past three years Jira Software has seen tremendous growth around the globe, including incredible 35% year-over-year growth in Russia and South Korea and over 50% year-over-year growth in Brazil. To further empower software teams in these three countries to release higher quality software faster, we’ve translated Jira into Portuguese, Korean, and Russian to provide a native product experience.
Bridging the gap between content and design with wireframes
We all know that the success of any project hangs on having the right teams and processes in place. But sometimes, this can feel like an unreachable goal when it comes to the day-to-day of project management. However, establishing common techniques for communicating and transitioning assets can smooth out this process and create a better experience for everyone involved. One of these techniques centers around creating wireframes, or rough visualizations of a concept or user interface.
Try using mind maps to plan your next project
Mind maps are a great way for visual learners and thinkers to brainstorm ideas, plan out projects, and tap into the creativity of the team. Plus, they’re collaborative. You can work through ideas and problems together, going from initial ideas to formalized plan as a team. If you’ve felt frustrated at the start of a project, you gotta check out these 3 ways you can use mind maps in Confluence to go from concept to solid project plan.
3 new customization ideas using Jira Service Desk’s API
We’re excited to unveil Connect for Jira Service Desk, our shiny new API that connects your Jira Service Desk with other software solutions. Whether you’re a Jira Service Desk admin or developer, there is so much you can build. Craft integrations that create tickets from a phone call or a text, or create add-ons that pull in essential customer information to your Jira Service Desk dashboard – and that’s just the beginning.
Collaborate from anywhere with Confluence for iPhone
Teams need a way to work smarter. We think making teams smarter is the ultimate form of productivity. Our first mission to help teams work smarter was making it easy for anyone to create rich content in Confluence. But creating great content is only half the battle. All this rich content needed to be available beyond the confines of the desktop and office, so teams could keep moving projects forward. We needed to make it just as easy for any team member to contribute and build upon the content as it is to create it – from anywhere, on-the-go. That’s why we built the new Confluence for iPhone app.
Bitbucket Pipelines Beta: continuous delivery inside Bitbucket
Bitbucket Cloud is introducing Pipelines to let your team build, test, and deploy from Bitbucket. It is built right within Bitbucket, giving you end-to-end visibility from coding to deployment. With Bitbucket Pipelines there’s no CI server to setup, user management to configure, or repositories to synchronize. Just enable it in one click and you’re ready to go.
AtlasCamp 2016: fueling cloud collaboration for all teams
Atlassian is helping teams across all industries do amazing things. The common thread between all teams is the need to work smarter and faster. And we see more and more teams choosing to collaborate in the cloud. During today’s keynote at AtlasCamp 2016 I shared new product advancements for team productivity in the cloud. At a time when the speed of software development continues to increase, our Atlassian teams are focused on delivering new tools to help you work smarter and be more connected with your team.
Know thy customer: agile’s essential guide to user story maps
A story map is a visual representation of the journey a customer takes with a product, including activities and tasks they complete. Agile teams create the story map in a collaborative session to ensure they have a shared understanding of the customer and their desired outcomes. Today I’ll show you the basics of user story mapping and why it’s a worthwhile endeavour for your agile team.
My life runs on Jira: an inventory system for carp fishing
By using Atlassian Jira (Core or Software) every day, I became crazy about wanting to “jiralyse” everything. As the product moves to being less and less linked to IT software development, it’s becoming easier and easier to use Jira not only for workflows and customer relationships but also for data analysis. Check out how I built a JIRA-based carp catches inventory system!
3 ways to stay on top of your software project in Confluence
If your project in Jira Software is your one-stop shop for everything JIRA-related, then your project space in Confluence is your go-to place for everything else: requirements, retrospectives, meeting notes, and more. Here are 3 ways to use the project space to surface what’s most important to you.
Living long and prospering with long-lived Git branches
This is a guest blog post by Holger Just from Plan.io, the creators of Planio for Bitbucket Cloud. It’s generally considered best practice to keep Git branches short-lived. But that approach won’t work for every team or every situation. I know this because it doesn’t work for my team. You see, our Git workflows include […]