Last year Atlassian released a trial version of a new Issue View Screen in the Cloud version of Jira. This blog will walk through the differences between the old and new version. Note: This new View Screen can be turned off by selecting the “Turn off new issue view” link under the ellipses. Selecting this […]
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New User Roles
New User Roles on Jira Cloud and their relationship to Groups and Global Permission Jira has recently announced several new user features for the Cloud instance. One major addition is User Roles, which will now allow Admins to categorize users. User Roles come in three types: Basic, Trusted, Site AdministratorUser Roles are different from Project […]
The Soft Skills of Governance
The Constitutional Convention of the United States was a protracted affair for good reason: planning and implementing governance is hard. When separate parties have competing agendas, compromise becomes the only way forward. And when tempers and fears grow, sometimes compromise becomes more of a personal challenge than a professional one. As with countries, companies are […]
Volkswagen ERL: Customizing JIRA to Solve a Complex Problem
At Expium, we have been asked to complete some interesting projects. In early 2016 we were engaged by Volkswagen ERL to train their team on the use of Atlassian tools and consult on their implementation. Like many of our customers, they had tried to run on their own and had hit the limit of their […]
Global Permission or Group? Clearing up confusion on JIRA Administrators
We often get several questions in class about the differences between JIRA System Administrators and JIRA Administrators, especially as they relate to Global Permissions & Groups: What is the difference between JIRA System Administrators and JIRA Administrators? Why is there a JIRA Administrators Global Permission and a jira-administrators group? Why does JIRA Cloud version only […]
Jira Portfolio tips and tricks
With the release of Jira Portfolio 2.0, Atlassian has unlocked some high level reporting features that were previously either completely unavailable to users, or required advanced levels of development work to attain. With the new customizable hierarchy, large amounts of epics and projects, extending for months or years at a time, can now be tracked. […]
Atlassian Portfolio 2.0 Demo
In August, 2016 we held a private live webinar for our clients. We have had a lot of interest in Portfolio and decided to publish video of the webinar and a transcription here, in this post. Some minor editing of the text has occurred to assist with the flow. Michael: Welcome to our Portfolio 2.0 […]
JIRA Case Study: Nested Workflows
Using custom issue types and multiple nested workflows to bring business management processes into a project without disrupting the core workflow. Last month I had the pleasure of teaching a private JIRA Boot Camp at a national corporation on the East Coast. They had been using JIRA for a while, and had achieved a level […]
Example Software Development Workflow
Here is a quick case study of a workflow used at Oasis Digital (sister company of Expium) on complex software projects. We incorporate various important concepts including: Code Review Testing DOD (Definition of Done) Customer Shipment Production Validation
How to Add Labels to Issues
On occasion OD may require Issues to be sorted by labels of various types, whether for customer billing or internal processes. In JIRA, select the appropriate Project. From the menu on the left, select Issues. If needed you can filter the Issues to get a subset, or select All Issues. This will take you to […]