As the largest purveyor of JIRA classes outside of Atlassian, we are as keen as anyone on their plans for the future after the round of press releases and articles related to JIRA, Atlassian’s value, and a possible IPO. The news and reporting around Atlassian of late has been pretty intense, confusing, and possibly alarming. […]
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Cup O’ Links
Hope everyone is having a great week! Below you’ll find a JIRA “Cup O’ Links,” a few helpful links to articles that answer some common questions and problems users face with JIRA. 5 Steps to Build a Killer Dashboard JIRA At Your Service: 10 Tips & Tricks for Improving Your Service Desk – Atlassian Summit […]
User Adoption = Success
System Administrators often find themselves caught trying to fulfill the promises and hype that come with a new system purchase. As ERP companies learned the hard way over the last twenty years, a system is only as good as its user adoption. Metrics cannot flow to management without individual users, on a consistent basis, doing […]
Cup O’ Links
Hope everyone is having a great week! Below you’ll find a JIRA “Cup O’ Links,” a few helpful links to articles that answer some common questions and problems users face with JIRA. Configuring Workflow Schemes Calculate TAT for Issue Type Bug JIRA Administration – Advantages of Using Project Roles Associating a Screen with an Issue Operation […]
Dividing work into the right set of JIRA issues
Here is a very brief case study of how complex work is divided into the right set of Jira issues at Oasis Digital, Expium’s sister company. Typically an experienced developer or manager will choose and approach to this challenge for a particular project; the approach year has worked reasonably well for our teams.. Important to […]
JIRA Training – The Little Things
When I observe various JIRA installations, some common problems tend to bubble to the surface. Many cases of poor adoption or user interaction can be traced back to inadequate setup. As a JIRA Admin or champion you can send a clear message to your users by how you approach the system in the first place. […]
JIRA Training – Workflows
Atlassian’s JIRA is a powerful tool to manage your team and your projects. Having a tool and bringing a tool to bear on a problem are two totally different things. I teach a JIRA Boot Camp class that is three days long and focuses on skills, like workflow configuration, needed to be successful implementing JIRA. What is […]
Traditional Project Management is Dead
The discipline just does not know it yet. When I speak of traditional project management, I mean a very rigid approach where the end is predetermined, with a level of specificity to allow for detailed estimates, and schedules. This can be the construction of a building, or the management of an election campaign where massive […]