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 […]
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 […]
Expium is deeply experienced working with JIRA in a variety environments. Our customers run the whole gamut, from pure software dev shops to government agencies simply using it as a project management tool. Because we see such a broad spectrum of implementations we are able to see some trends forming early on. In this article I […]
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. […]
A common mistake new JIRA users fall into is viewing the JIRA structure from a top down perspective only. This perspective wants to start with Projects and Workflows and work down to Issue Types. However, starting with Issue Types and building up provides a much more robust and flexible framework and will likely eliminate any […]
Often I describe JIRA as a large set of Legos in a bucket. JIRA is one of those tools that is so flexible it is hard to get your head around how to use it. The Lego analogy works on many levels. Using the predefined project types, JIRA Agile, JIRA Service Desk, etc is like […]
Technology platforms mature and improve over time. The Atlassian ecosystem is no exception. One area where Atlassian has matured dramatically is in supporting customizations. In the past customizations were a real “wild west” edit the database and file system approach. Today we have flexibility in configuration and a strong API. Often people have a hard […]
At Oasis Digital, Expium’s sister company, our core business is to build custom software that helps our customers thrive. Everyone that works at Oasis Digital solves challenging technical problems every day. Our team creates solutions for complex customer needs, and is constantly improving our technology stack to do this more effectively. Similarly, at Expium we […]
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 […]
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 […]
