Getting started with anything new can be tricky, but getting the fundamentals right makes it a lot easier! For JIRA Portfolio, the fundamentals begin with initiatives and themes, so we’ll start with those. If you have any questions about other concepts in JIRA…
During sprint planning, a team selects a set of product backlog items they will work on during the coming sprint. As part of doing this, most teams will also identify a list of the tasks to be performed to complete…
The year? 2015. The setting? An Agile transformation near you. The problem? You’ve hit a wall. Despite all your best intentions, you’re still not getting those promised benefits of Agile: speed, quality, value, sustainable growth across your organization. And your…
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We’re excited to bring you JIRA Portfolio 1.9, which makes planning even more realistic. The new capacity visualization makes it easy to see how much work can get done and provides transparency if targeted deadlines are not realistic. Flexible sprint configuration makes sure your portfolio…
We often collect feedback and requests from people outside of our team. If they find a bug, need something done, or have a feature request – somehow and some way, they need to reach us. As an Atlassian, I prefer…
JIRA 6.4 is all about shipping with confidence so your team can enjoy a stress-free release every time they ship code. But before we dive into more JIRA 6.4 goodness (did you hear about the new JIRA HipChat integration?), let’s…
Every team goes through some stages of conflict before they stabilize. Leaders need to be conscious of intervening during such conflicts. The knee-jerk reaction of a typical leader observing a conflict is to jump immediately to “fix” the problem. It…
In the Disciplined Agile Delivery (DAD) framework data management is a Run (operational) activity that focuses on the execution of data-oriented architectures, policies, and processes. Note that the long-term planning efforts around data-oriented aspects of your organization are part of…
In addition to the general release management strategies described previously, the general DevOps strategies, and the construction-focused DevOps strategies (including continuous deployment) there are several other release management strategies that support DevOps: Integrated deployment planning. From the point of view of…