Category: Atlassian
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5 Best Continuous Integration Tools for DevOps in 2023
Continuous integration helps teams increase their development speed while ensuring code quality. With continuous commits of code released in tiny increments, items can more easily be built and tested before being merged into the shared repository. Continuous integration is excellent for development projects that remain open and ongoing as teams continue to refine products and…
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Top 5 Best Slack Integrations for Jira
Many organizations use Slack for team communication and Jira for project management and handling issues with ongoing software. However, having two separate platforms can become confusing when both are meant to communicate what needs to be done and what has already been actioned. The solution: link the two together! The great thing about both Slack…
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Automation: Do This Not That
Automation is a wonderful tool to help teams streamline time-consuming processes and focus their energies on more high-value tasks. However, it’s not a catch-all. Groups that can integrate automation effectively understand where automation will help and where it will hinder. Here are a few places where automation shouldn’t be used and some beneficial automation applications…
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Best Release Note Solutions On and Off Jira
If you are a heavy user of Jira, you know how valuable the Atlassian Marketplace can be. With many third-party apps and add-ons, Jira allows users to do everything from automating tasks to integrate Slack into its app. This helps companies not only streamline their communication and processes. It also helps centralize activities so that…
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The Many Benefits of Business Process Automation
Business process animation is an aspect of technology that can help companies streamline their processes. Yet, many businesses still aren’t taking advantage of the many platforms and apps to help them automotive recurring/redundant tasks. It’s possible managers still don’t grasp the full extent of just how helpful automation can be. If you’re still wondering why…
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The Pros and Cons of Jira
When it comes to Agile project management in particular, Jira is a very popular option for companies of all sizes. The platform has many pros, but a few cons as well. Understanding what teams like about Jira – and what they find lacking – can help you decide if Jira is the right solution for…
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Does Slack Work Well for Enterprise-Level Organizations?
When it comes to team communication, especially for teams that work across departments, different offices, or, yes, even from home, Slack has been a platform that has helped streamline conversations. With the ability to create channels related to departments, projects, tasks, and more, Slack allows users to keep chats relegated to specific topics, which many…
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The Most Useful Third-Party Jira Add-Ons
One of the most amazing aspects of the Jira platform is the ability to add to the system in a way that makes it feel like a bespoke solution. This is achieved by an entire Atlassian marketplace of third-party apps, developed by Jira users, designed to solve for gaps in the Jira system. This allows…
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Best chat plugins for Confluence/Jira
As wonderful as Jira is, sometimes, conversations need to happen around activities. If you have a way to chat right within Jira, it is easier to reference ongoing work and link to the relevant tickets. Luckily, Jira has a multitude of general plug-in capabilities. There are numerous choices when it comes to choosing a chat…