Atlassian RoadTrip 2011 Slide Deck

April 2011#Atlassian #RoadTrip2011

Friday, April 8, 2011

Agenda

About the show

Best Atlassiantricks

3 Things

Drinks & nibbles


About the Show(fasten your seatbelts)

Exit 1

Exit only


AtlasBucks

• Five product concepts• Invest with your wallets• Or create your own


Confluence MeetingRoom

• A better way to manage meetings• Build agenda,

invite attendees, take notes, record follow-up


Confluence Calendars

• Plan and track team events• Calendar types

(people, JIRA, events)• Content linking• Embeddable, full

calendars


JIRA Planner

• Simple, powerful resource planning• Map people to

projects• Quickly estimate

time and resourcing


JIRA Zapper

• Easiest way to capture bugs• Templates make

bug filing easy• Record info about

app youʼre testing


JIRA Roadmappr

• Manage roadmaps within JIRA• Link themes to

tasks• Track status and

release detail


http://summit.atlassian.comJune 6-8, 2011


http://summit.atlassian.com






Best Tricks(of Atlassian software dev)

Exit 2

Exit only


Launch

Build

Plan

Concept

Track&

Discuss

1

2

3

4


Minimize Distractions“The Disturbed”

• Dev handles all questions, requests, distractions that slow the team

• 2-week rotations

ProTip

• make it visible: wallboard, big stuffy, Edward Munch mask

1


Pull information togetherSingle project page for detailed status

• bring together key project info (team, specs, blogs, sales, downloads, blockers)

• visual countdown (GreenHopper Days Remaining gadget)

• metadata macro assembles list of all specs automatically

ProTip

2


Keep information connectedLink JIRA and Confluence together

• Link related issues to specs and roadmaps

• JIRA Issues displays issues in table or individually with visible status

ProTip

• create new JIRA issues from within Confluence

3


Keep it simpleSmart workflows

• Visualize before you build• Start small• Evolve incrementally

ProTip

• use workflow transitions for simple edit screens

• add a “review” step

4


Eyes on the prizeWallboards, bright and physical

• Make it big, and highlight the most critical stuff

• Atlassian teams compete for “best wallboard”

ProTip

• Firefox plugin rotates through multiple browser tabs

5


Create opportunities to innovateAtlassian Fedex Days

• “Ship in a day”• 24-hours to scratch

itches, spike ideas, have fun

• Formal shipment orders declare goal

ProTip

• supply food, beer, and a prize for the victor

6


Test early and oftenDogfood, dogfood, dogfood

• Sometimes your best critics work for you

• continuously deploy new features to dogfood servers

ProTip

• collect feedback within the product

7


Get an extra pair of eyesHave your code reviewed

• Insurance policy on code quality.

• Great way for new devs to learn on the job. Share expertise.

ProTip

• review everything (screenshots, code, features)

8


Develop your own languageMemes that drive teams

This is Lawson.

<insert previous developer’s name

here> broke it.Founder code.

Thanks for coming in today Skitchslapped

9


(v) skitchslap: the act of denigrating something by annotating a screenshot or image of it, using skitch. "Man, my CSS didn't work in IE7 - got majorly skitchslapped for it".


https://bitbucket.org/rackley/jira-anywhere-for-skitch


https://bitbucket.org/rackley/jira-anywhere-for-skitch/overview

https://bitbucket.org/rackley/jira-anywhere-for-skitch/overview

The Beer CartLubricate the induction process

• Rolls every Friday @ 4pm

• Meet new people• Re-acquaint with

colleagues

ProTip

• Snacks are appreciated

10


Three things(we’re working on)

Exit 3

Exit only


Simplicity

Integratability

Extensibility 3R O A D S H O W


Simplicity: Confluence 4 Editor

Sticky Editor Toolbar

Advanced Table Editing•Merge cells•Highlight cells

Rendered Gliffy Diagram

Table Editing Toolbar

Visual Macros

Single Scrollbar


• JIRA, FE/CR, BAM

Simplicity: Updated UX


Simplicity: Smart Configuration

• Improved configuration experience for administrators

• Edit project and field settings simply


Simplicity: Atlassian University

http://university.atlassian.com/




Integratability: User Management in JIRA

• Delegated Confluence user management through JIRA

• OAuth introduces host of new JIRA integration features

Configure Atlassian JIRA Server


Integratability: Application Links

• Map JIRA projects and Confluence Spaces• JIRA <-> Confluence: Activity streams• JIRA -> Confluence: Publish GreenHopper Sprint Reports


Integratability: Activity Streams

• Improved interface and usability

• Powerful filtering• Inline actions:

comment, vote, watch and issue or trigger a build -all from the stream


Integratability: On Demand


Extensibility: “Extensions”Client-side product extensions enabled per user.

In Confluence.

In JIRA.


Managing extensions


Search results tweaker


JIRA Admin improvements


Instant Issue (just click “i”)


Thumbnail previews on attachments


Interested in playing with us?

[email protected]


mailto:[email protected]


In Sum...

• AUGs, AUGs, AUGs• Come to Summit - June 6-8, San Francisco• http://university.atlassian.com/• [email protected]• Give us On Demand integration ideas• Have fun...






Thank youNow leaving


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