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Jira & Confluence Tips for Beginners

Jira and Confluence are fantastic platforms for work management, but can be daunting for first-time users. This section has tips, tricks, and advice for those dipping their toes into the Atlassian ecosystem.

First Impressions of Atlassian, Jira, and Confluence from Actual Newbies (Part 2)

June 30, 2022March 15, 2022 by Christopher Berry

If you think Jira is the same as Java or that Atlassian sounds like a really boring superhero, you’re in the right place. This two-part … Read More

Categories Agile for Beginners, Jira & Confluence Tips for Beginners, Resources

First Impressions of Atlassian, Jira, and Confluence from Actual Newbies (Part 1)

June 30, 2022March 10, 2022 by Christopher Berry

When people ask me what I do, the conversation often goes like this: Me: “I write content for a software company that makes add-ons for … Read More

Categories Agile for Beginners, Jira & Confluence Tips for Beginners, Resources
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A Guide to Confluence Automation and Keyboard Shortcuts

June 30, 2022February 3, 2022 by Christopher Berry

We are all lazy bums. Gee, thanks Old Street, I click on one of your articles and get insulted in the first line. Wait, though. … Read More

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How to Use Jira for Waterfall and Hybrid Projects (White Paper Extract)

July 18, 2022November 17, 2021 by Christopher Berry

Even though Jira is officially an agile project management system, purely agile projects are rare in real life. Most project managers still practice waterfall project … Read More

Categories Agile for Beginners, Homepage Jira Better, Jira & Confluence Tips for Beginners, Resources

4 Ways of Sharing Confluence Content

June 30, 2022November 4, 2021 by Morgan Folsom

If your organization is using Confluence, it’s likely that you’ve been asked how to share the content you’ve created. There are a lot of reasons … Read More

Categories Jira & Confluence Tips for Beginners, Resources, Workflow & Collaboration
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Visualize your Workflow with Kanban Boards in Jira

June 30, 2022July 20, 2021 by Chris Cooke

If you think your team could fix bugs and release builds faster, consider using Jira Kanban boards. A Kanban board is a visualization tool that … Read More

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When to Use Jira Filters and Jira Query Language (JQL)

June 30, 2022May 11, 2021 by Morgan Folsom

In this article, you will learn how to: Search in Jira Save filters Subscribe to filters Use filters on Jira dashboards Searching in Jira There … Read More

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What’s Better Than Jira? Free Jira!

June 30, 2022November 6, 2020 by Chris Cooke

Whether you’re setting up a small business, or expanding your company with a new team or project, there’s never been a better time to manage … Read More

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Jira Agile Boards: Why and How to Create Swimlanes

June 30, 2022October 30, 2020 by Chris Cooke

For Jira Agile project mangement, Jira has most bases covered with Kanban. There are a number of key decisions before creating project swimlanes. This blog goes through everything you need to know.

Categories Jira & Confluence Tips for Beginners, Resources Tags agile, Jira, Kanban

Top 12 Tips for Confluence

June 30, 2022October 22, 2020 by Naz Karimi

By Mehrnaz Karimi From ClearHub — Atlassian Contractor Providers Confluence comes with a wide range of blueprints and out-of-the-box solutions to help users get started. … Read More

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