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(Guest Post) Implement Role-Based JIRA Dashboards to Keep a Process Flowing

This is a guest blog by Dan Mihalache, a JIRA and Confluence expert with a passion for designing, implementing and optimizing processes. Dan is a senior project manager at Murex, a leader in software development for trading, risk management and processing solutions. The Process Roadmap What makes JIRA a great tool for me is that it allows the easy implementation of processes in general. You can model whatever you want to model, define steps, validations, conditions, roles and responsibilities,

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JIRA 5 Deep Dive: Admin Luv

As a JIRA administrator, you've no doubt heard and seen some of the highlights of JIRA 5 - big features to connect people, activity and applications across your organization. For administrators, we've opted for - as SD Times put it - 'A relentless focus on saving you 5 minutes here and there'. While these incremental improvements aren't grabbing any headlines, you don't want to miss them! Here are some of the admin highlights of JIRA 5, designed to free up your time so you can play Angry Nerds or

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Performance and scale testing with the JIRA Data Generator plugin

The JIRA Data Generator helps create large JIRA test instances that can be used for performance and scalability testing. It quickly generates random metadata (projects, workflows, statuses, custom fields, etc) and random test data (issues, edits, comments, issue transitions etc) spread over a user defined time period. Warning: Do not use this plug-in on a production server. The plugin generates test data very quickly and can overwhelm and pollute your production JIRA system. Test instances the

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Bonfire 2 Deep Dive – The Art of Issue Creation

Atlassian Bonfire makes it easy to create JIRA issues without ever leaving your browser tab. Chances are you probably create similar issues often, and you know how painstaking the repetitive data entry can be. This is especially true if you have JIRA set up a certain way - like working with a specific project or component, referring to a set of saved searches and dashboards all the time, or using labels to categorize issues. Thankfully, using Bonfire ensures no details is missed and new issues

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JIRA 5 Deep Dive – Upgrade to JIRA 5 and Mine for Gold

The best reason to upgrade to JIRA 5 is to see what's happened in the past, view today's work in a whole new light, and to frame important decisions as you plan for the future. Take advantage of searching the change history of issues in your JIRA instance to discover all kinds of new insight into the flow of work in your organization. The longer you've been using JIRA, the more gold is in there for you to discover! Let's take a look at some examples. Search for Training Needs A key indication

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Bonfire 2 Deep Dive – Ensure Consistent Bug Reports from Remote or Outsourced Testers

Atlassian Bonfire 2 makes it easy to test together, whether you sit across the room or across the globe from the rest of your team. You may work with consultants, teams at partner companies, or outsource development or testing. Quality issue creation from people outside your team is important to keep software development projects on track and keep velocity high. Consistent Communication The best way to keep velocity high and projects moving forward is to minimize the back-and-forth discussion clarifying

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