Monthly Archives: November 2011

(Case Study) ShipIt Day Romanian Style: Lateral Illustrates How Far a Little Innovation Can Go

In case you haven't noticed, we're pretty excited about our ShipIt Days around here. Every quarter, we give employees the chance to work on anything that relates to our products, and deliver a solution within 24 hours. Last week, we launched a campaign to share ShipIt Day with one lucky organization that needs a kick of innovation, Atlassian-style. Check out the page we put together for further details. In celebration of ShipIt Day, we'll be highlighting several companies over the coming weeks that

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Atlassian ShipIt Day is coming to you

  • By Joe Lambe, Demand Generation Manager
  • News
  • On November 21, 2011
For longtime followers of Atlassian, you may have heard of this thing we do called ShipIt Day. Since 2005, we've been giving Atlassian employees 24 hours to develop a working prototype that "scratches an itch," around an area related to their personal or team operations, or demonstrates something awesome and inspiring. The pizza and beer fueled competition concludes with an edge-of-seat "show-and-tell" where employees vote for a winner. Along with company-wide recognition and personal bragging

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100 Moustaches Can Make a Difference to Men’s Health

  • By Matt Hodges, Product Marketing Manager - Confluence
  • News
  • On November 17, 2011
Did you know... 1 in 6 men will be diagnosed with prostate cancer in their lifetime? Crazy right. What about the fact that 1 in 2 men will be diagnosed with cancer in their lifetime and 1 in 3 women will be. Nuts, I know. How about that four times as many men commit suicide compared with women. So, so sad :( These are just a few many reasons why a record number of Atlassian's are growing a moustache throughout the month of November to raise awareness and funds for men's health issues. 100 Moustaches

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Why I am in Support – Michael

There are two reasons why I love working in Atlassian Support:   I believe in our company   I was completely burnt out from the IT industry when I first started at Atlassian. I had come from a customer service background and had experience in IT but no formal qualifications. I had dabbled in business sales and decided that I wasn't cut out to be a typical salesman, but that was all I had to fall back on. I'd had a number of offers for sales roles but I knew I wanted something different.   My

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Agile Software Application Development Survey 2011

Forrester is currently conducting a study on the adoption of Agile software development practices. This study will explore how organisations measure the value of software delivered. I encourage you to participate and share your impressions of the current state of agile development. With a growing trend towards DevOps and Kanban this is going to an interesting study to keep an eye on. Stay tuned for a breakdown of the results once they have been published. The Agile Software Application Development

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