Archives for the tag: GreenHopper

Scrum for GreenHopper Rapid Board in Labs

Since the release of the Rapid Board in GreenHopper 5.8 we have made a number of improvements to the Rapid Board for Kanban teams - a JIRA Wallboard gadget, performance improvements, the ability to copy views, the Getting Started screen and an interactive cumulative flow diagram. Today, we are happy to announce the availability of Scrum for the Rapid Board as a Labs feature. Scrum for Rapid Board Our initial release of Scrum for Rapid Board allows your team to: Prepare the backlog for the

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Atlassian Foundation helps save the planet

It's a little known fact that Atlassians have green blood. You could cut one to see, but that's probably not a good idea. Especially if the Atlassian concerned is holding our weapon of choice, the long-handled lopper. A few days ago, a group of us went out to help Conservation Volunteers Australia save the planet. Our mission: To rid (a small part of) Lane Cove National Park of the noxious weed, privet. Privet, like many other non-native plants, simples loves Australia. It's taking over

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The Kaizen Project – Continuous improvement for your Agile team

is a new source of information to assist Agile teams in continually improving their practices and processes. Kaizen is the Japanese word for 'improvement' and The Kaizen Project shares best practice stories from around the globe. Topics from innovation to continuous deployment are covered, along with everything in between. Teams at Atlassian are always looking for, and finding, new ways increase velocity, improve quality and deliver more frequently. Find stories from these Agile teams on The

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(Case Study) mgm technology partners uses JIRA to connect development projects directly to customers

About mgm technology partners mgm is a medium sized software solution company that defines its success by its contribution to the success of its clients’ businesses. Founded in 1994, mgm is based in Munich, with about 300 employees throughout Europe. Alexander Weiss has been with the company since its migration from Bugzilla to JIRA in 2005 - he championed the adoption internally after using JIRA at a customer site. mgm technology partners uses JIRA, GreenHopper, Confluence and recently brought

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JIRA Best XI of 2011

If you follow me on twitter or have ever spent more than 10 minutes with me in person, you'll probably know I'm a huge football fan. I'm not talking gridiron here; I mean the kind you actually play with your feet - aka soccer. So, with my beloved Spurs having their best season in my lifetime, I felt inspired to borrow the "Best XI" format for my 2011 JIRA wrapup. 2011 was an epic year for the JIRA Family including two massive releases, the launch of a new product – Atlassian Bonfire –

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GreenHopper 5.8 deep dive – DevOps & IT Operations with the Rapid Board

As Bryce posted this morning on our developer blog, the Atlassian Build Engineering team adopted GreenHopper's Rapid Board to make some big changes and solve a number of operational problems. GreenHopper 5.8 is here, and marks the Rapid Board moving out of 'Labs' - so operational teams at Atlassian have been exploring ways to use agile methods & tools to solve their common problems. Communication Breakdown Operational teams often have a number of 'customers' - ranging from development and engineering

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