Archives for the tag: JIRA

GreenHopper 5.8 sneak peek – managing Atlassian projects with the Rapid Board

With pending GreenHopper 5.8 release of the Rapid Board out of labs, Atlassian teams have been dogfooding like crazy and we've found several teams using the new board in unique ways. In this sneak peek we'll take a look at a few examples highlighting the amazing flexibility of GreenHopper. Getting a project off the ground Atlassians love geeky project names, and Merlin is no exception. The formal goal of Project Merlin is to 'provide solutions that help Atlassian serve our customers better

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Smarter acceptance testing with JIRA page objects – Part II

For the last two JIRA releases we have been working hard to revamp our in-browser acceptance test suite by developing a library of reusable page objects. In this three-part blog series (part one), I talk about what we did and how JIRA plugin developers can make use of that work. After reading this part you should already have idea what page objects are and how you can use the library to write better tests and improve quality of your plugin. JIRA page objects Getting started In the first part

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Announcing JIRA 4.4.1 with Shared Object Administration

Hot on the heels of JIRA 4.4, one of the biggest releases in JIRA history, comes - surprise! JIRA 4.4.1. The big news isn't that the point release is available - what's most exciting are the new features!Administration of Shared Filters and DashboardsWith 4.4.1, JIRA admins can now manage other users' shared filters and dashboards. The most common reason this is useful is when a user leaves an organization, but his or her shared filters and dashboards continue to be used by others. Making edits to

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JIRA 4.4 Deep Dive: Visual Workflows for All

'Workflow' is not a feature of JIRA. Workflow is the very heart and soul of JIRA - the powerhouse, the essence, the engine. This is why my final JIRA 4.4 deep dive is dedicated to the lifeblood that powers the center of your development team. Visualize Your Workflow Business processes are both 'fixed' and 'ever changing' at the same time. Large teams and enterprise organizations might need a very strict process set up from the beginning, with a many-step workflow involving approvals and escalations.

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Video: Hierarchy in JIRA with the Structure Plugin

Today we hosted a webinar with ALM Works about their Structure plugin for JIRA. Structure introduces Issue Hierarchy in JIRA, making it a better tool for Project Management, Requirements Management and other activities of the software development cycle where hierarchy is essential. In this webinar we covered how you can organize your JIRA issues into multi-level, cross-project hierarchies (structures), going far beyond the limitations of JIRA subtasks functionality. We highlighted some of the

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