Mar 31, 2020We have moved!Dear readers, Thanks for joining us on Medium as we spun up the Atlassian Engineering blog. It’s been a lot of fun discussing these topics with you along the way. Recently, we decided to move to a new home on the Atlassian website, where you can get even more info on our team and products. From here on, we will be publishing new stories on atlassian.com/engineering Come check out our new digs! Warmly,1 min read
Jun 25, 20185 game-changing tips for automating your bug tracking in Jira Service DeskThis is a guest post written by Sam Rector, product marketing manager at Appfire, makers of the award-winning Bob Swift and Wittified brand Atlassian apps. Work smarter, better, and faster with weekly tips and how-tos. Subscribe now Bug tracking is hard. Once more for your boss in the back. Bug tracking is hard! The support agent to developer handoff is…Apps5 min read
Published in Smells Like Team Spirit·Jun 13, 2018Using a mental crowbar to pry my closed mind openEditor’s note: This story is a farewell post from Bryan J. Rollins — Sr. R&D leader, and soon-to-be-former-Atlassian. Thanks for 7 great years, BJR. We’ll miss you! I used to think corporate diversity programs were bullshit. Now, I’m a converted evangelist. This doesn’t mean I’m any sort of expert in…Diversity And Inclusion7 min read
May 11, 2018Powering Atlassian: how CIO Archana Rao partners with every function in our businessA few months ago Archana Rao came on as the new CIO of Atlassian! Archana’s team is responsible for building all the systems and processes used by our business functions and our customers. …Leadership2 min read
Published in Smells Like Team Spirit·Apr 26, 20187 pros and cons of open workspaces — and how to compensate for themAnna Johansson is a writer, researcher, and business consultant who is passionate about helping everyone do their best work. Her work has been featured in Entrepreneur and on Business.com. More and more, work culture gravitates toward openness, collaboration, and transparency. You can see it in the increased number of open-office…Teamwork5 min read
Published in Smells Like Team Spirit·Dec 6, 2017“I’ve been fired more than you’ve been hired”: tales of neurodiversity in the workplaceThese tales of Asperger’s Syndrome in the workplace come from guest contributor Tim Goldstein, a neurodiversity advocate and self-described “Aspie”. There’s nothing like getting lost while hiking through the Rocky Mountains in the dead of winter to illustrate the difference between my brain, and most other people’s brains. And I…Teamwork8 min read
Published in Smells Like Team Spirit·May 31, 2017Navigating diverse communication styles at workThis post comes to us from Aubrey Blanche, our Head of Diversity & Inclusion. Thanks, Aubrey! It’s 3:05pm. You’ve just walked away from yet another frustrating conversation with a colleague. You can’t decide whether to bang your head against the desk, stress-eat your way through the office snack table, or…Teamwork6 min read
Published in Smells Like Team Spirit·May 20, 20176 can’t-miss projects at Maker Faire 2017This post is brought to you by our crack reporting team of Natalie Mendes and Sarah Goff-Dupont. If you’re like approximately 1.4MM other people on the planet, you’re getting excited for Maker Faire 2017 — now in it’s 12th year, with events in over 40 countries. …Teamwork8 min read
Published in Smells Like Team Spirit·May 9, 2017How to facilitate meetings like a humanThis post was authored by Bernard Ferguson, a Senior Program Manager in our R&D department, and was also published on the Atlassian Blog. A skilled meeting facilitator can get a group to discuss, debate, and, above all, decide a lot of stuff in not-a-lot of time. Trouble is, most teams…Teamwork7 min read
Published in Smells Like Team Spirit·Mar 7, 2017Beyond “Hidden Figures”: 8 all-women teams who changed the worldWe don’t often hear about the women behind great human achievements. Or we didn’t, that is, until “Hidden Figures” came along. What was true of the women from NASA who helped launch John Glenn into orbit…Teamwork10 min read
