Emily Koch Atlassian Team

Bimodal development refers to the existence of both agile and waterfall development processes in the same organization. Organizations can benefit from using bimodal in the following way: * Agile transformations go “at risk” when parts of the organization that are not ready to transition are forced to do so prematurely.…

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Note: This article is the second in a two-part series on ranking. If you haven’t read the previous article, I recommend you check it out first! After ranking items in the Backlog and assigning work to timeboxes, one way you can get a visual representation of short and long-term plans is on the Roadmaps page. The roadmaps…

Some enterprises may have teams that provide value to other teams across many programs in a portfolio. You may want to represent these teams as centralized shared services teams in Jira Align. Create a shared service team structure To represent a shared service team as a centralized team, you should create a new program to…

Did you know? You can use an Excel spreadsheet to import users into Jira Align to work with the application more effectively and save time! Here are some tips you can use to ensure good performance as you import users: * Start with the template we’ve provided on the User Import page. If your Excel spreadsheet is formatted…

In version 10.67, one of the biggest changes we made to Jira Align was a revamp of the Strategy Room. And when you first get to the room, the view might look quite different from what you might be used to: Look at all that red! In this article, though, we’ll give you a look at just how to set up your business strategy in…

Ranking work items in the backlog helps your organization plan for what to develop next. The backlog serves as a prioritized list of work items, where the most important items are ranked highest. It may seem like a simple concept, but with the many different ways to rank items in Jira Align, I’ve heard a few questions come…

Hi everyone! I've been curious... with all the ways to sort lists by date and such, is there a way to automatically sort a list alphabetically by the person who's assigned to the card?