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Hi everyone, Last Thursday, June 20th was officially the first day of Summer! Summer is the hottest and brightest of the four temperate seasons, occurring after spring and before autumn. At or centered on the summer solstice, daylight hours are the longest and darkness hours are the shortest, with day length decreasing as…

Unlock Atlassian: Expert Answers to Your Toughest Questions Join us for an interactive virtual Atlassian Community Event where your questions take center stage. In this “Ask the Experts” session, a panel of seasoned Atlassian practitioners will tackle real-world challenges submitted by attendees—live. Whether you’re…

Happy Monday everyone! I typically watch the Super Bowl because it’s a good reason to eat a lot of junk food and I dig the commercials! Here are some fun facts, mostly about food, about yesterday’s game: * This years Super Bowl was called “Super Bowl LVIII”. * An estimated 17.5 million Canadians tuned into the game. *…

Hello everyone, As we near the end of the year, it’s the perfect time to look back on everything we’ve accomplished together as the Phoenix Atlassian Community Chapter. This year has been one of growth, collaboration, and learning, with a lineup of impactful events that brought us closer as a community and deepened our…

Join us for the Phoenix chapters next ACE on March 19th from 5:30 to 8:30 Phoenix time at GitKraken's Office in Scottsdale! 🎉 Here’s what’s in store: ✨ A deep dive into the Developer Experience with Atlassian Open DevOps. ✨ Insights from developer advocate Chris Griffing and the GitKraken team. ✨ Meet the authors of the…

Last night the Phoenix ACE chapter had an energizing event focused on shaping up our teams through better collaboration and connection. With hybrid and remote work becoming the norm, fostering a shared understanding and sense of purpose is more important—and more challenging than ever. @Mark Cruth guided us through four…

Join us for the Phoenix chapters next ACE on November 14th from 5:30 to 8:30 PM (MST) at Nextiva in Scottsdale! Let's hit the gym: shape up your team by building a shared understanding Teamwork is tough, and it’s not getting easier. As more teams switch to remote or hybrid work models, building and maintaining a sense of…

Hello everyone, Today is National Read a Book Day, which is observed on every year on September 6th. According to the National Calendar, National Read a Book Day invites us ALL to grab a book we might enjoy and spend the day reading! Reading improves memory and concentration as well as reduces stress. Books are…

Hello everyone, I’m looking for inspiration for trips and want to discover places I have never heard of, which I bet there are a lot of. I have taken a lot of beach trips and trips around the United States and I want to branch out to visit some more exotic and interesting places. I love visiting places with rich history…

What is the best use case you have discovered to use Confluence Whiteboards for? I'm curious so let me know. 

Hi everyone, if you are in the Phoenix area, join us for our next event! From Chaos to Catalyst: How Atlassian Solutions Help You Correct Misalignment -During this event we'll explore the dynamic relationship between agility, alignment, and technology, spotlighting essential Atlassian and marketplace tools like BigPicture,…

Happy Friday Everyone, Keeping on the subject of Team '24 and to compliment the great #TBT post from @Kristján Geir Mathiesen What are your "favorite" announcements from Team'24?, let's talk about what your favorite moments, outside of the announcements that were made, were at Team '24? My favorite moment by far was…

Change is normal in an Agile environment, but when it is so constant that it is overwhelming, what can you do about it? Do you start initiatives and then pause them, do you go through PI Planning and then after planning ends the plan has to change due to a decision made above your head, or do you have constant shifting…

Hi everyone, Save the date and join him for a Phoenix event to discuss announcements made at Atlassian Team 24! Where: Hybrid EventVirtual: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-phoenix-presents-save-the-date-post-team-ace/ In Person: Nextiva - 9451 East Vía de Ventura Scottsdale 85256 When: May 30, 2024, 5:30…

Happy Monday Atlassian Community! As many of you probably know, today is Patriot Day and a National Day of Service and Remembrance in the United States. It is the day that we remember the people who lost their lives during the September 11th attacks in 2001 including those on the planes, in the World Trade Center, in the…

Happy Monday everyone! I often struggle each week when I make my grocery list to figure out what to cook for the week ahead. I tend to stick to the simple things, but I want to branch out more as I tend to eat the same things over and over. One thing I make that I really enjoy is Air Fryer Salmon and Cucumber, Tomato, and…

Hi Phoenix Group, There have been a lot of questions swirling regarding the Phoenix chapter. I’m pleased to confirm that the Phoenix chapter is alive and thriving. Moving forward, we’ll be leveraging this platform to share updates on upcoming events and chapter activities. Additionally, we aim to foster member engagement…

It's Jobs and Career Month and I wanted to contribute by asking this question. I'm curious, what would you do differently in your career if you could go back in time? If I could go back in time, I would have not taken such a long break between trying a trade school (see my comment on the post here) and going to college. As…

Happy Friday Atlassian Community! I loved the idea @Andy Gladstone came up with for last weeks Friday Fun to spin the wheel, so let’s continue with the fun this week. This week lets play a game of the Four C’s. Each person names a cartoon character, a color, a car and a cuisine that best describes his or her personality…

Happy Friday Atlassian Community! Today, let's take a break from typing long answers and instead just post your favorite picture you took this week and let everyone know why you took it or what it is of. For the Labor Day weekend and into this week I left the Arizona heat and took a trip up to Monterey, CA. The weather was…

Hi everyone! Did you know that Natalie Baryshnikova, head of product at Atlassian, sat down with SAFe Fellow Adam Mattis at the SAFe Summit in Prague to discuss the importance of putting the customer at the center of product development? It was such a great discussion about Customer Obsession! I learned a ton during this…

I use Jira and Confluence together every day and there are many integrations between the two tools that are so helpful! Here are some of my favorites: * Create Jira issues directly from Confluence - I was so excited recently when I saw this was released. I am constantly in Confluence and now when I need to create a Jira…

Hi everyone, My company in in the middle of a large SAFe transformation and I currently hold 2 SAFe 5.0 certifications. I recently saw that SAFe 6 launched and I wanted to share some of the highlights of the update that I found interesting. Please be aware that the information below was taken from the Scaled Agile…

Happy Monday everyone! Even though I really needed a day between Sunday and Monday, we have arrived again at Monday! I love music! I was a record store the other day and it got me thinking about life and I thought to myself, if my life had a theme song what would it be? There are so many to choose from, but I settled on…

Hi everyone, Did you know that there are two holidays today? Today is May Day and Lei Day. Let’s start with May Day. May Day has numerous meanings. In Europe it is called Workers’ Day and it commemorates the struggles and gains made by workers and the labour movement. In the United States it is a day to celebrate the…

Hi everyone, As you have seen over the past couple of months, @Jimmy Seddon, @John Funk and I have been posting articles and discussions about the Work Check Podcast Season 3. If you are like me and started listening to the Work Check podcast in Season 3 and missed Season two, you should check it out! There are some great…

Happy Wednesday Everyone! The latest episode of the Work Check Podcast dropped yesterday. If you haven’t listened to it, I highly recommend you take a listen to this episode and the previous 3 episodes in this season. They are all very informative and will certainly spur your creative mind! Do emojis belong in the…

Hi everyone, I recently joined the Jobs & Careers group, which I love! The articles in this group coincide nicely with a month long event at my company called Professional Development month. "Whether you're a people leader or an individual contributor at your company, you can aspire to grow any way YOU want in your career…

Are you part of a community of practice? You may be asking, what is a community of practice? A community of practice, or sometimes known as a CoP, is an organized group of people who share the same interests or set of problems who come together to resolve those problems, improve their skills, share best practices, and…

Hi everyone, Welcome to Friday again! I was looking at my office space the other day and realized that it needs a refresher! I work from home full time and work close to 45 hours a week in this space, and I want it to be nice so I put some of my Funko Pops out, changed my background to something festive and added a few…