Ken Paetzold Specialist

With the release of Jira 9 in June 2022, Automation for Jira (A4J) became a native feature in Jira Data Center. Previously, it was only available as an add-on on the Atlassian Marketplace. Now, Automation for Jira is completely free and customers using previous versions of Jira Data Center can still install the app from…

Happy Apptoberfest! Do you ever wonder what's truly going on with a Jira work item? Is it tough to know what's on track and what's at risk of missing deadlines? I submit to you - Git Integration for Jira with Signals! In 3 minutes, learn how to: * Automatically flag issues that are at risk based on user activity in Git…

Smart commits allow developers to link Git commits to Jira issues. Using specific syntax in a commit message, developers can leverage smart commits to perform actions in Jira like add a comment to an issue, transition an issue, and more. Ultimately, smart commits help developers avoid context switching between their…

Whether you're on Jira Cloud or Data Center, there are several ways to integrate your Git repositories with Jira. However, how you plan and setup these integrations can have a large impact on their reliability and maintenance requirements. Admins want something that's easy to manage, and their users want connections and…

Hey All, We're back with another workshop! This month we'll cover techniques for devs to keep Jira issues updated with less effort. June 27 @ 1:00 - 1:30pm ET | Register here If you're tired of being bogged down by Jira updates and want to spend more time coding, join us for this 30-minute workshop. Using the GitKraken…

Hello community! For those that are responsible for managing your company's git integration, I wanted to invite you to a 30-minute workshop we're having on tips for improving reliability and maintenance. In this workshop, we'll cover (for Cloud and Data Center): * How to properly plan, map out, and setup integration…

GitKraken–a Platinum Marketplace Partner and creator of Git Integration for Jira–is a finalist for the Atlassian Partner of the Year 2023 in the Enterprise Apps category. This is an acknowledgment of their outstanding work for Atlassian customers during the calendar year 2023. This includes exceptional efforts in…

When you view your Backlog in Jira, how easy is it to understand which issues are off track and at risk of missing deadlines? How do you know just how ‘in progress’ an In Progress issue is? Can you quickly scan to see if there’s real activity on it?Imagine if sprint and issue data was presented in a way that made it easy…

When you view your Backlog in Jira, how easy is it to understand which issues are off track and at risk of missing deadlines? How do you know just how ‘in progress’ an In Progress issue is? Can you quickly scan to see if there’s real activity on it? Imagine if sprint and issue data was presented in a way that made it easy…

“Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” -Mike Tyson Jira provides the tools you need to map out a game plan, but once things are in motion, reality rarely matches up. Do all of your issues get picked up by the start date and completed by the end date? Are the requirements in each issue fully understood…

Senior Product Manager on the Jira DevOps team at Atlassian, Andrew Pankevicius, is a featured speaker at GitKon 2022, hosted by GitKraken. The event is virtual, free to attend, and will take place Oct 11-13, 2022. Anyone who is interested in attending can register for free at gitkon.com. Andrew’s session, DevOps at Scale:…

If you plan on attending Atlassian Team '23, make your way to booth #5 to meet Adam, Ken, and John. They’ll be wearing these custom t-shirts and showcasing the impressive capabilities of Git Integration for Jira. Oh yeah, did we already mention that they’ll be giving away a Nintendo Switch each day of the conference? 🎮…

More than a decade ago, Jeff Bezos was quoted as saying "Any plan won't survive its first encounter with reality. The reality will always be different. It will never be the plan." Or in the words of Mike Tyson, “Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth.” Those of us with day jobs in software development…

Jira Slack Integration Good development teams are able to find tools that help make their job easier. Great development teams integrate their tools to streamline their workflow. Jira and Slack are two popular tools in many developers’ tech stacks. In this article, we will cover how to integrate Jira and Slack and the…

Good admins help their teams find tools that make their processes easier. Great admins help their teams integrate their tools for elevated productivity, collaboration, and speed. Integrating Bitbucket and Jira can provide numerous benefits for dev teams and Jira administrators. Devs- Integrating Bitbucket and Jira through…

Do you know how secure your Atlassian Marketplace apps are? Our team created this Atlassian Marketplace application security guide to show the difference in application security levels, and what it means for an application to earn Cloud Fortified status. Security Requirements for All Cloud Applications An application must…

The Atlassian Marketplace is celebrating 10 years on May 31st, so we wanted to take a look back at how far the Marketplace and its Partners have come in the last decade. Back in May 2012, Atlassian hosted their annual user conference, Summit, now known as Atlassian Team. And at this conference, they made a very exciting…