Welcome, @Dave.Young! 😄
Welcome to the community, Dave! Hope you will find answers / help and have some fun of course ;)
Hi All,
My name is Blake and I am managing our JIRA administration in Moncton, NB. I am still learning its power and looking to dive into it for a QMS system.
Hi to the community,
I've been here for some time and I also wanted to make a post showing my desk - so here we are. As you may see I like it really more dark maybe than other people.... Most of my colleagues think I'm a 'Kellerkind' (child of the dark) with an addiction to coffee.... (I'm a really happy person - believe me - just hate when it's to bright in the office)
You can find on my desk:
Hi @Fabienne Gerhard,
welcome to the community! I laughed because of the pen magpie :D
Hi @P_D_ Foerster :D
you have some pens for exchange? ;) I've got some really cool ones with neon colours.
If I'd have some I'd gladly give them to you since most of my writings are electronically (Confluence pages, Jira issues and emails). I have to be careful not to forget how to handwrite :D
@Fabienne Gerhard - You have to visit some developer conferences, e.g. JAX in Mainz. You can carry home hundreds of pens from there...
@Thomas Schlegelsadly I'm not a developer and I fear my boss won't give me a GO for that ... got one Atlassian pen from Atlassian Roadtrip in Munich last year :) (which everyone tries to steal from me)
@P_D_ FoersterI can send you a package of pens from our marketing department for training - everyone uses pens in this company - except me, but I'm the magpie (the more I think about that the more stupid and creepy that sounds)
Welcome, @Fabienne Gerhard!
@Erica Moss thanks for your welcome
@Fabienne Gerhard Welcome! I'm also a child of the dark. Unless it's natural light from a window, I'd very much rather be in a dark or soft light. I mostly just hate overhead and fluorescent lights!
Hi @BiancaE - a warm welcome wave to a child of the dark :)
Hey all,
I'm Max from Munich/Germany working for an Atlassian Partner and have been around some time and just wanted to share my pretty boring desk (at least in the morning when I cleaned it up). Most of the magic in this office happens on the walls and windows. And I still love to have the welcome package from the community on my desk. But I'll keep the fun stuff for later threads.... ;) My colleague and I are known around here for having fun and being weird, e.g. we put a picture with both our faces on the window of the office saying "employees of the month" and regularly switch the positions of the pictures or add another team mate as well saying "Sorry, it was close - maybe next month". And I can only say - it was a fair vote! :D
hahaha I need this comedy in my office!
:D good one @Max Foerster - K15t
Aloha,
I just got "knighted" by my boss:
"You know, JIRA - customers, issues and such-, take care of it."
Yeah... This ought to be fun, yes? :)
Cheers,
R
@Robert Kowalewski well, you've come to the right place! :)
This is a great discussion with some good general advice. Or let me know what else I can point you towards! You may also be able to connect with others in your field -- what industry are you in?
@Monique vdB Thank you :)
Actually, you can point me somewhere. Though I have a little experience as a JIRA user, I know little to nothing about the entire admin section - set up projects, schemes, portal pages etc. I've read some of the tutorials and such, but a (short?) how-to on setting up a small scale service desk operation would really help me to get started. Getting my JIRA termini technici straight would help, too :)
Thanks again.
Cheers
R
@Robert Kowalewski Found this youtube series helpful for learning the basics of Jira.
@Boris Berenberg - Atlas Authority has taken every certification and training known to man (and woman) -- Boris, is there one that might be helpful for Robert?
Also @Jack Brickey is a master of Service Desk and will probably have some pointers as well.
Final suggestion: where are you located? Do you have a local Atlassian User Group you can join?
Certainly happy to assist for sure. My best advice for learning the basics of administration for any of the apps would be to stand up a trial instance and walk thru the basic getting started guide. For JSD you can find the cloud version here. You can stand up a trial in cloud literally in minutes. Then it is a 'simple' matter of diving in. You will learn more from doing than anything and it will funnel your questions to the surface. Then a quick search in the Community will answer the vast majority of your beginning questions and if not the champions and Atlassian's are there to quickly respond for sure. You should also have in place a 'development' instance where you can try things out w/o worrying about impacting production.
With all that said, keying on your mention of being knighted, if you are in a small company (say <200 users and maybe 25 active projects) then admin demands are generally not too bad. These are just random guidelines here. However, when you start going beyond that you need to start considering more of a dedicated resource or at least 50% of the individuals time. Something to keep in mind.
Robert let me start by saying you're in an extremely common situation. You will fail, again, and again, and again. It's ok. Don't let it overwhelm you. We have all been there, and we overcame, and so will you.
Very high-level resources are:
My biggest advice is don't focus on learning how to do XYZ. Your first goal is to learn the vocabulary. It's the same thing as learning a new language. Learn what Atlasssian means when they say "scheme". Then when you run across 10 different scheme types, you will understand whats going on intuitively, even if you don't know how to make the change you want. From there, asking the right questions will be much easier.
And the document I always point everyone at is: http://www.catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
@Boris Berenberg - Atlas Authority These tips are fantastic. I have been using JIRA as a user but am now diving in deeper. I will be looking through these.
Thanks a lot for the tips, really appreciate it.
Locationwise I am sitting currenty in Germany. As far as joining a group: haven't thought about it yet, but it seems like a good idea to join a "self-help grop" ;)
@Boris Berenberg - Atlas Authority Yep, getting the lingo sorted out is really the first thing on my list, otherwise I'll get nowhere. Also, thanks for the info. The only issue I got is time - which puts some pressure on me.
Also: kudos to the community and the community managers, it's always a pleasure to see such dedicated and helpful peeps - I think this will make a difference in all regards.
For now I'll be ploughing through the basics and see where it'll take me. Thanks again!
Hi, I am Silvia from Sydney Australia. I work for the Australian Securities Exchange, looking after our Testing & QA, Web Development and Enterprise applications teams.
Here is a photo of my desk and it is quite special. I took it last year, after my old boss had left the company and I was given his coveted desk - it is one of the best ones on the floor. I took the photo and sent it to him to tell him I 'had moved in'. :-)
@Silvia Ohr Looks like you've settled in nicely! 😆
Hello everyone!! I'm Anton Perera, and I'm a Team Lead at Kalyt Solutions, Sri Lanka. I'm working with my team as a Team Lead (as a Project Manager in some times and as a Product Manager in some times.) I work with my team to develop Solutions for Customers as well as to improve our Software Products. We have Web Based Solutions as our Products and also we develop Custom Solutions for the Business needs too.
I'm a little bit newbie in here Atlassian Community. But I always loved to interact with Communities as I already working with some other communities too and help who needs some help and guide. Hope to have some help when needed with Atlassian Products and also hope give my best in Atlassian Community. :)
I love Sports (specially Badminton, Cricket, Football but love all the sports), Reading Books, Watching TV Series (kind of an addiction of mine :D), Watching Movies (specially Comics and Sci-Fi), Solving Puzzles/Problems, Learning new languages, Studying different cultures, Travel the lists goes on.
The below picture is my desk. My desk is little bit larger than my small needs as you see. But It is very comfortable for hands to have a good space in desk when I work. You may notice the key-tag of the Key of my Motor Bike. :D. I love that and it was given to me by the most special person in my life. :)
hi @Anton Perera welcome to the community! and happy to meet another SriLankan here 😊.you will surely find inspiring discussions and articles here which would help you in your work.
we should high five for the TV Series addiction and nice key chain by the way.
Welcome, @Anton Perera! I, too, love badminton, and I'm looking forward to seeing more of you. 😄
Thanks. Yeah.. of course. Already engaging with community as much as possible. :)
Hey all,
Another Atlassian lover here. Administrating Jira and Confluence around the world from my comfortable desk in Boca Raton, Florida.
@Cesar Duran Welcome, welcome!
Hello Everyone,
I am Khaja Kaleem, started to learn on managing content in Confluence now. Looking for some startup course ... and found this community.
@Khaja Kaleem Welcome, Khaja! We're glad you found us. 😎 Be sure to check out our new Welcome Center, which helps tackle some of our FAQs and some pro tips for navigating this space! https://community.atlassian.com/t5/Welcome-Center/gp-p/WelcomeCenter
Hi Community,
Been here (and enjoyed) for a while now but apparently forgot to share my desk :).
I'm Jimmy from Albania and I work as a developer in a multi-national Bank.
My current occupation:
Core Banking unit, but throughout different job positions here, since their first implementation, I've always been the guy in charge of Jira and Confluence (thumbs up).
Here's my desk view:
I like to keep multiple monitors.
And of course, that custom Matrix screensaver.
EDIT: Upgraded monitors :)
Best Regards
@Gezim Shehu [Communardo] Amazing set-up! Thanks for sharing. 😎
Hello,
My name is Filip and I'm a project manager at Perpetuum Mobile ICT company from Zagreb. Our team is using Jira tools for collaboration and Agile Scrum approach to projects. So far so good!
I am here to read feedback from the community, as well as ask for help if needed. So far I've read some good advice on the community forums and I hope I will be able to provide some as well!
Hi Guys,
I am Michael from Munich. I was just thinking about the Atlassian Summit and the culture Atlassian has for everyone to introduce themselfes with an unusual fact about itself.
I work at a medical device company and we are currently in the transition to a more agile way of developing, which of course is greatly aided by the Atlassian toolchain. But in my free time I like to play french horn in a symphony orchestra here in Munich and relax with classical music.
Greetings from Viktualienmarkt to you! ;) And when is the next concert where I could listen to you?
By the way, you still have to tell us what's on your desk! :D
-Max
@Max Foerster - K15t our next concert will be January, 26th in the Herkulessaal München, featuring "Eine Alpensinfonie" by Richard Strauss with the ASO-München.
Whoops, and I definitely forgot about the desk...
Nothing more than the essentials: Picture of my wife, cups of coffee and some merch from the latest Atlassian summit :-D
Hello to Munich @Michael von Rhein love the lego pic!
Hope to see you on the next AUG MUC!!! - Meet @Max Foerster - K15t on Tuesday
Has been a while, since my last AUG MUC... Unfortunately I was always busy the last meetings, but would love to join the next one.
So let's plan a little community (champion) gathering there :) Maybe even a little lightning talk about latest enhancements would be cool? I guess we can always ask @Erica Moss or @Monique vdB for a little help to give this a more official touch.
@Fabienne Gerhard hope to see you again! :)
@Max Foerster - K15t - yeah, think that's a great idea - let's give a push for this great community
-> think I have to work on my champion status :)
Most important part of the talk to appreciate all the work done in the last time -> using labels the best way :D
Welcome to the party, @Michael von Rhein! 🎉
Hello Community!
I am Andy - a project manager in the world of Augmented reality - and I am here for several reasons:
1) Get insight into / answers for issues I face when using Atlassian, especially Jira!
2) Get social
3) Quite specific: participate in this blog.
4) Show a pic of my desk!
My desk mainly consists of laptop, keyboard, mouse and 2nd screen (boring) but over in the corner is my collection!
Nerdy calendar colour coded with important events/activities
Pic of the family with added memorabilia plus a face-hack by a colleague when i was on hols
And at TWNKLS | AR we're addicted to Googly eyes... big time! I have a whole collection of cool stuff I collected from colleagues over time and all of it has had googly eyes slapped onto it ! ! ! :oD
Thanks @[deleted] !!
Thanks for sharing, @Andy - PTC Redundant! We're glad you're here. 😄
@Erica Moss: Most welcome! I am glad to be here. The pleasure is all mine!
Hi, I am Markus. On my desk, you can always find a PC, some notebook, a pen, a cup of tea and some sweets. Happy holidays!!!
Hi @Markus22 ! !
🤓🤚
hi @brian welcome// 😃
Hello. What's on my desk?
Well, I start with a cup of coffee (reference to Game of Thrones) using a rubber coaster that is a throwback to the days of floppy disks (this one is floppier than the real thing).
Experiment: If I reply to my own post, is that considered a post? I'll find out and let you know.
Hello, all! I'm Patrick, a Confluence administrator and knowledge manager in Boston, MA. What's generally on my desk is my cat, Arthur.
My cat regularly sits on my laptop when I'm not looking. HE has managed to open several 100 tabs on the browser as well as once he managed to make my entire screen display rotate 90 degrees.
HI ARTHUR! and hi @Patrick Cleary 👋🏼
Arthur looks so cute!! 😍
Hello all,
My name is Yousuf and I just joining d the Atlassian community recently. Just wanted to give a shout out to the Atlassiqn folks!
Hello World!
On my little desk, there's a lot wires and 3 screens. It's harder to work without them.
Have a nice day :)
Hello. I have paper notes, 2 computers and a glass of water on my desk literally. In terms of work I would like to learn Agile, Jira, Confluence quickly for the purpose of doing devops and automation.
Hi All,
I'm Marjorie. I stumbled on this article trying to figure out how to work with JIRA's Time tracking features. I'm glad to realize there is a big community and I'm looking forward to maybe adoption JIRA Service desk in the near future.
@Marjorie Foutch We're glad you found us! Be sure to check out the Jira collection, as well as some of our more laid-back spaces like Friday Fun and Miscellaneous Monday. 😄 Also, the Welcome Center has a few resources to get you up to speed!