Introduction Imagine that you have single instance of Jira or Confluence and because of some reason it need must be divided into two separate. There could be many reasons behind that.. Company spli...
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We're thrilled to announce a fantastic new feature for the Teamployees plugin that we believe will add a touch of festive cheer to your Jira experience: the Secret Santa Generator! As Ch...
Managing resources effectively in Jira requires a combination of strategic planning, utilization of Jira's features, and regular monitoring. Here are some practical tips to enhance your resource mana...
We all love when Jira issues are closed. Watching Opened vs. Closed reports makes everyone happy, regardless if these are software-related issues, service management-related issues, or any work manag...
Summary This article will outline best practices for uploading a logo to work in both Light and Dark Mode in Jira. To change your logo The logo appears in the top left corner of every Jir...
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Efficiently managing and tracking progress in Jira often requires sorting issues based on various criteria. One common requirement is to filter issues by their associated epic. This article provides ...
Summary This article is being used to demonstrate how to automatically add Watchers to Jira Issues when a User is mentioned in a comment, using Automation. Please note that you can make this Rule...
Did you know there’s a simple way to bring existing work into team-managed projects in Jira Software? If you have a list of work items in a document or spreadsheet, you can copy and paste the conte...
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Mistake 12 How many application administrators should an application have? At one company, there were 132! There were no procedures to determine who was eligible for application-level admin ...
Mistake 11 Have you ever wasted time using the wrong information? Are users requesting to add incompatible apps? Are you getting config advice from ChatGPT? Here’s what you need to know: Correct ...
Mistake 10 When you’re wading through mucky configurations, you never know what is lurking underneath. Seemingly simple clean up activities are more complex or dangerous then they initially seem. I...
Mistake 9 I know I’m not the only one who’s made this mistake! I once changed a status in the “diagram” workflow editor. I thought I was swapping one status for another and that the change wou...
Mistake 8 Sometimes workflows break or develop conflicts due to administrative actions in other areas of Jira. In Server and Data Center, the built-in Integrity Checker function can sometimes detec...
Mistake 7 Do your users keep Jira issue status in sync with reality? In my experience, they do not. Issues are often forgotten about in certain statuses. Does this happen in your application? Then,...
Mistake 6 “Someone get this kid admin access!” - Rachel Wright with her Commodore 64 My first admin experience was on the day I was made an application administrator! (Not ideal!) I had a v...
Mistake 5 Having a test environment is a good start, but it’s not enough. Have you ever thought you were in a test environment but were actually in production by mistake? Never happens, right? 😉 A...
Mistake 4 It’s shocking, but many organizations don’t have a test environment! I didn’t have one when I first started out either. But I quickly saw how important it was to be able to experimen...
Mistake 3 How many different issue types and combinations of issue types could one organization possibly need? One company had 134 issue types and many unnecessary issue type schemes! Thi...
Mistake 2 As a Jira administrator and consultant, I’ve seen plenty of horrendous workflows. The worst had 39 statuses and 1,007 transitions. It’s the longest workflow I’ve seen. And no, I did ...
Mistake 1 One of the worst workflows I’ve seen is unfortunately, one I built. We were having process problems and thought a comprehensive Jira workflow would solve them. But I’ve since learned...