Community FiveByFive Round-up: December 2024
Hello Everyone!
It’s that time once again to take a look at everything that has happened in the past month! From major events, to product announcements, to amazing people providing great tips & best practices to help the Community, I guarantee there is something here for everyone. Let’s get started!
Announcements & Highlights:
As always, there are a TON of amazing things happening and here is just a small sample of all the great things you don’t want to miss out on!
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First up, in case you somehow managed to miss it during the holiday rush, Team '25 registration is open! No it will not be back in Vegas this year, but I will be another amazing event worth attending. Get your ticket now to secure the early bird discount!
Team '25 Registration is Now Open! -
At Team '24, it was announced that Jira Software and Jira Work Management are going to be merged into just “Jira“. In 2025, Atlassian is going on a roadshow at a number of local event chapters to talk about what this will mean in the coming months. Be sure to check out the article to see when they are coming to a chapter near you.
Introducing the “Jira for all teams” ACE Roadshow, coming in 2025! -
Have you heard about Rovo? Do you want to learn more about it and what it does? Check out the next bite-sized course and learn about Data Visualizations in Rovo. Don’t forget, there’s a badge in it for you!
Bite-sized Learning: Data Visualization in Rovo -
Next, Atlassian has finished decommissioning their service that hosts a number of private GraphQL queries including CloudUser in favor of alternative public ones. If you were affected by this change, you should have already been notified. However, if you have any follow up questions, Atlassian will take them int he comments of this article.
Atlassian Teams decommission notice: Undeploying pf-directory service -
Finally, a reminder that the external Assets platform (not the one in Jira Service Management) was shutdown yesterday. If this is the first you are hearing about this, you should check out this article for details on what is no longer functioning.
Shutdown reminder: External Assets Platform
Member Article Highlights:
As always, there are a TON of amazing articles written by many of your fellow community members. This is just a small sample of all the great content you don’t want to miss out on!
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First, at the beginning of the month Atlassian announced their “Global Week of Good“. @Matthias Gaiser _K15t_ has done an excellent job of describing exactly what this was and sharing a number of the initiatives that were going on. If you love to read “feel good“ stories about how people are volunteering to help one another, please give this one a read.
Recap: Global Week of Good Volunteer Fair -
Next, I love seeing fun things that people will find with data or neat ways they will use data to inform decisions. @David Nickell has made an interesting discovery about User Impact score and has posed the question if others are using sophisticated data analytics?
User Impact Score for JIRA -
So you’re using a free Jira account, is it really “free“? @John Funk details the limitations as well as all the benefits of using Jira Cloud on it’s free plan. If you want to learn more about the best Jira option for personal use, you should check this out.
Using a Free Jira Account is Fine ... Right? -
If there’s one thing I know my development teams struggle with it’s “How do I correctly estimate stories/tasks?“. @Harshit Grover has put together some really good tips on how to get better at estimating. If you are struggling with estimation, or just curious about other methods, you should give this a read through.
Estimate Techniques - Story Points, Original Time Estimate, WSFJ -
Finally, AI is the emerging technology that is taking the planet by storm. If you haven’t really started exploring everything that is available to you, I recommend you start by reading this fantastic article by @Bryan Guffey! Personally, I’m not familiar with a number of the tools they have presented, but now I have a starting point to do some research.
What AI tools are you using alongside Atlassian Intelligence & Rovo?
New Features & Product Updates:
Want to keep up to date on all the cool things Atlassian has announced about their products? Be sure to read through these, then go check out all the others for your favorite product!
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First up, if one of the main things that has been holding you back from adopting Atlassian Intelligence and/or Rovo has been a lack of available compliance audit documentation, Atlassian has you covered! They have just released their ISO 27001 & SOC 2 compliance in their Trust center.
Adopt AI with confidence with ISO 27001 and SOC 2 Compliance for Rovo and Atlassian Intelligence -
If you were a part of the EAP for Jira project summary views, this will be old news. However, Atlassian has started to rolling this one out to the rest of us. This new view will give you some new overview statistics about the health of a Jira project all packaged together in one neat view.
Introducing the summary view in Jira software projects -
Next, Premium & Enterprise JSM Cloud customers can rejoice as you can now add Rich text content to your help center.
🧑🏻🎨 🎨 NEW capabilities to help you customize your Help Centers! -
Have you started using your Company Hub in Confluence yet? Well, now there’s a new Hub Settings page to help make it easier for you to manage. Be sure to check this article out as it contains a loom demonstration of everything you need to know.
Manage your Company Hub from the All-New Hub Settings -
Finally, I’m a sucker any time a new product or feature announces that Dark Mode is now available. This time it’s Confluence Databases. Now I can work in my bat cave without the fear of being blinded.
☾ Introducing dark mode for Confluence databases
Trending discussions you should join:
Want to join in on some trending discussions? Be sure to check these out!
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Miscellaneous Monday: What Does Physical Activity Bring to Your Life? 🏃🏻♀️🏋️♀️💃🏻
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Now available: Confluence Data Center 9.2 Long Term Support (LTS) release
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Automatic Project Migrations takes place in 2025 from Jira Work Management to Jira Software Cloud
Automation Corner:
Looking for inspiration to optimize your processes? Check out some of the cool things people are doing with automation!
It’s hard to believe another month has already come and gone. Please be sure to stay healthy, stay safe and I’ll see you back here next month.
Take care!
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