Welcome Wednesday: Share Your Most Recent Accomplishment!

[Jimmy Seddon]

Happy Wednesday Everyone!

I know I did one of these some time ago.  But, I love these types of posts so we're bringing it back!  It's a very simple question this week: "Please share with the group a personal or professional accomplishment that made you feel awesome!"

I'll get things started!  My team recently updated our intake process for new Jira requests so that we would be able to receive more requirements/information upfront.

This has provided two benefits, first, it has reduced the amount of back and forth with the requestor.  Second, I'm able to provide more accurate estimates on how long it will take to complete the change.  I have just finished my second new project build, but of them have been completed ahead of schedule, and I did not need to ask for clarification on any of the requirements.  I'm super pleased that this intake appears to be working the way we had hoped it would!

Alright, it's your turn now!  Let's me know what you are proud of this week!

I hope the rest of your week continues to be amazing!

[Jimmy Seddon]

I'd like to extend a big welcome to all the new members to the Community!  We are really glad you are here and we'd love to hear from you too!

@Purevdorj Nyamdorj @Ricardo Pereira @Sovaiala Alin @Bailey Hecksel @Bartosz Goździk @Deepak Kandpal @Bao Le @KerryAnn May @Petar Stanojevic @Shweta Ramdas @Tony L @Alexandra Heyraud @Aylin @Lloyd @yang @aruna_chandu @Caleb Teeters @Divya Shanker Acharya @Ernest Nji @Halton Sangeeth @Jean-Baptiste Bazot @[deleted] @Kasper Ell @Kelsey Bilodeau @Martin Dobrý @Shila_Meshram @Sue @vongani.sibambo @alqatawnehthamer @Anupama nath racherla @beate Honold @Chelsea @Chris Sparks @chris wolfe @Daniellollopik Djd @Ernie Zahn @Estela Cameira @Fring @Ken Merkl @Kia Davari @Marcus @Michal Hodul @nvindice @Norbert @Patryk Gdowski @paulcreedy @polimorf @Ram Sharma @Scott Redstone

[Jimmy Seddon]

I'd like to extend a big welcome to all the new members to the Community!  We are really glad you are here and we'd love to hear from you too!

@talar.kouyoumdjian @Thomas.eschenmoser @Xavier Pedroza @Yaswanth Attuluri @A Very Tall Problem @A_ @Ahmed EL HAMZAOUI @AKA @Amer Amer @Andy Hindle @Anna Lugova @Anna Williamson @Anne Gromadzka @Antonio Perez Ferrer @Aravinth Karthikeyan @Babu K @Bhagyashree Karale @Brian Costello @Bryan Eriksson @Christine Robertson @Daniel Glynn @Daniel Westwater @Daniel Zofi @David Simonyan @Dominik Fraissl @Dominique du Toit @Erik Kummerle @Gerald Spernbauer @Gideon Maasz @Ginger Grant @Gurpreet @Gytis Liutkus @hannah.lloyd @Husein Fadhlullah @Izhar khan @Jacquelyn Kierna @Jaqueline Mendes @jcpardo @Jill.Richard @Jira App @Joel Stephen @johnoasiot @Kerstin Buechner @ketty_silva @Khambat @Kimberly @Kol-el Yeo @Konstantin Schütte @Krishna Kumar Yara @Liam Lee

[Jimmy Seddon]

I'd like to extend a big welcome to all the new members to the Community!  We are really glad you are here and we'd love to hear from you too!

@Lingamgunta Sai Sri Nymisha @Liz Craig @Luc Evertzen @Michael Spackman (SSO) @MW @Mykhailo Rakov @Nicholas.Christodoulou @nubunto @Olanrewaju Olanipekun @Pady Parthasarathy @Parthi ban @Patrick Buttgereit @Patrick Drescher @pcrooker @Pritam Kumar Satapathy @Randall Pavelich @rkianian @Saad Sadiq @Sebastian Vargas @sokirko @Srinivas_Karlapudi @Steven G @stufish @Tanya Goel @Tim Onaolapo @TRIVEDI ABHISHEK @Trần Yến Nhi _CTV SEO_ @Tshepo Mpoko @Vinod Kumar @Viviana Vazza @Wenchang Zhou @Yasin HALICI @Yatiraj Sharma @华的唯一 @韩腾飞 @이의석 @Anthony Caruso @Bay of Islands Campervans Ltd @Christine Dela Cruz @Dewey Du @Dipankar Barman @Dominik Dünnebacke @Matthew Dennis @Naveen Mishra @Abdul Majeed Syed @Abhishek Bariya @Aditi.Mazumdar @Alex @Alma GALLAND @amina.dayeh

[Jimmy Seddon]

I'd like to extend a big welcome to all the new members to the Community!  We are really glad you are here and we'd love to hear from you too!

@[deleted] @Andre @Andrew Hayen @Andrew Prendergast @Angage360 @[deleted] @Angela Robertson @Aniket Paluskar-intern @Anthony Budd @Ari L @ASL @Ashraf Farag @Asmus Koefoed @B Everett @Baba Ali @Be220 Suporte Técnico @ben_lord @Bill Foster @anphuluat @bluemarble @Boyan Klisurov @Mister Dulaney @[deleted] @Bree @Callum Macdougall @carla.manent @Carlos Henrique Alves Pereira @Christina Johnson @Christopher.Deane @Ciarán Ó Néill @Clair James @Clara Ramos @Daniel Collins @Daniel Cosci @danny Leiva @David Caballero @David Salisbury @davyd ramirez @Daylon Quaice @dcx45 @Deaath Traap @Deepak Mathur @Demus @denis.stokart @Diego Cabezas @Djamel Arichi @Dlinck one @Dylan _ Sandra @Edward Quan @Efren Fernandez Abeledo

[Jimmy Seddon]

I'd like to extend a big welcome to all the new members to the Community!  We are really glad you are here and we'd love to hear from you too!

@ema @Erika Kato @ERIPM @Esther Edwards @Even @Fellipe Demoraes @Fiona Sawkill @Francina Scott @Frank Onderi @Frans @Gargsdentario @Gbadebo Ogunleye @Gerald Butler @Godsim @Gopi @Guido Silva @Gurbir Kaur @haarrvin96 @Harrison Meyer @Harry Dawson @Héctor Gallardo @Ingrid Mendez @IT Admin @Jack Valley @Jacob Ma @Jacques Hoffman @Jade Delaney @Jahnavi Gadde @jaikishan bhagwat @James Finlinson @jasmine_Lui @Jason Zeng @jaya chandra reddy nellore @jayesh.dabhi @Jelmen Guhlke @Jennifer Glover @Jessica Abraham @jewforice @Jide Akinyode @jinlong.zhang @Joe Dlugosz @John Chambers @Johnson Tan @Jon Newman @Jonathan Pate @Jorge Bispo @Jorge Vázquez @Joseph Tse @Julia Fister @Kalyn Le Blanc

[Jimmy Seddon]

I'd like to extend a big welcome to all the new members to the Community!  We are really glad you are here and we'd love to hear from you too!

@karan.shukla @Keri Olivier @Khyati Pitroda @Kiran Kumar @Klaudia Kubiak @Kostiantyn Kyzymenko @Kuldeep Upadhyay @Lamine MEZIANE @Lars Hellberg @Laura @Lauren Parker @Larry @Laxman Milli @Leigh Yeh @Li Ching @Linga Reddy @Liore Finkelstein @Lopaa Bagaria @Luigi P_ @Luiza Silva @lukka geetha @Lynwood Hines @Marc Hart Botero @Marcin Olszewski @Markus Schölzel @Martina Krusekamp @Mathias Magnani @Matthew Shi @Mauricio Mondragon @Maximiliano Favaro @Mayuresh Athalekar @Michael Monteiga @Michael.Lindacher @michael.faessler @Mogamat Gertse @Moises Gamez @mri @mshort @Muhammad Ali @Narcis-Florin.Basarlici @Nathan Frick @Niall O_Keeffe @Niall O_Connor @nicholas_carroll @[deleted] @nmjayanthy @Nomali NDLEBE @Norma Taylors @Om Singh @Painololo

[Jimmy Seddon]

I'd like to extend a big welcome to all the new members to the Community!  We are really glad you are here and we'd love to hear from you too!

@Pankaj Walke @Patrick Delaney @Patrik Safar @peter.slavka @Anuj @Prasanth Loka @[deleted] @Pratik Bhute @Priyanka Choudhary @Rachael Harkin @Radhesham Joshi @Rafael @Rahman_ Sarmad @Rahul @Raymond Stopa @Rehan @Reuben Kaleya @Rhodnia Johnson @Richard Ward @Rick Boykin @Riyad Bank @rob grant @Ross Murphy @Rosso Design @Sahana Patgar @Samuel Spain @Sam Loureiro @Sang Si @Sangark03 @Sarah McNulty @Saravanan Shanmugam @sean courtney @Sean Juroviesky @sean_juroviesky @Sebastian Freitag @Shaun Glaze @Shiri Rave @Silvia Edinam Alemawor @Simon Bailey @Sita Raghunadh Vedala @soma rani @Stacy Allotta @Stefan Schmieder @Rachel Boice @Stephen Kaye @Steve Black @Stuart Dobson @Tamilmani Rajamoney @Tara Freedman @TC 徃頼 泰成

[Jimmy Seddon]

I'd like to extend a big welcome to all the new members to the Community!  We are really glad you are here and we'd love to hear from you too!

@The Admin @The Madras Cafe @Thomas Petite @Timothy Pelayo @ty.nickel @Umesh Shitole @Vagner Ribeiro @vasanth kumar @Vasu Raman @Verna Lewis @Vignesh Kumar @ViolaWarner @[deleted] @Vivek Samaga @william_cornell @Won C @yaminipriya harikrishnan @yang8392 @Yaroslav @Yousuf Zameer @Zen @Đá Thiên Sơn _dathiensonnb_ - Đá Mỹ Nghệ_ Tượng đá_ Mộ đá @Дмитрий Аноним @شركة العالمية للخدمات المنزلية @尹俊权 @春好自由 @颂783115988龙蛇 @박영란

[Sri Kumar]

Welcome to all the new folks on the Atlassian community 

[Aylin]

Thanks!

[Kasper Ell]

Thanks for the welcome!

I am a new admin of Jira. And so far i am impressed about the possibilities.

So far my biggest accomplishment is that i have automated a change management process with both Jira software and service management.

[Jimmy Seddon]

That's awesome!  Way to start off on the right foot!

[Sue Wilson]

I started with my current organization about 3 months ago.  One of my first tasks was to audit the users in JIRA Software, JIRA Service Desk, and Confluence to 'clean up' those who do not use or should not have access to these products.  Being new to JSD, it took a bit of time to understand the special groups/roles automatically associated with this product and what access is provided to each and at what cost.  Once I realized that the entire organization did NOT need to be a user (vs portal only, customer or read only), I was able to remove quite a list of unnecessary users.  Between that and a secondary task of auditing the paid add-ons in/not in use, I was able to reduce the company's costs by ~ $1000/month.  Huge win for me and the organization!!

[Jimmy Seddon]

Great work @Sue Wilson!  Way to provide huge value to your company!

[Marc Dvorschak]

My biggest accomplishment at work this week: I successfully onboarded my new colleague. She is already implementing the first Jira ticket in our system. 💪🏼

But to be fair: It was easy. She has very profound knowledge about the technology we are working with, and she is really nice and open. A real win for our team! 🤩

[Jimmy Seddon]

Congrats @Marc Dvorschak!  I'm looking for a new colleague myself.  I'm glad you have found someone that is going to work out well for you!

[Marc Dvorschak]

Thank you very much! I hope you'll find someone for your team soon too.

[Taranjeet Singh]

@Jimmy Seddon Thank you for another interesting "Welcome Wednesday" post!

I would like to share that I consider as both personal and professional. 

I have recently completed 3 years as an Atlassian Community Leader and I really feel great to be a part of the Atlassian Community and having so many wonderful community colleagues from whom I get to learn a lot. I am really feeling great about this recent accomplishment.

Below is the Community Leader pin (in addition to a Duffel bag) that I got as a perk for completing 3 years:

Have a great Wednesday, everyone!

[Summer Hogan]

Congrats @Taranjeet Singh 

[Jimmy Seddon]

HUGE congratulations @Taranjeet Singh!  I'm not far behind you in the three year anniversary.  Thank you for everything you have done to help make the Online Community a welcoming place over the past three years!

[Taranjeet Singh]

Thank you @Jimmy Seddon and @Summer Hogan !

[Thorhalla Gudmundsdottir Beck]

I have recently finished my doctoral thesis. All 500 pages of it. It is currently being proof read before being formally accepted for defence. I've just been doing the same stuff as before (while it was being reviewed) and it feels a little anti climactic. Though I suppose I will feel the accomplishment when I've finished the defence and I am dead proud of it. :)

[Jimmy Seddon]

Congratulations @Thorhalla Gudmundsdottir Beck!  I have never written or defended a thesis, but I'm sure you are going to do amazing and will be able to report back with great news!

[Thorhalla Gudmundsdottir Beck]

Thank you @Jimmy Seddon ! I'm not thinking about the defence yet. Except whether I should buy new shoes or not 😂 I kind of think that kind of thing requires new shoes. 😋 Something flashy like...

[James Finlinson]

Two weeks ago, I released a new version of my software with some significant features. Then, I hit the grind and released another new version last week. We're going hard!

[Jimmy Seddon]

Great work @James Finlinson!

[Summer Hogan]

I learned a ton of info for SAFe Agile this week in preparation for our transformation! I really think SAFe is going to work for my organization! And now, I'm off on a week's vacation to Hawaii! 

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[Jimmy Seddon]

Congrats @Summer Hogan!  SAFe is not one of those things I have learned much about yet.  Enjoy Hawaii!

[Summer Hogan]

Thanks @Jimmy Seddon 

[Patrícia Fortunato Montenegro]

Hi @Jimmy Seddon 😃

I'm pretty late, but I would like to share that a professional accomplishment was the SAFe exam. And the personal thing is that at work or in my personal life, I have a reputation "where Patty touches everything works," LOL. It's nice to have this reputation, but I always emphasize that "where our heart is, all the magic happens."
We all are good at something! 🥳🤗🙏🏽❤️

Have a lovely day, Buddy!

Thanks for posting it!

[Jimmy Seddon]

Congratulations!  Also, I know the feeling of "Hey, can you help us fix this problem?".  Then I walk over and magically it's fixed!

[Patrícia Fortunato Montenegro]

Thanks, Buddy! So, you know it! Your words describe what happens. And I love to help. 😃🤩

[Vishal Biyani]

@Jimmy Seddon 

Could you elaborate what exactly you changed in your intake process?

You also mentioned about estimation. Is there any specific methodology that you follow?

These are the challenges that i am trying to address with my team. It will great to hear more from you on these points.

[Jimmy Seddon]

Sure thing @Vishal Biyani! 

Really what we looked at was what things are we constantly going back and forth asking for after the initial request, and started asking for more of that information up front.

For example, if someone asked us to build a new Jira project.  One of the first things we need to know is, are we using existing issue types and their workflows copied from another project? Or do we need to build an completely new process flow, and that leads into even more questions which we can/are asking for up front.

As far as estimation goes, my team runs Kanban style, so unfortunately estimation is a "gut feeling" on how long something will take.  I've been a Jira Admin for about 10 years so if I have all the information up front about what is required to build a new project, I have a pretty good idea about how long it will take me to complete it.

That's really what we changed.

I hope that helps!