A brand new space navigation experience is coming to Confluence

IN SUMMARY
  • The introduction of a new “All content” tab allows users to conveniently search and explore all content within a space from a single location.
  • Changes to the sections (shortcuts, content, apps), altering their order, and enabling expandability will allow users to quickly navigate to the specific content and features they are interested in.
  • In terms of aesthetics, it will have a modernized overall look and feel of the space navigation. This includes adjusting density and spacing and updating iconography to provide a more contemporary user experience.
  • In mid-August, before the official release, the team will conduct an Early Access Program to gather customer feedback. If you are interested in participating, please complete the form here.

Participate in customer research: Kanban Boards in JSM, coming soon

Atlassian’s DevOps platform is a great choice, according to Gartner

By leveraging Atlassian’s single, scalable solution, organizations can enhance engineering speed, optimize DevOps processes, ensure application health, maximize uptime and reliability, and ultimately expedite value delivery across their entire technology stack.

An automation enhancement lets you create Jira issues directly from Confluence

This feature is being gradually introduced to all Confluence Premium and Enterprise customers.
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Tough conversations with CIOs: Achieving Enterprise agility across your organization

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Jira Product Discovery is now available

Dark mode is now available to all Jira users

“Dark mode” is a component of the new theme feature in Jira. This feature enables users to select their preferred visual style for the system and effortlessly switch between dark and light modes based on their personal preferences. You can follow one of the two methods outlined in this post to access dark mode.

An organizational psychologist shares five steps to successful change management

Here are the steps in a nutshell:
  1. Clearly define the specific result you want to achieve through the change. Avoid vague goals and ensure everyone understands what success looks like.
  2. Find individuals who can champion the change and enlist their support. Empower them with resources to promote the change. Additionally, recognize those who may oppose or hinder the change and understand their level of influence within the organization.
  3. Recognize that change involves letting go of familiar ways of working or existing systems. Help individuals process the emotional attachment to the old ways by creating moments of closure or celebration.
  4. Be transparent with your team about the need for change and its reasons. Avoid leaving employees in the dark, as this can lead to speculation and resistance. Provide a realistic assessment of the forces driving the change.
  5. Once buy-in and understanding have been achieved, focus on the smooth implementation of the change. Consider hiring a change management consultant if necessary, and lead by example. Demonstrate your commitment to the change and actively use the new processes or systems.
If you would like more insights on these five steps, read the original article.

How Atlassians plan meetings they want to attend

Reddit and Atlassian discuss unifying distributed teams with Atlassian Together

In this 1-hour interview, you will hear from guests from Atlassian and Reddit about their experience with this challenge and the importance of solving it. 

Atlassian Analytics and Data Lake demos

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Atlassian Together is now available to help boost your team’s collaboration

Atlassian Together includes enterprise-grade Identity and Access Management (provided free by Atlassian Access) and aims to enable open, agile transformation for all teams. According to Atlassian, Atlassian Together has already been adopted by companies such as Accruent, Outreach.io, Reddit, Sofi, and Varo Bank.
Apps offered as part of Atlassian Together can enhance the productivity of distributed teams in several ways:
  1. Trello can provide a work hub to help teams stay organized and aware of work happening at individual, team, and cross-team levels.
  2. Confluence can enable universal access to the organization’s collective knowledge, saving time wasted on searching.
  3. Atlas can ensure teams are aligned to goals and enables easy communication about work progress.
  4. Jira Work Management can simplify project and program management at scale, tracking dependencies and keeping teams on target.
  5. Teams can work more effectively and productively by utilizing proven templates and guidance provided by Atlassian’s R&D team, facilitated by platform automation and analytics.
Atlassian Together is an all-in-one solution designed to seamlessly cater to diverse team workflows without forcing consolidation onto a single tool. It can help embed context into tasks, reducing the time required to get up to speed on work.
Learn more about Atlassian Together.
Also, check out this webinar where Reddit and Atlassian discuss unifying distributed teams with Atlassian Together.

The Agile Coach: Atlassian’s guide to agile development

Agile software development is a methodology that prioritizes adaptability, flexibility, and collaboration in the development process. It is based on the Agile Manifesto, a set of principles that values delivering working software over comprehensive documentation, responding to change over following a rigid plan, and collaboration between developers, stakeholders, and customers over individual efforts. The Agile approach is iterative and incremental, meaning that software is developed in small, frequent iterations that allow for continuous feedback and improvement.
One of the key benefits of agile development is its ability to respond quickly to changes in requirements or customer feedback. In traditional Waterfall development, changes to the project plan are often tricky and time-consuming to implement, but in an Agile environment, changes are embraced as a natural part of the development process. This allows teams to deliver software that meets the evolving needs of the customer and stakeholders, leading to increased customer satisfaction and project success. 
Additionally, Agile development places a strong emphasis on teamwork and communication, fostering a collaborative and supportive environment where everyone’s contributions are valued. Explore this guide to get better at Agile.

Five standardization essentials for Portfolio agility

Jessica emphasizes the importance of focusing on customer impact to reduce waste and surface the need for standardization in the spirit of agile. She discusses the top five most impactful areas for standardization to unlock scaled agility and provides insights into how Jira Align can help organizations achieve their goals. 

The Total Economic Impact of Atlassian Jira Service Management

The study, which involved customer interviews and data analysis, found that Jira Service Management can save IT operations teams 155 hours per month, improve service desk productivity by $1.4 million, and save $2.0 million by switching from a legacy ITSM product.