Agile
Created Feb 28, 2022, Last active May 30, 2025
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To describe how agile project management encourages team growth, we’re hypothetically putting together a fresh batch of people in this article. But putting people together doesn’t make them a team. S...
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Advanced Uses of Agile Featured
Agile methodologies have evolved significantly since their inception, and today they can be applied in various advanced ways across different industries and project types. Here are some advanced uses...
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Getting your team started with Agile Featured
When I started my journey managing Atlassian products, I was amazed at the number of our existing Jira users who didn’t understand the basics of Agile and were therefore missing out on a ton of the f...
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👋 👋 Howdy, and welcome! If you’re new, we’re excited to have you. This group is a place where we hope you can engage, learn and share your perspective. All opinio...
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How agile can your software development be, considering the regulations in regulated industries like Pharma and MedTech? Many are struggling with a question: "How to get it just right?". Next ...
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Agile teams naturally value the autonomy to define workflows in Jira that make sense for their unique processes - whether they're Scrum, Kanban, Lean, or something else entirely. However, as agile pr...
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Ever feel like your organisation’s strategy is on one page, your execution on another, and your people are reading an entirely different book? You’re not alone. At Team ’25, Atlassian introduced so...
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Waterfall was rigid. Document-heavy. Top-down. Agile came in to fix that with just enough structure to move fast. But there’s one problem: Agile was built for humans. Humans...
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Hi All, Once sprint has started, i would like to track Story point change via JQL to add on dashboard. If acceptance criteria is changed mid sprint then SP should also be reviewed which is the purp...
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AI agents can now turn tasks into code. That’s super powerful. But here’s the real question Agile teams should be asking: Who’s making sure the tasks are actually good to begin with? Because...
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Hi everyone, I’m excited to be part of this group and wanted to share a little about myself. I have about 30 years of experience from software develoment and leading software development tea...
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The other day, a PM said to me, “I want my engineering team to start using AI.” So, I asked her the 3 WHYs. Q: Why do you want them to use AI? A: “To help them be more productive.” Q: Why do y...
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The best Agile Coaches don’t stick to just one style. They adapt, shifting their approach based on what the team actually needs. Here are four key stances they tend to move between: The Teacher...
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Agile Coach vs. Scrum Master vs. Project Manager Ever mixed these up? You’re not the only one. Each role plays a unique part in how teams move forward, but their purpose and impact are very diffe...
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According to Sequoia: “In 2025, AI gets the real work done.” PMs wear a dozen of hats—market analyst, PRD writer, Jira janitor, launch hype‑master, stakeholder manager, therapist… the list ke...
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Agile Coaches don’t just “introduce Agile.” They embed it into how people think, lead, and work, at every level of the org. From smoothing out team dynamics to helping execs shift their leadershi...
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Use this 3-step checklist to prevent project slips before implementation starts. Why the blame game never ends Product Leadership: “Engineers can’t size work and don’t own outcomes.” En...
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Agile coaching isn’t just about teaching a framework. It’s about guiding people through a mindset shift, and that’s where things get tough. Here are 3 common roadblocks coaches run into (an...
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If you work in a product organization, you already know the truth: Collaboration is hard. And essential. Earlier in my career at Google, Roblox, and several startups, I led teams that experienced t...
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Over the past few years, I have had the pleasure of working with a very bright and amazing team. One of those teammates is @Carolyn McNicoll , who has taught me some important ideologies of Agil...
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“Why did we choose that API design again?” If your team is async, that answer probably isn’t in your sprint notes or Zoom recordings. It’s buried in a Slack thread from 6 months ago. Between a...
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As someone who has spent years working with Jira, both as an administrator and a solution architect, I’ve seen how different Agile teams use Jira in unique ways. Agile isn't a one-size-fits-all appro...
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Hey there Community 👋 I’ve been part of the Atlassian Community for a few years now and I’ve seen a lot of conversations about ‘Agile’ and how agile practices have changed over the years....
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...eaning for different teams. This is especially true when data from different teams is combined in: Plans (roadmap views) for high level management across different teams Plans can be used by m...
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How many times have you sat through a meeting that could have been an email? Or a stand-up that dragged on for an hour instead of 15 minutes? 📅⏳ Meetings should drive progress, not frustration. Bu...
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“I’m currently transitioning into an Agile Project Management role. What are some common challenges you faced when starting, and how did you overcome them?”
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Hello community! Hope you’re all doing well~ When it comes to Agile and Scrum, every team applies them a little differently. Some follow a highly structured approach, while others are more flexible....
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...osters distrust. Open access builds alignment and ownership. 7️⃣ Misaligned Incentives – Tying bonuses to specific metrics encourages gaming the system instead of true improvement. 8️⃣ Short-Term T...
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Traditional project management often referred to as Waterfall, is a linear and sequential approach. Advantages: Clear structure and documentation. Defined phases. Defined phase gates....
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