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Transcript of CTXAUG Slides from 20 July 2011 Meetup
@CTXAUGCentral Texas Atlassian User Group
THIRD MEETING - 20 July 2011Focus = Confluence
CENTRAL TEXAS
AgendaREGISTRATION AND MINGLING
INTRODUCTION/CALL FOR PRESENTERSSPEAKER: MATT HODGES, ATLASSIAN
SPEAKER: TIANI JONES, AMDBREAK
BIRDS OF A FEATHERCLOSING
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AgendaREGISTRATION AND MINGLING
INTRODUCTION/CALL FOR PRESENTERSSPEAKER: MATT HODGES, ATLASSIAN
SPEAKER: TIANI JONES, AMDBREAK
BIRDS OF A FEATHERCLOSING
Video: Matt Hodges
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BYJMdmD4-eE
Slides: Tiana Jones
ConfluenceFrom Silos to Open Collaboration
IntroductionName: Tiani JonesEducation: Colorado School of MinesEngineering – Electrical SpecialtyCompany: AMD (Previously at EchoStar )Role: Technical Project Manager / Program ManagerOther:
• Atlassian user and enthusiast for 6 years• Moved to Austin from Denver 15 days ago• Achieved PMP credential 9 days ago• Accepted into the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner program 5 days
ago
• Internal wiki (s)• SharePoint• Shared drives• Email• Documents saved on local PCs• Bill of Materials tool
… ... … … Napkins
HOW IT WAS
• Started with JIRAo Rolled JIRA out to:
All Software PMs All STB engineering Entire Software Test
Organization Test teams in Europe From California to Ukraine Project work housed in
JIRA Teams started to become
Agile in addition to using one tool
WHERE WE STARTED
• Special project created in JIRA for initiating changes or new features to STBso Tracked all engineering
design reviewso Tracked executive
approvalso Tracked test procedure
development change requirements
o Customized workflowo Multiple document
attachments to JIRA issues Documents written and saved
locally and uploaded to JIRA issue
Engineers would each add their piece and then reattach to JIRA
BUT improvement was still needed …
WHERE WE STARTED
• Lack of interest in using SharePoint• Need for collaborative
documentation development• Need to relate this documentation to
issues in JIRA• Need to get the documents attached
in JIRA issues out and into a central location providing:o Version Controlo Easy accesso Easy administrationo Ability to collaborate and provide instant
feedback
HOW CHANGE BEGAN
• Imported WIKI to Confluence• Acronyms and Terms • Set up team global spaces• Created project pages spanning
Infrastructure/Operations, Software development, and Test
• Began writing software specifications in Confluence
• Used Confluence for project meeting minuteso Tracked non-development tasks by
means of Confluence• Piloted company social networking
through Confluence• Wrote help screen content for
internally-developed tools in Confluence
• … no more napkins
ENTER ONFLUENCE
• Engineering Management• Set Top Box Software Engineering• Satellite Uplink Centers• Web Application development teams• Software Test Organization• Software Program Managers• Test Program Managers• Testers at global sites• Operations teams• Tech writers• And others …
WHO USES CONFLUENCE
• Getting Marketing, Sales, Hardware, and Systems on board
• JIRA/Confluence Integrationo Ability to create Stories out of Specs
• Test tools• Test scripts/cases other content• Continuous Integration - Bamboo• Crucible• FishEye• JIRA/Jazz Connector by CM Logic• Internally-developed plug ins
NEXT STEPS
CONCLUSION
Becoming
In line with the Atlassian Summit …
QUESTIONS?
THANK YOU.
@CTXAUGCentral Texas Atlassian User Group
NEXT MEETING: 21 Sept 2011, 6p
CENTRAL TEXAS