COMP3900/9900
Week 3 - Guest Lecture
Atlassian Teamwork Collection Showcase
Topics
- Atlassian Teamwork Collection showcase
- Jira
- Confluence
- Loom
- Rovo
- How agile relates to COMP3900/9900
- Any industry questions at the end
Our Background
Alvin
- Graduated in 2023
- Tutor @ UNSW since 2022
- FullStack Engineer @ Atlassian in Teamwork Graph
Amanda
- Graduated in 2024
- Ex-UNSW tutor
- Frontend Engineer @ Atlassian in Analytics Visualization Platform
Atlassian Teamwork Collection
Bundled suite of Atlassian’s most recognized collaboration tools, designed to enhance teamwork and productivity for all types of teams
Why use Software Management Tools?
We have already seen usages through GitLab/GitHub Issues
- Project planning
- Tracking evolution / completion
- Scheduling and responsibility of tasks
- Documentation
Are there any limitations?
Benefits of more complicated project management tools:
- Scrum and Kanban Boards
- Backlog management
- Automations
- Analytics and analysis reports
- DevOps and CI/CD Integration
- Handles multiple projects / teams in one place
Jira + Confluence
- Collaboration tool
- Knowledge base home
- Documentation
University Context
Confluence and Jira are utilised in the following courses:
- SENG2021
- SENG3011
- COMP3900/9900
- COMP1531
Alvin's Team @ Atlassian
- Platform Team - Linking Platform | Teamwork Graph (TWG)
- Creating reusable components, tools, services and experiences used by products. Ingestion of related data.
- TWG Bandicoots
- ~16 member team (13 engineers, 1 PM, 1 Designer, 1 Manager)
Amanda's Team @ Atlassian
- Data Experiences - Analytics Visualization Platform (AVP)
- Building tools to help you visualize your data across Atlassian products
- Over 30 people in 4+ subteams and 3 time zones
Projects in Big Teams
Multiple large projects in parallel. How do we work together?
Projects in Big Teams
Software Rituals in Industry
Agile Development
Agile development is based on an iterative approach to developing software. Quite a popular method software teams adopt
Similar to project iterations, teams generally adopt short time boxed periods called sprints.
Rituals are meetings that occur during the sprint that help facilitate collaboration.
Software Rituals in Industry
My example of a sprint every 2 weeks
Backlog Grooming
Keep backlog up to date, estimate work, and plan for future sprints
Retrospectives
Review how the last sprint went, look at whats good and implement improvements
Jira Software
Timeline
Jira Software
Back log
Issues/Tickets not in the current sprint or 'backlog' of tech debt
Jira Software
Active Sprints
Current work being completed and their status
Jira Software
Work Items / Stories / Epics
Epics: Large body of work, generally an individual project
Jira Software
Work Items / Stories / Epics
Stories: Requirements from an end user
Jira Software
Work Items / Stories / Epics
Work Items: Smaller individual work item, part of a larger project
Jira
Could be used to track non-technical stuff as well
Great visibility
Jira Software
Other features
JQL, reporting tools, automated workflows and more
Create, share, and harness knowledge across teams
Confluence
Loom
Easily record and share AI-powered video messages with your teammates and customers to supercharge productivity
"Let me demo you the changes I made..."
"Have you seen this bug before?"
"Here's the current state of the project..."
Rovo
AI-powered search, chat, studio and agents–driven by your team's knowledge.
