Tag Archives: Atlassian

Five Questions About Productivity in Government

Posted on September 11, 2018 by

By Dick Stark Last Friday, I was interviewed by the Federal marketing firm GovLoop, that is putting together a productivity guide, (think multi-page illustrated handout for a Federal IT audience). Sponsored by Atlassian and Carahsoft, the guide examines the tools and strategies … Continue reading →

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Jira: It’s All About Customer Value

Posted on June 12, 2018 by

By Dick Stark As a DevOps consultancy and Atlassian Solution Provider, our sales mantra is “It’s all about customer value.” You see, many Atlassian customers start out with a server running Jira under a developer’s desk, Soon, someone else adds … Continue reading →

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Organization Agility with Jira Service Desk

Posted on May 31, 2018 by

I attended a local itSMF meet-up last week that focused not just on ITIL, but on DevOps concepts like organizational agility, collaboration, experimentation, and flexibility. DevOps is a discipline that is all about speed, faster time to market, real sense of … Continue reading →

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RightStar’s DevOps 101 eClass Summary

Posted on February 6, 2018 by

By Dick Stark Last week RightStar presented an online eClass: DevOps 101, to an on-line audience. We covered the fundamental principles and best practices of DevOps and reviewed how organizations can benefit by utilizing these concepts within their own organizations. … Continue reading →

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Agile Project Management at RightStar

Posted on December 4, 2017 by

By Dick Stark I’m mostly finished with Mark Schwartz’s just published book, “A Seat at the Table,” and like the 2016 book, the DevOps Handbook, I’ll dedicate several blog posts to this excellent book. “A Seat at the Table,” is … Continue reading →

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Atlassian Summit Summary

Posted on September 20, 2017 by

By Dick Stark Atlassian held its annual world wide conference last week in San Jose with RightStar there in full force.  It was a very good show with more than 3000 attendees. We also received a large number of new … Continue reading →

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What in the World is SIAM?

Posted on July 18, 2017 by

By Dick Stark Last week I attended an itSMF webinar, “Introducing SIAM (Service Integration and Management).” I tuned in because SIAM was new to me and I wanted to learn more. SIAM is an adaption of ITIL that focuses on … Continue reading →

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