Rovo inherits every permission, stale page, and ghost user in your Atlassian instance. The pre-Rovo audit checklist, from my Build IT Together talk.
Tag: jira-cloud
How to Write a Definition of Done Your Team Will Actually Use, with Smart Checklist for Jira (App Review)
How to write a Definition of Done your team will use, enforce it on Jira transitions with Smart Checklist, and whether its automation costs you steps.
Team ’26 Europe: With AMP, Atlassian Wants Every Agent to Answer to Someone
Atlassian made AMP the headline of Team ’26 Europe. What it announced, what users will notice, how admin work changes, and the agent strategy behind it.
Every Atlassian Product Can Be Replaced. The Platform Can’t.
Every Atlassian product can be replaced. Here’s what a 2,000-seat exit would pick for each, and what the platform takes with it.
Counting Steps: How to Check a Jira Automation Rule Before December 3
Work out what a single Jira automation rule will cost under the December 3 step meter, with the formula, three worked examples, and an audit spreadsheet.
It’s Everyone’s Favorite Season Again: Everything Atlassian Just Put on a Meter
Atlassian meters Jira automation per step on December 3. Enterprise drops from unlimited to 1,000 steps per user. The allowances, the math, and what to ask.
We Got a New Field Type. In Other News, Pigs Spotted in the Skies Over Sydney.
Jira just got its first genuinely new field type in over a decade. What formula fields do, six worth building this week, and where they still fall short.
Did Atlassian Just Admit the Pace Is the Problem?
Atlassian shipped 510 changes to my instance in the first seven months of 2026, three every working day, and four in ten arrived with no date attached. The seasonal release program is the right idea. Here is the distance still to cover.
Your Jira Doesn’t Need to Survive the Storm. It Needs to Keep Serving Eggs.
Jira disaster recovery tells you how to get back to green. It doesn’t tell you what keeps running meanwhile. Seven failure modes, and a template.
Atlassian Dropped New AI Dev Tools — Let’s Talk About It
Atlassian’s agentic Jira launch isn’t a new strategy — it’s the Team ’26 manifesto shipping as receipts. Here’s what it actually changes for admins and architects.
