Confluence workflows made simple: Templates for documentation, HR, and compliance teams
Confluence workflows can be incredibly flexible. With a little help from Marketplace apps like Workflows for Confluence, you can build workflows that match your exact processes, whether you’re managing technical documentation, HR policies, or controlled compliance content. From approvals and publishing to version control, the capability is there. But for many teams, the challenge isn’t […]
Confluence Approval Plugin vs Confluence Workflow Plugin: Which do you need?
You’re looking for plugins to support document management and compliance in Confluence, and you’ve found two that look interesting. The first is the AppFox Confluence approval plugin (an Atlassian Marketplace app, also known as Approvals for Confluence). You’ve also discovered a Confluence workflow plugin, again created by AppFox, and known as the Workflows for Confluence […]
Jira Maintenance: How to actually track and improve your instance over time
If you’re responsible for Jira, you’ve probably done this before: Run a clean-up Fix a bunch of issues Feel good about it …and then a few weeks later, things start drifting again. New fields appear. Workflows get more complex. Old problems creep back in. Which raises a slightly uncomfortable question: Are we actually improving Jira…or […]
How to do a Jira Clean Up – the 6 stages
If you’re read our other posts about Jira clean ups, hopefully you’re now pretty confident in the following: How often you should be doing them How to prepare for them Why they’re important But what you might not know is that there are six stages to a clean up. And, today, we’re going to guide […]
5 Reasons to use Confluence for Document Management
Are you in a busy team with a ton of documents stored in Confluence? And do you have a process in place to record, track, and protect all those pages? If the answer is no, we’re here with the 5 reasons you should be using Confluence for document management. We’ll also explore the Confluence capabilities […]
Can You Really Use Confluence as a Document Management System?
If you’re researching confluence as document management system, you’re likely evaluating whether the platform you already use for collaboration can double as a structured, compliant document control solution. It’s a smart question. Confluence is already home to your policies, product specs, HR documentation, IT runbooks, and operational processes. But can it truly function as a […]
Atlassian Cloud Readiness Tools and Tips: Are You Ready for Your Migration?
Are you Atlassian Cloud ready? Are you looking for a Jira Cloud migration plan? You’re in luck, as this was the topic of our recent webinar (hosted alongside Atlassian and our consultancy colleagues, Automation Consultants). You can watch the on-demand session right here. There are two pretty big reasons why teams to start their Cloud […]
4 Secrets to Smarter Process Management in Confluence
In our recent webinar with fellow Atlassian Marketplace app vendor, Communardo, we took a deep dive into how to implement consistent and controlled processes for automated document management in Confluence. Teams across all business areas need to access data within Confluence quickly and easily – and to be confident the documents they find are the […]
New Webinar! Is Your Jira Instance Ready for the Cloud?
New Webinar! Is Your Jira Instance Ready for the Cloud? Following Atlassian’s announcement to sun-set Data Center products, we know some of you will be gearing up for a move to Cloud. The most crucial part of any migration is the preparation stage. It’s where you and your teams can audit your existing Jira instance, […]
New Atlassian Data Limits: How Optimizer for Jira Will Help Your Teams
New Atlassian Data Limits: How Optimizer for Jira Will Help Your Teams Recently, Atlassian announced new data limits and guard rails for Jira Cloud, including a limit of 700 fields per company-managed project. To help your teams manage this new limit effectively, we’ve been busy behind the scenes here at AppFox, developing two new features […]