Making the Switch to JIRA Studio

Jesse Gibbs, AtlassianJim Drewes, ContegixMitch Stewart, Boomi

Josh Skinner, WebFilings

Agenda

• Studio Summary– Unique Features– Latest Release– How do you switch?

• Contegix hosting summary• Customer migration stories• Q&A

Housekeeping• All phone lines are muted• Submit the questions via

GoToWebinar any time– Indicate panelist

• e.g. “Jesse – When is the next Studio release?”

• Q&A at the end• Recording will be available

JIRA Studio

Hosted, fully-integrated

JIRA Studio – Concept to Launch

Tools for:• Reqs, specs, backlog• Release & Iteration Planning• Project tracking• Coding & Debugging• Testing• Code review• Technical documentation• Support

JIRA Studio – True Collaboration

• Developers– Coding– Test automation & CI– Code review

• Managers– Project Planning– Tracking & reporting

• Product Owners– Backlog– Requirements– Release Planning– Launch planning

• Contributors– Docs, training material

• Stakeholders– Visibility

JIRA Studio – Unique Features

Unified Quick Navigation & Search

JIRA Studio – Unique Features

Automatic linking– Issues– Wiki pages– Changesets– Reviews– Build plans– Build results

JIRA Studio – Unique Features

Update issues with SVN commit comments– #time, #comment, #<transition>

JIRA Studio – Unique Features• Unified Activity Streams

JIRA Studio + Google Apps

JIRA Studio 2.3Updated Apps• GreenHopper 5.2• Confluence 3.3• Bamboo 2.6Other App Versions• JIRA 4.1• FishEye 2.2• Crucible 2.2• Subversion 1.6.5

Migrating to JIRA Studio

Migration features• Import source• Import issues– JIRA– CSV

• Import wiki

Limitations• External LDAP• Limited plug-in support– Managed upgrade

schedule

• No terminal access• I18n

Contegix – JIRA Studio Hosting

• Atlassian managed hosting partner• Provide all of the infrastructure that powers

JIRA Studio

Contegix – Studio Infrastructure

• How do Atlassian and Contegix integrate?

Provisioning

Contegix - Hardware

Contegix – Network & Facilities

• Located in St. Louis, Missouri, USA• 5 Network Carriers (XO, Level(3), Sprint,

Verizon, WilTel) – BGP Routed• Two power feeds with automatic failover• Backup generators capable of running

indefinitely• Everything is on UPS power

Contegix – Security

• Instance– Each customer has their own VM.– Shorewall software firewall.– No shared Databases.– Data stored on highly redundant RAID-50 SAN.

• Facility– Security cameras throughout data center.– Secured lobby.– Code access required to access upper floors of building.– Double-door man traps requiring a biometric scan and two proximity

badge swipes to enter any data center.

Contegix – Backups

• Local Backups– Weekly SVN Dump– Nightly DB Dump– Weekly Attachments Copy

• Instance Backup– Snapshot of entire instance taken nightly and

stored on SAN

Contegix – HA/DR

• Instances aren’t tied to specific hosts.• All data stored on SAN rather than local disk.• If a host fails, instances are automatically

restarted on another host.• Mechanisms available to pull your data off.– SVN dumps– WebDAV

Customer Stories

• Mitch Stewart, Boomi• Josh Skinner, WebFilings

• Industry’s first & leading Integration Platform-as-a-Service

• 50+ ISV and SI partners

• 600+ Clients Globally

• Venture-Backed by FirstMark Capital

• Offices in Philadelphia and San Francisco

About BoomiAWARD WINNING

TECHNOLOGY

Why JIRA Studio?

• Move away from server “closet”• Integrated applications and SVN• Accessible, no more VPN!• Better growth potential• Zero IT required

Challenges

• SVN Migration needs to match Studio layout

• Trust Atlassian and Contegix – so far so good!

• Not a lot of cross-project management

Features we want

• Maven Repository – Nexus is good :)

• Cross-project GreenHopper

• Cross-project SVN/JIRA tracking

Next Steps

• Move to Bamboo!

• Determine best place for Design docs

– Design docs are scattered

– Google Docs or Confluence?

• Continue to investigate GreenHopper

Customer Stories - WebFilings

Why migrate to JIRA Studio?• Lower IT costs by not hosting ourselves• Upgrade plan, while delayed, still faster than

planning for ourselves• Tighter integration with Activity Stream• Google Apps integration• SaaS methodology

Customer Stories - WebFilings

Bumps on the road…• Customization (plugins, config, and hardware)• Latest product delay• Performance tuning• Usability and Best Practices

Customer Stories - WebFilings

…aren’t so bad if you go faster.• No time spent upgrading or maintaining• Proper configuration of Fisheye• Brings together people from around the world• Expanded outside of Development to Job

Openings, Resumes, Hiring, QA, Inventory, Access Requests, Equipment Requests, etc…

Any Questions?

JIRA Studio

Recording available soon!