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A modern incident command center with multiple monitors and ambient lighting, representing Atlassian's unified Service Collection.
May 20, 2026
Atlassian
Jira Service Management
Rovo
AI
Team '26
The Service Desk Just Built Itself: My Field Notes on Atlassian's Service Collection Reinvention

Field notes on Atlassian's Service Collection reinvention at Team '26 — when 'shatter the service quo' stops being a slogan and the service desk builds itself.

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Laptop displaying data dashboards and analytics for service operations
May 19, 2026
Team '26
Atlassian
AI
Cloud
Rovo
Composer, Commander, Coworker: Inside Atlassian's Service Collection

Describe what you need and Rovo configures the JSM project — queues, permissions, branding and all. What's possible when setup stops being the bottleneck.

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Analytics dashboard on a laptop screen representing unified service operations and incident intelligence
May 18, 2026
Atlassian
AI
Cloud
Rovo
ScriptRunner
Six Weeks to Six Minutes: The Service Collection's Composer Era

Launching a JSM service project used to take 'roughly forever.' The Service Collection's Composer era at Team '26 cuts six weeks of setup to six minutes.

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Colorful speech bubbles on a wall representing chat conversations and messages
May 17, 2026
Atlassian
ScriptRunner
AI
Cloud
Rovo
The DM Helpdesk: How to Run Internal JSM Inside Slack and Teams

IT and HR running on an unindexed DM queue? Run Jira Service Management inside Slack and Microsoft Teams so the work gets captured, not just done.

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Data reporting dashboard glowing on a laptop screen in a darkened office
May 15, 2026
Dashboards
Jira
OKR
Atlassian
Project Management
Less Stare, More Steer: Wiring Jira Dashboards Executives Actually Use

Executives don't have a data problem — they have a translation problem. How to wire Jira dashboards leaders actually use to steer, not just stare.

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Abstract network visualization of interconnected data points
May 14, 2026
Team '26
Atlassian
AI
Cloud
Rovo
Atlassian Opened the Door Slack Slammed Shut: The Teamwork Graph Goes Public

Atlassian is opening its 150-billion-connection Teamwork Graph to third-party AI agents via MCP and a new CLI. Why this posture shift is bigger than it looks.

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A printed project timeline laid out on a desk with sticky notes mapping design and development phases — a fitting metaphor for connecting discovery ideas to delivery work
May 13, 2026
The Idea Whisperer Meets the Sprint Master: How JPD and Jira Software Tag-Team Your Roadmap

247 rows of 'great ideas' and no path to production? How Jira Product Discovery and Jira Software tag-team to carry a roadmap from idea to shipped.

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Close-up of a whiteboard filled with orange and blue sticky notes arranged like tasks on a Kanban board
May 12, 2026
Atlassian
AI
Cloud
Rovo
Teamwork collection
The Chatbot Just Got a Real Job: What's New in Atlassian's Teamwork Collection

The AI parrot on the side of your screen just got a real job. What's new in Atlassian's Teamwork Collection after the Team '26 updates — and why it matters.

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A person holding a small bouquet of soft pink and white flowers, a quiet gesture of gratitude for Mother's Day
May 10, 2026
Atlassian
Jira
Confluence
Compass
Project Management
Mom-as-a-Service: A Mother's Day Salute to the Original Scrum Master

A Mother's Day salute to the original Scrum master. The project-management skills software keeps selling back to us were mastered at the kitchen table.

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An abstract blue plexus network of glowing nodes and connecting lines, evoking the Atlassian Teamwork Graph
May 8, 2026
Team '26
Atlassian
AI
Rovo
Cloud
Wheels Up From Anaheim: My Atlassian Team '26 Wrap-Up From the Window Seat

A window-seat wrap-up of Atlassian Team '26: the keynote thesis, the partner roundtables, and why this is a Team conference we'll be referencing for a while.

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