MATT SAXBY
SERVICE ENABLEMENT TEAM LEAD
@MATTHEW_SAXBY
How Atlassian Support and
Development Team Up to Release
Software
BEN MAGRO
SERVICE ENABLEMENT TEAM LEAD
@MAGRO
STORY
What is this screen?
What is the difference
OAuth vs Trusted Apps
Does this mean it’s working
Tickets
100
Jan 2013
Tickets
334
Mar 2016
Tickets
205
Sep 2016
Title
Subtitle
Simplified design
Clear status
Built in diagnostics
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Title
Subtitle
Ben
Magro
@MAGRO
Matt
Saxby
@MATTHEW_SAXBY
HOW TO GET STARTED
GUIDING PRODUCT TEAMS
PREPARING SUPPORT TEAMS
OUR TEAM
HOW TO GET STARTED
GUIDING PRODUCT TEAMS
PREPARING SUPPORT TEAMS
OUR TEAM
1515
SERVICE ENABLEMENT EXISTS TO
Create a frictionless product experience for our
customers
DEVELOPMENT
CUSTOMERS
SUPPORT
PRODUCT
8SUPPORT CENTERS
335SUPPORT STAFF
60,900CUSTOMERS
DEVELOPMENT
CUSTOMERS
SUPPORT
PRODUCT
Support teams
are dissatisfied
73%
DEVELOPMENT
CUSTOMERS
SUPPORT
PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT
SUPPORT
Insights
Readiness
SERVICE
ENABLEMENT
Support teams
report being unprepared for
releases
99%
Only
of teams have formal process
23%
HOW TO GET STARTED
GUIDING PRODUCT TEAMS
PREPARING SUPPORT TEAMS
OUR TEAM
TrainingToolsJIRA 7.0
Deep dive into a
specific case study
Run through some of
the specific tools we
use
Look at how we
approach training
Preparing Support Teams
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Case
Study
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JIRA 7.0
Information
Hub
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Manage increase
in support tickets
35%
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Find a
Similar
Release
7.0
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3456 2 1
6.4
Release Dateprevious average of 300pw
Comparison Average
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3456 2 1
7.0
Release Datecurrent average of 500pw
Current Average
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321 64 5
Previous
Release Date
+10% +17% +27% +12% +10% +4%
Release Affect
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321 64 5
Current
Release Date
550 585 635 560 550 520
Release Affect
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Managing
Communication
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APACAMER EMEA
Communication Leader
Making updates to
documentation
Responsibility
Single point of
contact
Creating new
knowledge
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Training
Release
Documentation
Support & Engineering
Catchups
Training
Engineering
Latest Features
Support
Happy Customer
Release
Documentation
Support & Engineering
Catchups
Training
How do I turn it off?
How does it work?
What is it?
Release
Documentation
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What are the known
issues or limitations?
How can this feature
be debugged?
Where is the data
stored?
Release
Documentation
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HOW TO GET STARTED
GUIDING PRODUCT TEAMS
PREPARING SUPPORT TEAMS
OUR TEAM
PreventingRepairing
Fixing existing
customer pain
Guiding Product Teams
Preventing customer
pain in the future
Why does Confluence
Search suck!
My instance
stopped working
Why so expensive
:)
I love
JIRA
SUPPORT
PRODUCT

MANAGEMENT
Don’t have detailed
understanding of the
channel
Don’t have the time Single customer bias
Lack of understanding
of dev team priorities
SUPPORT
PRODUCT

MANAGEMENT
Don’t have detailed
understanding of the
channel
Don’t have the time Single customer bias
Lack of understanding
of dev team priorities
SERVICE
ENABLEMENT
Understand the channel
See broader trends
Understand
development roadmaps
Using JIRA Components
Page - EditorPage - Attachments Space - Export
Macros Tables …
SUPPORT
PreventingRepairing
Fixing existing
customer pain
Guiding Product Teams
Preventing customer
pain in the future
Performance

Complexity
Pipelines
DEVELOPMENT
CUSTOMERS
SUPPORT
PRODUCT
DEVELOPMENT
CUSTOMERS
PRODUCT
“We need to make sure we understand
well the issues that our customers will be
facing, we're in early stages now and
there's a lot to learn for us. Supporting
customers is a great way to accelerate
that learning”
Sten Pittet - Pipelines PM
• Big cool statistic
• 2,56
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• Add-Ons in Marketplace
HOW TO GET STARTED
GUIDING PRODUCT TEAMS
PREPARING SUPPORT TEAMS
OUR TEAM
PM or BA skillset
Existing manager
2012
Three engineers
One developer
Seven engineers
Introduced head of
2015
Dedicated analytics
Four squads
Twelve engineers
2016
MATT SAXBY
SERVICE ENABLEMENT TEAM LEAD
@MATTHEW_SAXBY
How Atlassian Support and
Development Team Up to Release
Software
BEN MAGRO
SERVICE ENABLEMENT TEAM LEAD
@MAGRO
Service Enablement is not a
luxury. It is an investment in
your customers.
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