Embracing Jira Cloud: Tips from an ex-Server admin

1. RUSSELL J ZERA | MANAGER OF AGILE DEVELOPMENT | ELSEVIER, INC Embracing Jira Cloud Tips from an ex-Server admin

2. 1998 Bowling Green, OH Two months before first move

3. TIMELINE OF THE JOURNEY 1998 2008 2015 PRESENT Russell’s first personal move Russell begins using Jira Server Russell goes to Atlassian Cloud Personal – Home! (Marlton, New Jersey) Atlassian – 2019 Atlassian Summit in beautiful Las Vegas, NV with you!

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7. SO BASICALLY, AT ELSEVIER WE HELP SAVE LIVES

8. 10,000 Elsevier user license tier on Jira and Confluence server in use in the UK 5,200 Elsevier users on Jira and Confluence Cloud instances globally

9. Emotions and concerns in a move SCARY RISKY UNKNOWN

10. Going to the cloud is just like moving!

11. Tips for embracing a move Face it Head On “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” ~Franklin D. Roosevelt Explore The best way to learn is to experience Identify the Challenges You can’t fix it if you don’t know it’s broken! Embrace How you respond is how your users will respond

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18. “We’re in this together!”

20. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Understanding the Benefits of Cloud • Early access to the latest and greatest features! • Lower cost of administration and no physical hardware • SAML Integration Exists (Atlassian Access!)

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25. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Understanding the Benefits of Cloud • Early access to the latest and greatest features! • Lower cost of administration and no physical hardware • SAML Integration Exists (Atlassian Access!) • Many more!

26. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security System Resources and Getting Help Clean configurations are King! Be a good tenant and be proactive. You can’t just add resources if your instance is running slow. What you can do:

27. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security System Resources and Getting Help Clean configurations are King! Be a good tenant and be proactive. You can’t just add resources if your instance is running slow. What you can do: • Avoid auto-refreshes on dashboards

28. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security System Resources and Getting Help Clean configurations are King! Be a good tenant and be proactive. You can’t just add resources if your instance is running slow. What you can do: • Avoid auto-refreshes on dashboards

29. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security System Resources and Getting Help Clean configurations are King! Be a good tenant and be proactive. You can’t just add resources if your instance is running slow. What you can do: • Avoid auto-refreshes on dashboards • Smart Confluence practices

32. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security System Resources and Getting Help Clean configurations are King! Be a good tenant and be proactive. You can’t just add resources if your instance is running slow. What you can do: • Avoid auto-refreshes on dashboards • Smart Confluence practices • Choose add-ons that run critical operations on low-use times

33. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security System Resources and Getting Help Clean configurations are King! Be a good tenant and be proactive. You can’t just add resources if your instance is running slow. What you can do: • Avoid auto-refreshes on dashboards • Smart Confluence practices • Choose add-ons that run critical operations on low-use times

34. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security System Resources and Getting Help Clean configurations are King! Be a good tenant and be proactive. You can’t just add resources if your instance is running slow. What you can do: • Avoid auto-refreshes on dashboards • Smart Confluence practices (number o • Choose add-ons that run critical operations on low-use times

35. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security System Resources and Getting Help Clean configurations are King! Be a good tenant and be proactive. You can’t just add resources if your instance is running slow. What you can do: • Avoid auto-refreshes on dashboards • Smart Confluence practices (number of ticket calls on a single page) • Choose add-ons that run critical operations on low-use times (eg. Eazy-BI) • HAR FILES!!!!!

36. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security System Resources and Getting Help Clean configurations are King! Be a good tenant and be proactive. You can’t just add resources if your instance is running slow. What you can do: • Avoid auto-refreshes on dashboards • Smart Confluence practices (number of ticket calls on a single page) • Choose add-ons that run critical operations on low-use times (eg. Eazy-BI) • Focus on Efficient Administration • HAR FILES!!!!!

40. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration

41. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in Cloud!

42. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in Cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning

43. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in Cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning • Role-Based Permissioning > Group-Based Permissioning

44. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning • Role-Based Permissioning > Group-Based Permissioning

45. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in Cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning • Role-Based Permissioning > Group-Based Permissioning • Reduce ‘Special Snowflake’ statuses/resolutions/priorities

46. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning • Role-Based Permissioning > Group-Based Permissioning • Reduce ‘Special Snowflake’ statuses/resolutions/priorities

49. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in Cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning • Role-Based Permissioning > Group-Based Permissioning • Reduce ‘Special Snowflake’ statuses/resolutions/priorities • Simplified Workflows

50. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning • Role-Based Permissioning > Group-Based Permissioning • Reduce ‘Special Snowflake’ statuses/resolutions/priorities • Simplified Workflows

51. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning • Role-Based Permissioning > Group-Based Permissioning • Reduce ‘Special Snowflake’ statuses/resolutions/priorities • Simplified Workflows

52. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in Cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning • Role-Based Permissioning > Group-Based Permissioning • Reduce ‘Special Snowflake’ statuses/resolutions/priorities • Simplified Workflows • Custom Field Contexts

53. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning • Role-Based Permissioning > Group-Based Permissioning • Reduce ‘Special Snowflake’ statuses/resolutions/priorities • Simplified Workflows • Custom Field Contexts

54. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning • Role-Based Permissioning > Group-Based Permissioning • Reduce ‘Special Snowflake’ statuses/resolutions/priorities • Simplified Workflows • Custom Field Contexts

55. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in Cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning • Role-Based Permissioning > Group-Based Permissioning • Reduce ‘Special Snowflake’ statuses/resolutions/priorities • Simplified Workflows • Custom Field Contexts • Confluence shopping cart configuration

56. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Efficient Administration • Less site-admins is key to success in cloud! • Atlassian Access for user provisioning/deprovisioning • Role-Based Permissioning > Group-Based Permissioning • Reduce ‘Special Snowflake’ statuses/resolutions/priorities • Simplified Workflows • Custom Field Contexts • Confluence Shopping Cart Configuration

60. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Risk & Security ELSEVIER TP-SAQ 51-page questionnaire filled out by every vendor to assess their risk based on our usage Data Classification What is the sensitivity of the data we are housing on the cloud solution? Cloud Sprawl is still a risk Easy to take on and start using, generally free to start using until you buy license, hard to develop good governance.

63. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Risk & Security The more breaches happen, the more sensitive companies become towards housing cloud data. The Home Depot POS system Malware* Target HVAC Company Login Compromise† Equifax • Identification • Detection • Segmentation • Data Governance‡

67. Challenges & Tips Understanding the Benefits System Resources Efficient Administration Risk & Security Risk & Security The more breaches happen, the more sensitive companies become towards housing cloud data. The Home Depot POS system Malware* Target HVAC Company Login Compromise† Equifax • Identification • Detection • Segmentation • Data Governance‡ sources: * https://www.bankinfosecurity.com/analysis-home-depot-breach-details-a-7323 † https://www.computerworld.com/article/2487425/target-breach-happened-because-of-a-basic-network-segmentation-error.html ‡ https://www.gao.gov/assets/700/694158.pdf

68. TIMELINE OF THE JOURNEY 1998 2008 2015 PRESENT FUTURE Russell’s first personal move Russell begins using Jira Server Russell goes to Atlassian Cloud Personal – Home! (Marlton, New Jersey) Atlassian – 2019 Atlassian Summit in beautiful Las Vegas, NV with you! Where will your move take you?

69. TIMELINE OF THE JOURNEY 1998 2008 2015 PRESENT Russell’s first personal move Russell begins using Jira Server Russell goes to Atlassian Cloud Personal – Home! (Marlton, New Jersey) Atlassian – 2019 Atlassian Summit in beautiful Las Vegas, NV with you! FUTURE Where will your move take you?

70. RUSSELL J ZERA | MANAGER OF AGILE DEVELOPMENT | ELSEVIER, INC Thank you!