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Implementing Atlassian Confluence

By : Eren Kalelioğlu
Book Image

Implementing Atlassian Confluence

By: Eren Kalelioğlu

Overview of this book

Implementing Atlassian Confluence is an all-encompassing guide to the essential concepts of distributed work and leveraging Confluence to create a world-class collaboration environment. This book begins with an introduction to enterprise collaboration concepts and explains how to set up Confluence. You’ll quickly proceed to creating and maintaining dynamic content, effective cross-functional collaboration, and employing Confluence applications in scenarios such as software project management and knowledge bases. You’ll discover how to use Jira Service Management together with Confluence, set up personal spaces, implement centralized user management, address security risks, and explore suggested solutions on Confluence. Furthermore, you’ll integrate and extend Confluence with other Atlassian and third-party software. The book also contains tips and guidance on managing Confluence adoption, enabling you to focus on your team and provide them with a state-of-the-art remote collaboration environment. Complete with practical business scenarios, best practices, and examples, this book will help you gain a comprehensive understanding of Atlassian Confluence’s capabilities for enhancing collaboration within cross-functional teams.
Table of Contents (21 chapters)
1
Part 1:Preparing for Confluence
7
Part 2:Building a Real Confluence Site
13
Part 3:Scaling Business

Addressing remote team challenges with personal spaces

Personal spaces can be beneficial in addressing the challenges faced by remote teams. Let’s discover how.

Tackling asynchronous communication

Communication is often challenging in remote and asynchronous work environments where team members are spread across different time zones. In this case, Confluence personal spaces can help you store and share updates, progress reports, and more, ensuring everyone stays in the loop, no matter when teammates log in. For instance, say you are a content writer based in New York and work with an editor in Sydney. Your personal space can serve as a real-time update system. You can keep drafts, edited copies, final versions, comments, and revisions in one place, accessible to your editor at their convenience.

Another challenge in communication could be delays in feedback or approvals. Personal spaces can help store queries, feedback requests, and more, accessible for team members...