At Atlassian, we take developer productivity seriously, as all software teams undoubtedly do. This talk will shed light on some ways we at Atlassian try to work smarter and better. We'll focus on how we create interruption-free work environments, share knowledge systematically, and run meetings that actually make our developers more effective.

1. #atlassian

2. Three Ways to Work Smarter
empowering your team
NABEELAH ALI • DEVELOPER • ATLASSIAN

3. Chapter Title Here

5. has a meeting

7. somebody interrupts him

10. frameworks & tooling

13. Who am I?

14. What can we do?

21. source: The Energy Project

22. source: The Energy Project

24. Just text by itself,
for impact.
Disruption and Recovery of Computing Tasks: Field Study, Analysis, and Directions!
Iqbal & Horvitz (2007)

25. Just text by itself,
for impact.
Disruption and Recovery of Computing Tasks: Field Study, Analysis, and Directions!
Iqbal & Horvitz (2007)

26. It takes
15 minutes
to recover from interruptions

27. Just text by itself,
for impact.
Momentary Interruptions Can Derail the Train of Thought!
Erik M. Altmann (2014)

28. Just text by itself,
for impact.
Momentary Interruptions Can Derail the Train of Thought!
Erik M. Altmann (2014)

29. Interruptions as short as
3 seconds
doubles errors

30. hipchat notifications

32. more than 20 hours of meetings?
20%
!
aren’t happy in their job Stack Overflow Annual Developers Survey 2013

33. Just text by itself,
for impact.

34. meetings lead to
!
greater daily fatigue
greater subjective workload
Meetings and More Meetings: The Relationship Between Meeting Load !
and the Daily Well-Being of Employees !
Luong & Reogelberg (2005)

36. does it need to
happen?

37. how long does it
really need to be?

38. who needs to
attend?

39. preparation

41. Just text by itself,
for impact.

42. daily standups
retrospectives
planning meetings
1-1s

43. meeting-free days

46. knowledge sharing is
efficient
and
builds culture

48. the how-to page

49. the intro blog post

50. the social page

51. Just text by itself,
for impact.

53. procedure questions

54. product questions

55. culture questions

57. Thank you!
NABEELAH ALI • DEVELOPER • ATLASSIAN