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What is a Business Process Platform?

A Business Process Platform is an integrated software solution that digitizes and automates various business processes. It offers a central platform on which all processes can be mapped, monitored and optimized. This enables seamless integration of systems and a uniform data base.

Our comprehensive ecosystem helps you create standardized processes and comply with regulations and policies. We understand that security and reliability are crucial, which is why we place particular emphasis on adhering to the latest security measures to protect your data at all times. And with a personal contact, we are at your side to make the implementation and use of your platform easier.

Conclusion

Investing in a Business Process Platform is not only a decision for greater efficiency and flexibility, but also for sustainable success and growth in a highly competitive market.

• Reduced operating costs: Optimized processes and fewer manual interventions reduce operating costs significantly.
• Compliance requirements: Compliance with regulations and internal guidelines is made easier, avoiding potential penalties and reputational damage.
• Optimal use of resources: More efficient processes lead to better utilization of personnel and machines.

Take advantage of the opportunities offered by digitalization and stay one step ahead of the competition.

The highlights:
A new slogan from Atlassian is: “Impossible alone. Possible together.” These words perfectly reflect Atlassian’s vision that shared efforts and collaboration helps us all make the impossible possible. Sherif Mansour, Head of Product at Atlassian, shared some inspiring insights during his presentation. He emphasized the importance of customer-focused AI development and the need to make products more intuitive.

The first day was dominated by the Seibert Partner Info Session, where product updates, interesting panel discussions and inspiring customer cases were presented. Among other things, Mantra was presented for Confluence Cloud, which enables a personalized platform with a modern design for internal communication. Custom dashboards, navigation bars, events, messages and posts can be created to streamline collaboration and enable more effective management.

Particularly noteworthy was the lively discussion about Hosting DC vs. Cloud and Atlassian’s exciting AI roadmap that followed.

On days 2 and 3 we witnessed captivating keynotes and discussions, including “Winning Together / Unlocking Growth with Partner and direct Team Collaboration” and “Be demand ready: strategies for connecting partner value to customer need”. We also had the privilege of meeting with k15t and gaining valuable insights in their products and solutions.

Collaboration and partnership as the basis for good cooperation

Partnership is a key factor for mutual success. In a very good exchange session between the solution partners and the app manufacturers, the common synergies were developed and a basis for successful collaboration was discussed. The aim is to offer customers optimal service and also incorporate their feedback.

Atlassian’s keynote on day three brought exciting new releases such as Loom, Atlassian Guard and Atlassian Rovo.

Loom

Loom, the leading video messaging platform, combines video calls and messaging and offers diverse use cases. Users can record videos to, for e.g., communicate better across time zones, give or request feedback, and discuss and explain projects or designs.

Rovo

Rovo introduces a new interface for comprehensive knowledge management and a unified search experience. Atlassian Intelligence is used to take collaboration between humans and AI to the next level. Rovo also offers a virtual, configurable agent.

Jira

The next era of Jira combines software and work management in one platform. With AI upgrades, it offers an improved user experience. In addition, Jira Product Discovery receives a premium license with additional functionalities.

Atlassian Guard

Atlassian Guard (formerly Atlassian Access) provides threat protection and advanced security for Atlassian Cloud, along with upcoming capabilities in automation and analytics. There are also many other updates, including:

• Advanced admin area linking, Bitbucket, Trello and Loom
• 30+ AI-powered features and optimizations
• Atlassian University becomes free

It was once again an honor to be able to attend this global conference and meet with so many inspiring people from the Atlassian community. We look forward to incorporating what we have learned and heard into our daily work and offering our customers the best possible support.

We would like to thank Atlassian and all participants for this unforgettable experience. Together we are shaping the future of work!

Why is it worth using Atlassian Intelligence?

• save time and resources
• ease of work
• easier creation of strategies
• automatically optimized reports
• improving communication
• channels facilitated content creation
• smart search function

Below we would like to show you a few examples of how AI can already be used. More features and functions will follow in the near future and AI will also be activated in other tools, such as Trello, Bitbucket or Atlassian Analytics.

Squads

Let’s start with squads. These are comparable to a Scrum team and form the basis of the Spotify model. Squads are self-organized agile teams that include all the resources it takes to develop a product or service from start to finish. Of course, each of these teams also has a product owner who is responsible for the backlog and prioritization. In addition, each squad has an agile coach to provide methodological support to the team and organize events such as retrospective or planning.

Tribes

A tribe comprises several squads that work together on a product or service. There is a so-called tribe lead who ensures that the squads can work together in the best possible way. There are regular meetings where the squads can exchange ideas and present their work so that everyone is up to date.

Chapters

A chapter includes employees with the same expertise. These are distributed among the different squads within a tribe. Chapters also have a chapter lead, who organizes regular meetings to enable an exchange among each other.

Guilds

Guilds are gatherings of people with the same skills or interests from different tribes. The so-called guild coordinator takes care that meetings take place where the members of the guilds can exchange information. This has a great advantage for the improvement of the organization.

Summary

To recap: Under the Spotify model, an organization is divided into tribes, which are responsible for developing a product or service. Within a tribe, members with different expertise (squads) are brought together to independently develop a product or service. In addition, members with the same expertise are brought together, both within a tribe (chapters) and across tribes (guilds) for experience sharing and further development.

Unlike what we know from frameworks such as Scrum, there are no practices that must be followed or mandatory meetings that must be held. Squads self-organize how they best get their work done. This can happen through the use of the Scrum framework, Kanban, or other methods.

Likewise, chapters and guilds determine for themselves how they want to best organize their collaboration.

Now you can confidently answer yes to the question if you are familiar with the Spotify model.