Atlassian Community Palm Beach County Meetup

Welcome DX to the Atlassian Ecosystem!

10x developers may be a myth, but 10x organizations are very real, as proven by the influential study performed in the 1980s, ‘The Coding War Games.’ In this keynote-style session, teams will take a detailed, granular look at the barriers to productivity developers face today and modern approaches for removing them. You’ll learn about the history of productivity theory, and how previous practices have influenced our current understanding. DevOps and Platform Engineering philosophy is clearly converging on developer experience. But which of these approaches works? DORA? SPACE? DevEx? What should we invest in and create urgency behind today so we don’t have the same discussion again in a decade?

Benefits to Audience

● Gain a wider understanding of the history, principles, and theory behind developer experience and productivity optimization

● Learn about the most modern and up to date methodologies for measuring and improving developer productivity

● Dispel notions and myths that have accumulated over years of productivity study

● Take away lessons and procedures that can be applied immediately to improve the experience and productivity health of engineering organizations

Considerations

● Workshop will be delivered remotely by DX’s Deputy CTO, Justin Reock

● This is a keynote-style session, runtime is 45-50 minutes with time for questions.

● Participants are welcome and encouraged to record the workshop.

Agenda

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Speaker

Justin Reock - DX (Deputy CTO of DX)

Justin Reock is the Deputy CTO of DX (getdx.com), and is an engineer, speaker, writer, and software practice evangelist with over 20 years of experience working in various software roles. He is an outspoken thought leader, delivering enterprise solutions, technical leadership, various publications and community education on developer experience and productivity

Hosted By

Fabian Lopez, Atlassian User Group Leader

Fabian Lopez is passionate about creating spaces where people can connect, collaborate, and grow together. Dedicated to exploring new tools and practices that strengthen teamwork—whether remote or in-person—he thrives on fostering meaningful interactions that spark innovation and trust. With a deep interest in nurturing relationships across teams, partners, and communities, Fabian believes in building environments where collaboration becomes a catalyst for collective growth and shared success.

Christopher Heritage, Atlassian User Group Leader

Leading the amazing team that maintains the Atlassian platform at the world's largest producer of energy from the wind and sun.

Deanna Benz, Director, Product Management Operations

Julie Yost, Community Champion

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Global Partner

Atlassian (http://atlassian.com)
Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality.

For over a decade, Atlassian customers have come together to network, share ideas, solve problems, and find new ways to use Atlassian products. Today, more than 15,000 people take part in Atlassian community events in more than 30 countries.

Complete your event RSVP here: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-palm-beach-county-presents-welcome-dx-building-10x-organizations-using-modern-productivity-metrics/.

You’re already an Atlassian practitioner: you design workflows, structure spaces, and keep teams aligned.

Sometimes, though, you want Jira or Confluence to behave just a little more like your organization. That’s where Forge can help.
In this session, Caterina Curti (Developer Advocate, Atlassian) will give you a practical, beginner‑friendly introduction to Forge—the cloud platform for extending Jira, Confluence, and more—without expecting you to be a full‑time developer.

We’ll start with the essentials:

What Forge is and how it fits into your existing Atlassian Cloud stack

Typical scenarios where a small Forge extension can complement your current configuration

The key resources, tutorials, and example apps to get you started quickly

Then we’ll dive into live demos of projects you can reuse and adapt in your own site, including:

Custom fields and macros that load external data into Jira and Confluence

More powerful dashboards that visualize the exact metrics your team cares about

Admin tools that simplify day‑to‑day management and governance tasks

A link enforcer pattern to keep your content and issues consistent

How to combine Forge and Automation so you can build once and let rules do the heavy liftin

There is so much we can do with Forge—join us to get a first understanding and see what’s possible.

Agenda

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Speaker

Caterina Curti - Atlassian (Senior Developer Advocate)

Caterina is a Developer Advocate at Atlassian, focused on helping developers building apps that add functionalities to the Atlassian products.
When she is not working, you can find her admiring the Australian ocean and beaches or playing with a dog. And now also filming it for her YouTube channel.

Hosted By

Fabian Lopez, Atlassian User Group Leader

Fabian Lopez is passionate about creating spaces where people can connect, collaborate, and grow together. Dedicated to exploring new tools and practices that strengthen teamwork—whether remote or in-person—he thrives on fostering meaningful interactions that spark innovation and trust. With a deep interest in nurturing relationships across teams, partners, and communities, Fabian believes in building environments where collaboration becomes a catalyst for collective growth and shared success.

Christopher Heritage, Atlassian User Group Leader

Leading the amazing team that maintains the Atlassian platform at the world's largest producer of energy from the wind and sun.

Deanna Benz, Director, Product Management Operations

Julie Yost, Community Champion

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Global Partner

Atlassian (http://atlassian.com)
Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality.

For over a decade, Atlassian customers have come together to network, share ideas, solve problems, and find new ways to use Atlassian products. Today, more than 15,000 people take part in Atlassian community events in more than 30 countries.

Complete your event RSVP here: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-palm-beach-county-presents-new-date-forge-101-for-atlassian-practitioners-custom-fields-macros-and-more/.

Join your fellow Atlassian enthusiasts at the Palm Beach County ACE for an exclusive full-day, hands-on Forge workshop presented by Caterina Curti (Atlassian Advocate)! We will start from the basics and show you how to tailor Atlassian Cloud to your team—by extending and automating your existing workflows.
The day is structured as two immersive sessions with time in between for networking, lunch, and informal conversations with your local community.🕘 Morning Session (9:00 AM – 12:00 PM)Forge Fundamentals & First apps
In the morning, we’ll focus on the core concepts you need to get started with Forge and get your first apps up and running through practical examples.

You’ll learn:

Essential CLI commands for creating, deploying and adding apps to a site

The core Forge capabilities (modules)

How to call Atlassian and external APIs within Forge’s permissions model

How to manage your frontend and backend with Forge resolvers

By the end of this session, you’ll have a working Forge app deployed to a test Atlassian Cloud site, and a clear understanding of how all the pieces fit together.🕑 Afternoon Session (2:00 PM – 5:00 PM)
Applied Forge: real‑world use cases
In the afternoon, we’ll go deeper into practical and use cases, and shape the session based on what matters most to you.

Depending on what matters most to you, we can explore things like:

Admin tools that simplify day‑to‑day management and governance

Custom fields and macros that pull external data into Jira and Confluence

Dashboards and views that surface the metrics your team actually cares about

A link‑enforcer pattern to keep work items and content consistent

How to combine Forge and Automation so you can “build once” and let rules do the heavy lifting

All of this—and more—is possible with Forge. Help us pick the topics that matter most to you, and we’ll tailor the walkthroughs based on the attendees interests.
👥 Who Should Attend

Technical admins and power users who want to customize workflows and automation

Developers new to Forge or Atlassian Cloud app development

Solution architects and technical leads

Community members curious about Forge and extending Jira and Confluence

🤝 Why Attend an ACE Forge Workshop?

Learn directly with your local Atlassian community

Hands-on, practical labs — not just slides

Build something real you can keep using after the event

Agenda

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Speaker

Caterina Curti - Atlassian (Senior Developer Advocate)

Caterina is a Developer Advocate at Atlassian, focused on helping developers building apps that add functionalities to the Atlassian products.
When she is not working, you can find her admiring the Australian ocean and beaches or playing with a dog. And now also filming it for her YouTube channel.

Hosted By

Fabian Lopez, Atlassian User Group Leader

Fabian Lopez is passionate about creating spaces where people can connect, collaborate, and grow together. Dedicated to exploring new tools and practices that strengthen teamwork—whether remote or in-person—he thrives on fostering meaningful interactions that spark innovation and trust. With a deep interest in nurturing relationships across teams, partners, and communities, Fabian believes in building environments where collaboration becomes a catalyst for collective growth and shared success.

Christopher Heritage, Atlassian User Group Leader

Leading the amazing team that maintains the Atlassian platform at the world's largest producer of energy from the wind and sun.

Deanna Benz, Director, Product Management Operations

Julie Yost, Community Champion

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Global Partner

Atlassian (http://atlassian.com)
Millions of users globally rely on Atlassian products every day for improving software development, project management, collaboration, and code quality.

For over a decade, Atlassian customers have come together to network, share ideas, solve problems, and find new ways to use Atlassian products. Today, more than 15,000 people take part in Atlassian community events in more than 30 countries.

Complete your event RSVP here: https://ace.atlassian.com/events/details/atlassian-palm-beach-county-presents-full-day-in-person-atlassian-forge-workshop/.