Control & Clarity in Atlassian
Platform direction, admin sanity, and real-world planning
Atlassian is evolving fast — new platform concepts, new ways of organizing work, and increasing complexity for admins and teams. At the same time, many organizations are struggling with very practical questions:
How do we stay in control? How do we keep things tidy and manageable? And how do we plan realistically as teams and environments grow?
At this Atlassian Community Event in Prague, we’ll bring together Atlassian insights, partner experience, and real customer examples to explore how teams are navigating change — and what actually works in practice.
🎤 Agenda & Speakers
Service Collection: Platform Direction & What’s Coming Next
Darryl LeeSolutions Engineer, Atlassian
Darryl will give a high-level introduction to Service Collection — what it is, why Atlassian is investing in it, and what it means for existing customers.
The session will also include a look at the roadmap and upcoming changes, helping attendees better understand where the Atlassian platform is heading and how to prepare for it.
Atlassian Cloud and the Loss of Control
Ed LetifovTechTime Initiative Group Limited
Sometimes it feels like too much is happening in Atlassian — too fast, with too little visibility. User identities, access, and numbers stop making sense, and admins are left feeling overwhelmed.
In this talk, Ed will share real approaches implemented by TechTime’s customers to organize user identities in Atlassian Cloud, reduce chaos, make data consistent, and ultimately lower admin stress. A practical session focused on regaining control and clarity.
When Estimation Breaks: Collaborative Planning in Jira at Scale
Maria MelnikCTO, Teamlead
Jira’s estimation model assumes one person owns one issue. In real teams, work is collaborative — and that’s where estimation starts to fall apart.
Subtasks, custom fields, and manual roll-ups can help, but they often create noise, overhead, and unreliable data for admins.
This session explores how teams handle collaborative estimation in Jira today, where native approaches hit their limits, and what practical patterns partners use to restore clarity. A real-world discussion focused on reducing admin effort and making planning data usable again.
Understanding Team Capacity in Jira: Native Features vs. Real-World Usage
Ostap ZaishlyiSenior Product Manager, Reliex
Jira offers multiple native ways to view workload and capacity — boards, calendars, and Jira Plans — but how well do these tools work as complexity grows?
Using a real customer example, this session explores:
What Jira’s native features can (and can’t) tell you
Where teams typically hit limitations
How add-ons like ActivityTimeline are used to complement Jira and gain clearer visibility into workloads, availability, and constraints — enabling better planning decisions in real-life scenarios
🤝 Networking & Catering
As always, the event will conclude with networking, food, and drinks — a great opportunity to:
Connect with fellow Atlassian users, admins, and partners
Ask follow-up questions to the speakers
Share experiences and challenges in an informal setting
Whether you’re an admin, a team lead, or simply curious about where Atlassian is heading, this event is designed to give you clarity, perspective, and practical takeaways.
We’re looking forward to seeing you!
Agenda
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Speakers
Ed Letifov - TechTime Initiative Group Limited
Ostap Zaishlyi - Reliex (Senior Product Manager)
Ostap kieruje zespołem odpowiedzialnym za aplikację ActivityTimeline dla Jira. Dzięki ponad sześciu latom pracy w świecie Atlassian on i jego zespół wyrobili sobie markę, tworząc wyjątkową aplikację do organizowania obciążenia pracą i śledzenia czasu. ActivityTimeline stała się jedną z najlepiej sprzedających się aplikacji na Atlassian Marketplace w kategoriach Planowanie i śledzenie czasu.
Darryl Lee - Atlassian (Solutions Engineer)
Darryl Lee is a passionate Solutions Engineer at Atlassian, based in Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Darryl combines technical expertise with a strategic approach to help organizations unlock the full potential of Atlassian's suite of tools. With a keen focus on delivering value-driven solutions, Darryl excels in crafting compelling demonstrations and engaging with stakeholders…
Maria Melnik - Teamlead
Maria leads engineering and product architecture at Teamlead, overseeing the development and evolution of several Atlassian Cloud apps. Her focus is on long-term maintainability, security, and building solutions that scale without becoming operational liabilities.
Moderators
Julia Skoursky - Refined
As a seasoned Partner Manager at Refined, with over 5 years in the Atlassian ecosystem and a rich background in IT business development and partnership management, Julia is dedicated to fostering strong, mutually beneficial relationships with Refined partners.
Beyond her professional expertise, Julia has a background in psychology and her qualification as a psychotherapist equip her with…
Tomasz Smolinski - SentinelOne (Staff Process and Tools Engineer)
Hosted By
Julia Skoursky, Partner Manager
As a seasoned Partner Manager at Refined, with over 5 years in the Atlassian ecosystem and a rich background in IT business development and partnership management, Julia is dedicated to fostering strong, mutually beneficial relationships with Refined partners.
Beyond her professional expertise, Julia has a background in psychology and her qualification as a psychotherapist equip her with a unique perspective and a genuine passion for understanding people's stories. She is known for being an attentive listener, always eager to learn about others.
Tomasz Smoliński, 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.
Partners
SentinelOne (https://www.sentinelone.com)
Refined (https://www.refined.com/)
Refined is a site building product integrated with Atlassian Jira and Confluence to make content clear, accessible and actionable. Refined provides the infrastructure to build Atlassian Confluence and Jira content onto your own branded, easy to navigate and customizable site. Core to Refined is a user-friendly system that makes the content and information accessible, engaging and useful to all users.
teamlead (https://teamlead.one)
Teamlead is an Atlassian Gold Partner with 15 years of experience.
We work in Jira ourselves every day and help other teams streamline their workflows — so we know where it falls short.
That’s why we build practical apps like Calendar, Reminder, CRM and EpicTime.
Trusted by teams at Electronic Arts, NASA and Deutsche Bahn over 3,000 other companies around the world.
Reliex (https://reliex.com/)
Reliex is Atlassian Platinum Marketplace Partner that provides Jira tools and add-ons for managing teams and organizing their workflows in the most productive way. We started our way in 2011 and since then have successfully launched three products: Activity Timeline, Find Duplicates and Email Notifications Digest. Our products are already used by 2000+ satisfied teams from Pinterest, Intel, Medtronic, KPMG and other companies around the world.
TechTime Initiative Group Limited (https://www.techtime-initiative.com)
TechTime Initiative Group, established in 2005, is a Gold Atlassian Solution Partner in New Zealand and Australia, and a Silver Atlassian Marketplace Partner with apps sold globally.
TechTime provides Atlassian-specific consultancy to local customers from the government, financial, education, healthcare, and enterprise sectors. Based on the understanding gained through these services, it develops app-based solutions for Atlassian users globally to keep costs under control.
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