Software tools such as Build systems and project management tools are sometimes notwell designed when it comes to usability. This paper investigates the possibility of creatingcustom solutions for the three Atlassian products Jira, Confluence, and BitBucket, in orderto increase the efficiency when performing common tasks at the Atlassian administration atSaab AB. It was discovered that the main issue was performing reoccurring project-accesspermission audits, which was a very repetitive task with many manual steps involved.The solution to the issue was a Python script that, through the use of the Atlassian RESTAPI, could collect all the necessary information automatically and present it in a readablesummarized view. The amount of manual steps was significantly decreased to just a fewsteps which made a huge difference for the Atlassian administrators at Saab AB.

Byggbranschen är en konservativ bransch som länge har setts som motsträvig och traditionell. Detta har resulterat i en långsam utveckling av kommunikationsmönster och former för ledning och samverkan i branschen. En god kommunikation är en förutsättning för lyckade byggprojekt, varför det är av stort intresse att säkerställa en sådan. Denna rapport undersöker hur projekteringsbranschens kommunikation ser ut i dag och hur denna kan förbättras med hjälp av nätverksbaserade agila projektlednings- och kommunikationssystem. Den utreder även hur de i dag tillgängliga systemen anses fungera och dessa kan utveckla kommunikationen inom byggprojektering. Detta görs genom att studera hur användare av det agila projektlednings- och kommunikationssystemet Jira upplever att det fungerar och används. För att undersöka detta användes en kvalitativ metod i form av intervjuer med projektledare, BIM-samordnare och konsulter vid projekten. Denna intervjustudie kompletterades med en kvantitativ undersökning med ett internetbaserat formulär. Båda dessa studier är baserade på en inledande litteraturstudie. Genom att jämföra och analysera de två studierna har slutsatser dragits kring dagens och framtidens kommunikation. De visar att det finns en positiv inställning hos respondenterna till att använda nätverksbaserade kommunikationssystem hos respondenterna. Man kan se att kommunikationen inom byggprojektering kan förbättras och effektiviseras med hjälp av den typ av nätverksbaserade kommunikationssystem som behandlas i rapporten. Baserat på dessa resultat samt tidigare forskning kan man dra slutsatsen att detta nya kommunikationssätt kan leda till en sänkning av både kostnad och tidsåtgång vid byggprojekt. Utöver dessa frågeställningar och slutsatser har studien resulterat i ett antal rekommendationer för det företag som arbetet har skrivits för, Plan B AB. Dessa rekommendationer bildar ett underlag för en ytterligare utveckling av den Jira som används i deras nuvarande projekt vid Ångströmlaboratoriet. / The construction industry is a conservative industry that has for a long time been seen as recalcitrant and traditional, which has resulted in a slow development in business communication systems. This report covers how communication in project planning looks like today. The report also sheds light on opinions this branch of industry has of agile project leading- and communication systems. The study that was performed provided information on how the users view Jira, the agile project leading and communication system, and how it operates. To examine this a qualitative investigation was done in the form of interviews with project leaders, coordinators and consultants. To achieve a somewhat wider response group a survey was conducted through an Internet based questionnaire. The purpose of the study was to identify how coworkers in a Jirabased project feel about the program’s usefulness, if it helps or hinders productivity, if there are any possible features that need improving, and what the users think about the work environment of Jira. The result of the study was a positive opinion of both Jira as a software program and the overall change in project communication opportunities. The study also provided ideas on how to adapt Jira to the project planning branch of the construction industry. In addition, the study also resulted in suggestions on how the company can improve their usage of Jira in the case study for the thesis.

This diploma thesis deals with the requirements engineering as one of the key areas of development of software applications. By requirements prospective users express their needs and goals which shall be achieved using the developed application. The correctness and completeness of the requirements is thus critical for the success of any software project. The main objective of this dissertation is determination of steps which must be made to improve quality of requirements on real software project in Czech financial institution. This is achieved by analysis of current requirements development process as well as by analysis of the sample of specific requirements. One part of the carried out analysis focuses also on the revision of actual settings of Atlassian JIRA application which is used for requirements management. Based on the analysis some crucial shortcomings are identified and steps for their elimination are introduced. This includes, inter alia, manual of how to specify correct requirements and checklists for different actors who work with requirements. The theoretical part gives a comprehensive overview of selected techniques and practices which are applicable for requirements gathering and analysis. Every mentioned technique is then evaluated from the perspective of its usability in the environment of large Czech bank. This overview can be useful both for junior analytics as a collection of best practices and for senior analytics as an overview of possible areas for their professional development.

This work is aimed on creating plug-in module for the system Atlassian JIRA. The module was developed based on the requirements of real company and provided as a project corresponding with business processes. The main objective was to extend the functionality of used system and to design project delivery process modifications for projects of similar type.

In the present, there are several programmes used for testing in this company. This may lead to a certain mutual inconsistency of the data within the system, as well as to the decrease of orientation and efficiency among the employees, that are in charge of the quality of the developed applications. There is approximately 200 employees in the IT department who focus on the development of the software. The biggest percentage has, though, the position of the tester. The aim of this thesis is to analyse the situation and the testing process in the selected bank company. Simultaneously, we would like to reach certain possibilities to unify the process of testing.