The HeroCoders Blog

Our arguably heroic team put a lot of effort into creating valuable content for you.
Watch this space for tips, how-to articles, and uses cases about Agile, Jira, and more!

Jennifer Choban

September 29, 2022

News

An Epic Odyssey: HeroCoders Goes to Greece

Geeks in Greece: Highlights from HeroCoders annual team retreat

Jennifer Choban

August 25, 2022

Updates

Clockwork for Jira – Tags & Billable/Nonbillable Worklogs for Easier Invoicing

Using Jira to track work you do on behalf of clients? Invoicing just got easier with tags and billable hours in Clockwork.

Jennifer Choban

September 8, 2022

Updates

To-do Checklist for MS Teams

Looking for an easy way to track what’s been done and what needs to be done in MS Teams? Introducing To-do Checklist.

Jennifer Choban

July 28, 2022

News

End of Clone Epic Template

The Clone Epic Template app will be discontinued as of August 4th, 2022.

Jennifer Choban

August 11, 2022

Jira

When Not to Use a Checklist in Jira

Checklists are a powerful, but lightweight way to breakdown tasks in Jira, but there are times when you shouldn’t use a checklist.

Jennifer Choban

July 14, 2022

Use Cases

Easier Invoicing with Clockwork for Jira

Using Jira to manage consulting projects? Discover how you leverage your Jira configuration and a couple of Marketplace apps for effortless invoicing.

Jennifer Choban

June 9, 2022

Jira

JXL Integration: Checklists, Meet Spreadsheet

Discover how you can use Issue Checklist for Jira fields in JXL spreadsheets.

Jacek Jaroczyński

May 30, 2022

Updates

Checklist for Jira - Version 6.1 (Server/Data Center)

This release adds functionality to your checklist template. Users can tag their favorite templates while admins can pin templates for quick access.

Jennifer Choban

June 16, 2022

Jira

Vetting Jira Apps

Maximize the power of Jira with apps? Or keep your Jira instance clean and lean by limiting apps? This checklist will help you decide.

Jennifer Choban

June 30, 2022

Use Cases

Managing Employee Offboarding in Jira

Small software companies can manage their HR processes in Jira. Here’s how.

Jennifer Choban

June 2, 2022

Use Cases

Managing Employee Onboarding in Jira

Discover how you can use checklists to add functionality to the Employee Onboarding Jira Work Management project template.

Jennifer Choban

May 5, 2022

Jira

What's New? Highlights from Team '22

Didn't make it to Las Vegas for Atlassian Team '22? Here are the highlights.

Jennifer Choban

April 21, 2022

Use Cases

Managing Procurement in Jira

Discover how you can combine checklists and automation to easily manage procurement processes in Jira.

Jennifer Choban

April 21, 2022

Jira

Clockwork Time Tracking: Almost Surreal

Jira’s time tracking capacity is limited. Learn how you can enable automatic time tracking - so easy and effective it’s almost surreal.

Jennifer Choban

April 7, 2022

Jira

Cloning Epics: It's so Useful, It's Epic

Clone Epic Template will be discontinued as of August 4th, 2022.

Jacek Jaroczyński

March 3, 2022

News

We Stand with Ukraine

HeroCoders unequivocally condemns the invasion of Ukraine. We support the right of the Ukrainian people to live in freedom, peace, and sovereignty.

Jennifer Choban

March 24, 2022

Agile

List for Life: 5 Reasons Checklists Rock

All hail the list! Lists do much more than track tasks. From QA to mental health, here are a few ways the lists improve our lives (and our software!).

Jennifer Choban

February 24, 2022

Jira

Forms vs Checklists

Forms are available in JSM cloud projects. So when should you use a form and when should you use a checklist? Here are how the two differ and overlap.

Paweł Niewiadomski

March 10, 2022

Agile

Nine Ways Product Owners Can Crush a Team's Morale

Good product owners are gold. But if they’re not careful, they become vampires, draining strength from their teams. Avoid becoming a vampire PO.

Jennifer Choban

January 27, 2022

Dev

Best Practices for Debugging

Fixing bugs is just one step in the debugging process. Learn the best practices for finding, communicating, fixing and documenting bugs in software.

Jennifer Choban

February 3, 2022

Agile

Better Estimations with Automated Time Tracking

Discover how you can overcome the “planning fallacy” and make more accurate time estimates in your agile projects.

Jennifer Choban

January 13, 2022

Jira

Clockwork for Jira: Foolproof and Fortified

Clockwork for Jira is Cloud Fortified. Here's what that means...

Jennifer Choban

December 21, 2021

News

HeroCoders Joins Forces with Okapya Software

Put two good things together and you’ll get something even better: HeroCoders and Okapya Software are joining forces!

Jennifer Choban

December 16, 2021

Jira

Why You Need Checklist for Jira to Get through the Holidays

May the holiday season bring you health and happiness… And tools to help you get through it.

Jennifer Choban

December 2, 2021

Jira

Five Jira Automation Rules that Guarantee Better Support

Use these Jira automation rules to ensure great support for your customers.

Jennifer Choban

November 4, 2021

Dev

Making the Convoluted Clear: Strategies for Documentation

Technical documentation has to information that’s convoluted and complex and make it crystal clear. Here are a few strategies for making that happen.

Jennifer Choban

November 18, 2021

Agile

Building Acceptance Criteria Lists in Jira

Acceptance Criteria differ from Definitions of Done. But both can (and should) be easily added to your Jira issues.

Jennifer Choban

October 21, 2021

Agile

Creating "Definition of Done" Lists in Jira

Learn how you can easily embed Definition of Done lists in your Jira issues.

Paweł Niewiadomski

October 7, 2021

Dev

Magic Behind Rails Query Params

Ever wondered why Rails will sometimes automatically include params under the model name? Here’s how it happens.

Jennifer Choban

September 23, 2021

Agile

Using Checklists to Battle Backlog Bloat

Learn how you can collapse an epic into a single Jira issue until you’re ready to start developing it, allowing you to enjoy a clutter-free backlog.

Jennifer Choban

September 9, 2021

Agile

Definition of Ready: Keeping Your Backlog in Check

Your product backlog is a bit like a garden. Learn how regular tending with simple tools can allow you to harvest some great features.

Jennifer Choban

August 12, 2021

Dev

We Run Quarterly Hackathons

At HeroCoders we want to encourage innovation and have fun working together. That’s why we dedicate a week of every quarter to do an internal hackathon

Jennifer Choban

June 25, 2021

Jira

Status, Subtask or Checklist: How to Divide Work in Jira?

Jira lets teams work the way they want, but you have to make some decisions. How do you decide if it’s best to add a status, a subtask or a checklist?

Jennifer Choban

June 25, 2021

News

Issue Checklist for Jira Hits 20K Installs in 2 Years

The free version of Issue Checklist for Jira, has been installed by over 20k customers. But we did run into some challenges along the way…

Jacek Jaroczyński

June 21, 2021

Jira

Best Practices for Working Remotely with Jira

If you’re a software developer, graphic designer, writer, or anyone else who primarily works via computer, remote work could work for you.