Category: Confluence

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Create a kick ass team task report page in Confluence

Two of the key features of Confluence that I use religiously on all my projects is “Actions” and the “Task Report macro”. I find it super useful in keeping all my team’s actions in one place. However, the challenge I...

/ February 10, 2018
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Project plan like a boss with OmniPlan and Confluence

As a project manager, one of the key challenges I face on a daily basis is keeping the team and project stakeholders informed of changes to project timings. A much as we wished that our projects stuck to their original...

/ December 22, 2016
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No need to repeat yourself in Confluence

In this post, we’re going to look at one of my favourite macros the ‘include page‘ macro What can this macro do for us? the include page macro is super powerful, it allows you to take a page in somewhere in...

/ November 19, 2016
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Working with Google Sheets in Confluence

Hi, thanks for popping by! In this post, I am going to show you how to work with Google sheets right within Confluence. That’s right edit Google Sheets right within Confluence. I know right, amazing! For this tutorial, I am...

/ October 10, 2016
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How to create your own Confluence blueprints

In this post, we’re going to look at how to create your own custom Confluence blueprints. However, before we jump into the details, let’s take a step back and ask… What is a Confluence Blueprint? The easiest way to think about...

/ August 30, 2016
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Create a team page in Confluence

In this post, we’re going to look how to create a team page in Confluence. This page will list all the resources and stakeholders on your project, including their roles, responsibilities and contact details. We will construct this page from the point...

/ August 28, 2016
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Create a kick ass visual navigation for your space homepage in Confluence

Consider how much time both yourself and your team spend in Confluence. Wouldn’t it be nice to have a user interface to navigate through your space that’s intuitive to use and easy on the eyes? How often do you see...

/ August 16, 2016
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Create custom pages by combining macros in Confluence

In this post, I would like to spark your imagination around how you can build up super useful pages by combining macros into a single page. Nothing too groundbreaking here from a technical point of view. I simply would like...

/ August 13, 2016
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Roadmap like a boss!

In this post, we’ll look at how to create an awesome roadmap using Confluence’s road mapping planner macro. This roadmap will give your team visibility over their current and future work streams, dependencies on internal or external events and deep...

/ July 31, 2016
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How to create summary pages in Confluence using the page properties report macro

Have you seen a summary page within Confluence that looks like decision log below and thought “I wish I were able to create a similar summary page for my custom built pages?” Well, you can, it’s easy and once you...

/ July 24, 2016