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Maria Christley is the Head of Design for the Atlassian Design System, leading over 35 designers globally across Design Language, Accessibility, Systems Architecture, and AI. She is a 2025 Women Leading Tech finalist and has spoken at Figma Config and UX Australia. Rachel Radford is a Design Manager on the Atlassian Design System team, where she leads designers working on the systems, components, and practices that power Atlassian’s products at scale.

I've built more Excel timelines than I care to admit. They always started the same way: a clean spreadsheet, a few task rows, some color-coded cells, and the quiet confidence that this one would actually stay up to date. It never did. This guide walks you through exactly how to build a project timeline in Excel, covering three methods from detailed Gantt charts to quick milestone visuals. I'll also share the signals I've learned to watch for that tell you it's time to move beyond spreadsheets altogether.

I used to dread Friday afternoons. Not because of the work itself, but because of the hour I'd lose pulling data from three different spreadsheets, a time-tracking app, and a chain of Slack threads just to answer one question: "How's the project going?" If that sounds familiar, this guide is for you.

Understanding the workload, recovery, and productivity patterns that quietly signal burnout risk.

When your workforce is a mix of in-office and remote workers, visibility is everything. But where do you draw the line? Striking the balance between company data protection and team trust is one of the biggest challenges that leaders face. That’s why it’s essential to understand the pros and cons of workplace monitoring before rolling out your strategy.

Computer & laptop tracking software helps businesses monitor employee activities, track productivity, manage work hours, and improve workflow efficiency through features like time tracking, app monitoring, and screenshot capture.

Is your team always busy, but project profits still seem lower than expected? One common reason is non-billable work tasks like That takes time, but does not directly bring in revenue. When this work is not tracked properly, it can affect both project margins and employee well-being, making it harder to reduce project cost overruns. In this blog, you’ll explore what non-billable work is, why it matters, and how to track it without putting extra pressure on your team. Let’s go!!

I sat down with engineers who use AI coding agents for the vast majority of their implementation work. Stack Overflow’s 2025 Developer Survey found 84% of developers using AI agents for software development are using them for actual implementation work, so I wanted to understand what that looks like up close. What I heard reshaped how I think about where developer tools need to go next.

AI made every individual on your team faster. Now, it’s time for your whole team to move at that pace — and make sure you’re all heading in the same direction. At Canvas 26, we announced new ways to keep your tools, context, and team connected as you build the right things, faster and together. In case you missed it, you can watch the full Canvas 26 keynote on demand to see how teams can tap into collaborative AI to amplify their impact. TL;DW?

I've watched resource planning go wrong many times in my career. Someone builds a spreadsheet, it works for a month, and then nobody updates it because it takes 45 minutes to figure out who changed what. Meanwhile, two people get double-booked, a senior designer burns out, and the client gets a bill nobody can explain. The fix isn't more discipline. It's better structure.