Accelerate success with Team Playbook

Plays are tactical, research-backed exercises designed to make it easier to solve meaningful challenges. Plays help you action the System of Work Practices, which are behaviors Atlassian’s research shows are common among successful technology-driven organizations. Each Play includes detailed instructions that help develop new capabilities and end with actionable items to accelerate progress.

Practices are the behaviors that our research shows are common among successful organizations. Plays are tactical, evidence-based exercises designed to help you action our Practices.

The Atlassian System of Work is our philosophy of how technology-driven organizations should work and how to connect technology and business teams to achieve impact that would be impossible alone.

No. Some Plays include helpful templates that help with documenting, tracking, and running the Plays. Templates are supplemental and are not required to run a Play.

Yes, Play instructions and content are free. Use them as much as you want and feel free to share these resources with others.

No. Leaders, teams, and individuals can run Plays to maximize their impact and accelerate progress.

No. The Team Playbook is a free and open resource that any person or team can benefit from.

Many of the Plays include research from Atlassian’s Teamwork Lab, our in-house group of PhD behavioral scientists and teamwork experts. The Teamwork Lab studies teams across industries and runs experiments with thousands of Atlassians to discover the most effective, evidence-based ways of working for all modern distributed teams.

There is no one-size-fits-all approach to which Plays you should run first, however, our Play recommendation quiz is a great tool to help you get started.

Alternatively, you can identify which System of Work Pillar to focus on by using the navigation bar on the Play gallery page to find relevant plays.

We believe leadership takes many forms and that Plays can be run by anyone.

All Plays come with a detailed list of prep work, step-by-step instructions, and helpful tips based on the experience of Play facilitators at Atlassian.

Some team Plays benefit from having someone outside of your team facilitate them so everyone can participate. If this is the case, ask a colleague outside of your team to run the Play.

If you have specific questions about facilitating, check out our facilitation tips here or email us at teamplaybook@atlassian.com and we’ll see how we can help!

We'd love to hear what's working for you, and what's not. Email us your questions or comments at teamplaybook@atlassian.com.