Okay, so, the other day, I was scrolling through my project management stuff, and I stumbled upon this idea of “confluence psychology.” It sounded fancy, but I was curious. So I decided to dig in and see what I could do with it.
First, I opened up Confluence. Now, we use this thing all the time at work to keep track of, well, everything. Projects, notes, meeting minutes, you name it. It’s basically our digital brain.
I started a new page and just called it “Confluence Psychology Experiments.” Then, I started thinking about all the projects I was juggling. I had that big website redesign, the marketing campaign for the new product, and that internal training program that was kind of on the back burner. I created sections for each of these projects on my page.
Next, I looked around for some templates. Confluence has a ton of these, and they’re actually pretty helpful. I found one called “Project Roadmap” and used it for the website redesign project. It had these neat little sections for goals, milestones, and timelines. I filled them out, and right away, things felt a bit more organized.
- For the marketing campaign, I found a template called “Marketing Plan.” It helped me outline the target audience, key messages, and the different channels we were going to use.
- Then, for the training program, I went with a simple “Meeting Notes” template. I figured I’d start by documenting all the ideas we had thrown around in our initial brainstorming sessions.
After I got the basic structure down, I started playing around with some of the other features. I connected my Confluence page to Jira, which is what we use for tracking tasks. This was actually a game-changer. Now, I could see all the tasks related to each project right there on my Confluence page.
I also messed around with calendars. I created a team calendar and added all the important deadlines and milestones. This made it super easy to see what was coming up and make sure we were all on the same page.
The whole process took a few hours, but honestly, it was worth it. By just using these templates and connecting some tools together, I felt way more in control of my projects.
Now, I’m not saying I’m a Confluence psychology expert or anything. But I think there’s something to this idea of using a tool like Confluence to not just organize your work, but also to kind of organize your thoughts. It’s like having a visual representation of everything that’s going on in your head, and that can be incredibly powerful.
I’m still experimenting with it and thinking of others to use Confluence in a more psychological way, so I will keep on recording it.
