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3 Essential Principles of Agile Product Planning
October 27, 2015
3 Essential Principles of Agile Product Planning

Agile has never been more popular — or more misunderstood. There seems to be a popular concept that planning has very little part in an Agile methodology. But being Agile…

You Should Run From These 3 Crazy Managers
October 25, 2015
You Should Run From These 3 Crazy Managers

I once worked for a SVP who had no plan. Really, he had no plan for where the business was headed. To make sure his peers never figured that out and thought his team was…

How Product Managers Make a Great Impression With 1.0 Products
October 23, 2015
How Product Managers Make a Great Impression With 1.0 Products

You have big plans for your product and you know that the end vision is going to rock. The trouble is, you want your customers to love your product when you release…

How Successful Leaders Waste Time
October 22, 2015
How Successful Leaders Waste Time

I worked with a CEO who traveled — constantly. Whenever he had the chance to fly somewhere for a meeting, he would jump on the opportunity and say “I’m there.” He simply…

Just Launched! — Aha! Integrated With Microsoft Team Foundation Server
October 21, 2015
Just Launched! — Aha! Integrated With Microsoft Team Foundation Server

We continue to launch new integrations to ensure that product and engineering teams can easily work together. Aha! integrates with Microsoft Team Foundation Server.

5 Steps to Create a Brilliant Product Vision
October 19, 2015
5 Steps to Create a Brilliant Product Vision

You have an insight based that you think could lead to a product. Now you need a grand vision to match it. This is where many entrepreneurs and innovators in big…

Why You Should Get Back in Your Box
October 16, 2015
Why You Should Get Back in Your Box

Certain business phrases have entered our business vernacular and unfortunately stayed there. Like the notion of “work-life balance,” people who are “born leaders,” or…

Just Launched! — New Slack + Aha! Integration
October 14, 2015
Just Launched! — New Slack + Aha! Integration

Slack provides a group chat platform for agile teams. The tool makes it easy to keep distributed groups informed and productive through real-time sharing of information.…

Why You Should Not Major in Engineering
October 14, 2015
Why You Should Not Major in Engineering

My college algorithms class was the final weed-out course in the computer science program. It covered advanced topics like computational complexity and graph theory. If…

The 6 Ways to Save a Failing Startup
October 12, 2015
The 6 Ways to Save a Failing Startup

You might hear about successful startups so often you think the odds are on your side. But it’s quite the opposite. According to recent data, just half survive five years…