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Uncensored advice about product development and building a high-growth software company from Brian de Haaff, co-founder and CEO at Aha!

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Hey Boss — My Strategy Is Telling You "No"
March 25, 2014
Hey Boss — My Strategy Is Telling You "No"

Here is how it goes down. You turn the corner and the big boss (who never uses the product or speaks with customers) says “I have a great new idea for a feature.” Or…

What's Your Product?
March 17, 2014
What's Your Product?

That’s an interesting question. It’s not exactly what folks want to hear from us though when they ask us how they should organize their products. But, we need to answer…

Product Roadmap Templates for Visual Release Planning
March 11, 2014
Product Roadmap Templates for Visual Release Planning

We are all agile these days (or trying to be) and for almost all teams — dates still matter. Dates matter because time is an essential variable in life and business. And…

Aha! Launches Visual Product Roadmaps for Jira
March 4, 2014
Aha! Launches Visual Product Roadmaps for Jira

We just announced the JIRA integration that you have always wanted. Aha! now provides an add-on for Atlassian JIRA OnDemand customers who want to create brilliant product…

The Product Manager Is the Product Owner
February 21, 2014
The Product Manager Is the Product Owner

Have you worked with a great product manager? If yes, you know that she led the product with pride and was at the epicenter of every major product decision. She knew…

GitHub Issues integrated With Aha!
February 19, 2014
GitHub Issues integrated With Aha!

Learn how to integrate GitHub with Aha! in this product update. You can push your completed features and requirements in Aha! into GitHub issues.

Those Pesky Release Notes and Product Management
February 6, 2014
Those Pesky Release Notes and Product Management

Release notes are unglamorous — unless you need to know what was just released. There’s no shame in admitting they they are a pain to write and often get ignored.

Scrum Can Save and Destroy You
February 3, 2014
Scrum Can Save and Destroy You

Scrum can save and destroy you. And sometime it does both in just that order. Only those unaware or unafraid will admit that they are not “agile” converts these days…

Launch Planning and Product Management
January 28, 2014
Launch Planning and Product Management

Great product launches create heroes. And product teams have the best product launches when they have clear goals, deliver the goods on time, and everyone is on the page.…

Product Management — Aha! Keeps the Team Informed
January 20, 2014
Product Management — Aha! Keeps the Team Informed

Products are successful when product teams are efficiently working together. Read about watchers and notifications in Aha! software.

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