The benefit of this AI skill
Gauge the effort needed to build new functionality. Use this AI skill to analyze a set of features, specifying your chosen estimation method — such as story points, T‑shirt sizes, or hours. Elle, the AI assistant, assesses the details provided in each feature, including any underlying requirements, and flags any that are too undefined to size. It considers technical complexity and likely dependencies to suggest an estimate and provides a brief comment explaining the rationale. This gives you a solid starting point, complete with total effort by size, for planning sessions. This helps you drive meaningful conversations with engineering and makes the estimation process faster.
Example output
Tips to get the best results
Identify a set of features that you want to estimate during a planning session
Make sure the scope of each feature is well defined to increase accuracy
Specify the estimation method, such as story points, T‑shirt sizes, or hours
Ask Elle to provide a confidence level to highlight uncertainty
Use the proposed estimates as an initial baseline for further refinement
How to get started
Open a list report of features. (Or paste the record links directly in the chat when you enter the prompt.)
Click the Elle icon to open the AI assistant
Click the + icon in the prompt box and select Search the library
Search for and select the Effort estimation skill
Run the skill, review the ranked table, and update the actual score value on each feature as needed
About the AI assistant in Aha! software
Accelerate your work with AI. The AI assistant in Aha! software is purpose-built for product development teams. It draws on advanced models from OpenAI, Anthropic, and Google, automatically selecting the best one for each task. Use it to instantly create text, records, reports, wireframes, whiteboards, and prototypes. You can also modify, link, and analyze key information in your account.
Choose from a library of pre-built prompts — including requests, instructions, and agents — that are tuned for product development work. Or create your own to support workflows that are unique to your team. The AI assistant automatically tailors responses based on the Aha! record you are working on and can reference and retrieve other records in a prompt or report. Give it a try today and change the way you plan and build products.
