Aha! Blog

This Is How You Build a Radically Responsive Product Development Team
April 9, 2018
This Is How You Build a Radically Responsive Product Development Team

“I wish we could work this fast.” This is something our Aha! team hears a lot. It is true that our team works fast — really fast. Faster than any team I have ever worked…

My Name Is Nathaniel Collum — This Is Why I Joined Aha!
April 6, 2018
My Name Is Nathaniel Collum — This Is Why I Joined Aha!

It was my first year of high school. I was doing fine scholastically, but I did not yet have a passion — my “thing.” So I decided to pursue two things that genuinely…

7 Blogs to Help Build Your Leadership Skills
April 5, 2018
7 Blogs to Help Build Your Leadership Skills

What brought you to this blog today? Was it curiosity? Your desire to be a better leader? Probably both — those two are inseparable. Technology changes so fast these…

Why Strategic Thinking Is So Hard for Product Managers
April 5, 2018
Why Strategic Thinking Is So Hard for Product Managers

Creating a strategy is difficult but necessary for busy product managers. Follow these tips for strengthening your strategic thinking skills.

Just Launched! — Enhanced Jira Integration Syncs Estimates and Work Done on Epics and User Stories
April 4, 2018
Just Launched! — Enhanced Jira Integration Syncs Estimates and Work Done on Epics and User Stories

“Best integration ever!” and “You guys made my Aha! + Jira dreams come true.” Those are just a few of the messages you sent us when we recently launched our new…

6 Steps to Achieve a Successful Enterprise Transformation
April 3, 2018
6 Steps to Achieve a Successful Enterprise Transformation

True enterprise transformation is a company-wide initiative that requires new ways of thinking and working. Find out six steps to take to achieve this.

5 Years of Aha! — This Is What We Have Learned so Far
April 2, 2018
5 Years of Aha! — This Is What We Have Learned so Far

Something different. This is what my co-founder Dr. Chris Waters and I had in mind when we founded Aha! five years ago. We had spent nearly 20 years working in Silicon…

The Founder’s Paradox: How to Always Work and Avoid Burnout
March 30, 2018
The Founder’s Paradox: How to Always Work and Avoid Burnout

Burned out on burnout. No, that is not a typo. You read it right. Although it can seem like the flames are inescapable. This person is smoldering, that person is about to…

4 Marketing Best Practices for Creating Customer Personas
March 29, 2018
4 Marketing Best Practices for Creating Customer Personas

Everyone loves a good story, right? And if you are a marketer, you are telling meaningful stories every day — whether you realize it or not. The messaging you write, the…

Just Launched! — Add Colors to Custom Fields to Visually Highlight Product Information
March 28, 2018
Just Launched! — Add Colors to Custom Fields to Visually Highlight Product Information

Red means stop. Green means go. One look at a stoplight report and you immediately know if a project is on track or off the rails. Associating colors with important…