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Hey all, who's been successfully using Aha! for roadmaps management and task management?

I'm struggling to get a convenient view of major releases and in the same panel to view all to-do's, that would fall under each feature/release. It seems that it's purely for feature management but doesn't allow to filter on a more granular level. Is it me or Aha is not the most intuitive tool and a bit "old school"?

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Sr Product Manager - Tech at Amazon·
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Yes - Aha! is cumbersome. Much like JIRA, it is bogged down by infinite options and really requires someone that has had prior success to design and implement the buildout. I've found that you'll need to make compromises in both systems and get a lot of pushback from people that live in one side or the other, making those compromises very difficult to reach.

I worked at a medium-sized company (400-ish) and they were all in on Jira and wanted to implement Aha!. We spent over a year and never made compelling progress. Other companies in the Vista (PE firm) portfolio had found success, but we did not.

I think the dream of having info flowing in and out of JIRA and syncing with Aha! is a bit of a pipe dream. We never reached that point, so my opinion could be biased and uniformed. We did, however, invest a lot to get there and stumbled with a lot of mechanics and a crazy amount of complexity in how you use both JIRA and Aha!.

My personal preference is a tool called Shortcut (formerly Clubhouse), which is made by a team that came from PivotalTracker. They built a kanban-focused tool that is great for agile and have been building around that core for the past 8 (or so) years. You'd get great story-level management with the ability to move up through epics, milestones, and (I'm sure) lots more (as they have continued to build). Shortcut is not bogged down by infinite options. It is intentionally simple. It has a lot of integrations with other popular tools, but the core exists within one product, which eliminates a lot of complexity in mapping/syncing JIRA to Aha!.

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Daria E
Daria E
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January 24th 2022 at 11:37AM

Thank you so much for such an elaborative response! I even tested Wrike (again), ran into the same problem: no way to drill down into individual subtasks/tasks when it's sorted not by status but a project (in Aha! would be feature) instead.

I will test Shortcut, thanks for the recommendation! Appreciate you took time to write your opinion.

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VP of Product Strategy at tech Startup·
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I am looking for advice on Aha! vs ProductBoard for new product development. I am working on product ideation for an entirely new healthcare tech product line (B2B Saas product AI solutions focused on Payers/Providers) AT present relying on interviews and conversations to drive in data on pain points. But hope to leverage Aha for running surveys, and drive in extensive feedback from business users, develop MVP and integrate with Jira for downstream technical product management.

We are a lean team. At present, it's just myself working on strategy and ideation. I am posting this question because I have heard mixed reviews about Aha (example: is it not Saas enabled?) Any thoughts appreciated.

Thanks for any tips

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I'm comparing Aha!, Trello and Asana. We are looking for it as a Product Management Team. Jira handles all our development and storyboard etc. This is for Product Management for Roadmaps, Backlogs, future stories, etc. Cost is a factor, as well. Does anyone have a comparison chart of Pros and Cons? Thank you.

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Technical Project Manager at ShelterTech·
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I just switched to ClickUp for my development agency - I am the product team, and I relay everything there betwixt designers, devs, and clients.

Clickup = Jira + Confluence but better - more ways to slice and dice your data & documents, make custom views, mind map relationships, and track people's work, plan goals... I even use it to manage project finances and household to-dos.

They have a very comprehensive free tier that never expires, and on top of that they're extremely generous with trials of their paid features, have more-than-fair pricing, and top-notch customer support.

https://clickup.com?fp_ref=max30

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