Features in Aha! Builder represent the work that shapes your application over time. After you build and deploy an initial version, use the features board and user story map to plan what comes next, including new capabilities, design refinements, and bug fixes.
You can use Elle to plan and implement features directly within your application. Add features yourself or ask Elle to suggest them, then track each one from idea through completion.
Navigate to Implement → Features to access both views. Use the toggle at the top of the page to switch between the Board and User story map.
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Feature views
Aha! Builder provides three views for managing your application's features. Use the toggle at the top of the Features page to switch between them.
Board: A Kanban-style view that organizes features into columns by workflow status: Not started, In progress, Will not implement, and Done. Use the board to see the current state of planned work at a glance and move features through your workflow.
User story map: A layered view that organizes features beneath epics that represent your end users' journey through your application. Use the user story map to plan work from their perspective and see how features relate to the broader experience.
Ideas: If you are on the Aha! Builder Team or Scale plans, you have access to feedback widgets that load in your application, so you can collect ideas directly from your end users while they are using your application. From the Ideas page, you can promote ideas to features, and prompt Elle to start implementing them.
Both of the first two views show the same features, and changes in one view appear in the other. The Elle panel is available in all three views to help you create, implement, and manage features.
Create features
You can add features to your application in several ways. These options are available from both the features board and the user story map.
From the features board: Click Add features in the upper-right corner. Enter a Name, optional Epic, and Description, then click Create feature.
From the user story map: Click Add features to create a new feature. You can also click Add epic to create an epic first, then add features beneath it.
From Elle: Open the Elle panel and select Suggest a new feature to get recommendations based on your application's strategy, design, and current functionality. You can also describe a feature and ask Elle to create it.
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From the Ideas page: If you are on the Aha! Builder Team or Scale plans, you have access to two advanced features:
Feedback widgets that load in your application, so you can collect ideas directly from your end users while they are using your application. From the Ideas page, you can promote ideas to features, and prompt Elle to start implementing them.
Virtual user testing that runs through your application or prototype with target personas in mind.
If you use other Aha! products with Aha! Builder, you can also create features from customer feedback or assign features to your application from Aha! Roadmaps.
Once you create a feature, click its card to open the detail drawer, add details, and prompt Elle to implement it.
Feature details
Click any feature card on the board or user story map to open the detail drawer. It includes:
Name: The title of the feature.
Status: The current workflow status. Select a new status from the dropdown to update it.
Epic: The epic the feature belongs to, if any. Select an epic to associate the feature with a group of related work.
Description: A detailed explanation of what the feature should accomplish. Use this field to describe the improvement, the user problem it addresses, and any design or behavior details your team needs. In the More options menu, you can convert the feature to an epic, review its history, duplicate it, or delete it.
Build feature: Click this button to prompt Elle to start building the feature.
Work on features with Elle
Elle is available on every page in Aha! Builder, including the features board and user story map. The Elle panel on the right side of the screen offers three starting prompts:
Make an improvement: Describe a change to your application's existing functionality, and Elle can implement it.
Fix an issue: Describe what is not working correctly, and Elle can diagnose and fix the problem.
Suggest a new feature: Ask Elle for recommendations based on your application's strategy and current state.
You can also type directly in the Ask Elle field to describe a feature or change in your own words. Elle can create the feature, update its status during implementation, and make changes to your application's code.
As implementation progresses, the feature's status on the features board updates automatically. When implementation is complete, the feature moves to Done.
You can continue entering requests while Elle works on another one. It queues requests and addresses them in order.