Your connected Aha! account creates a unified product and project development environment — but what that actually means in terms of account configuration is up to you. Here are a few best practices:
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General
Capacity planning: Users in both products can update a record's Estimate. Make sure both products are using the same capacity unit — story points or time.
Releases: Releases exist in Aha! Develop and Aha! Teamwork, but the majority of Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork teams would do better to use Aha! Roadmaps releases rather than trying to use releases in both products at once.
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Single workspace, single team
If your connected account includes a single Aha! Roadmaps workspace and a single Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork team, here is how the two should work together:
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Aha! Roadmaps |
Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork |
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Backlog management |
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View a list of work assigned to your team from the Needs review backlog. Use the unified backlog to view work in Aha! Roadmaps releases. Break features down into requirements as needed. Add or adjust each record's effort estimate. |
Work in progress |
Update Aha! Roadmaps workflow statuses and complete to-dos assigned by Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork users as necessary. Once work is completed in Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork, the Aha! Roadmaps workspace status will update as well. |
Manage development progress in sprints or the workflow board. Update Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork workflow statuses. Assign to-dos to Aha! Roadmaps users as necessary. |
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Many workspaces, single team
If your connected account includes many Aha! Roadmaps workspaces and a single Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork team, here is how the two products should work together:
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Aha! Roadmaps |
Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork |
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Define strategic work in the cross-functional workspaces. Then, you have a choice:
Move work to a core workspace, then link it to goals and initiatives. (Enterprise+) Create a work request for the core workspace.
Assign strategic work to the Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork team. |
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Backlog management |
Score work items using Aha! scorecards Prioritize work into releases Align cross-functional teams on a prioritized list. |
View a list of work assigned to your team from the Needs review backlog. Use the unified backlog to view work in Aha! Roadmaps releases. Break features down into requirements as needed. Add or adjust each record's effort estimate. |
Work in progress |
Update Aha! Roadmaps workflow statuses and complete to-dos assigned by Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork users as necessary. Once work is completed in Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork, the Aha! Roadmaps workspace status will update as well. |
Manage development progress in sprints or the workflow board. Update Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork workflow statuses. Assign to-dos to Aha! Roadmaps users as necessary. |
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Single workspace, many teams
If your connected account includes a single Aha! Roadmaps workspace and many Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork teams, here is how the two products should work together:
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Aha! Roadmaps |
Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork |
Definition |
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Backlog management |
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View a list of work assigned to your team from the Needs review backlog. Use the unified backlog to view work in Aha! Roadmaps releases. Break features down into requirements as needed. Add or adjust each record's effort estimate. |
Work in progress |
Update Aha! Roadmaps workflow statuses and complete to-dos assigned by Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork users as necessary. Once work is completed in Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork, the Aha! Roadmaps workspace status will update as well. |
Manage development progress in sprints or the workflow board. Update Aha! Develop or Aha! Teamwork workflow statuses. Assign to-dos to Aha! Roadmaps users as necessary. |
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