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   So You Want To IPO – Tips From An Investment Banker(blog.aha.io)

   1 points by bdehaaff 13y ago|0 comments
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   Why do Scrum Fanatics Hate Time?(blog.aha.io)

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   How to Choose a Great Co-Founder(blog.aha.io)

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   The Waif Startup(blog.aha.io)

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   For Engineers: Did Your Product Manager Really Say That?(blog.aha.io)

   1 points by bdehaaff 13y ago|3 comments
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   Managing Software Requirements: Who’s in Charge Here?(blog.aha.io)

   1 points by bdehaaff 13y ago|0 comments
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   Microsoft's Ballmer $560M richer on resignation(usatoday.com)

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   Knowing what it takes to generate a Minimum Lovable Product(zdnet.com)

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   Hey Sales Guy — Stop Pissing Off The Engineers(blog.aha.io)

   1 points by bdehaaff 13y ago|1 comments
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    Is Your Co-founder a Jerk?(blog.aha.io)

    2 points by bdehaaff 13y ago|1 comments
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    Aha aims to make building great products easier(techworld.com.au)

    1 points by bdehaaff 13y ago|0 comments
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    Aha streamlines development with cloud-based project management platform(pcworld.com)

    1 points by bdehaaff 13y ago|0 comments
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    Thanks for the comment. We do not have a video yet - but if you register for the trial and note that we had this back and forth - we could set up a brief demo for the team.
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    I am a co-founder of Aha! and we just opened up the app to the public today. Product managers and engineers should be the happiest people on earth. But most companies never benefit from their love of innovation, because they are beaten down
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    Show HN: New app for Product and Engineering Harmony(aha.io)

    3 points by bdehaaff 13y ago|3 comments
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    Kudos to Chris and the technical team for delivering Aha! The feedback from the beta was tremendous. We are thinking about how to open source some of the original components that the team built for analytics, notifications, and real-time pa
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    Imagine every week was Hack Week(blog.aha.io)

    1 points by bdehaaff 13y ago|0 comments
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    Thanks for the quality comments. I want to pick up the last one in particular and respond. I think that while you appreciate that Kanban is not a "way to run software" the folks who I have spoken with do not understand that. They
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    I think that is your more advanced product development system. I don't that is the definition of Kanban or what it was devised for. It reminds me of Agile -- everyone is now Agile but no one describes it the same way. Thanks for your f
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    Totally agree. That's what was shocking to me as well when I started to drill into it after hearing so many folks complain about it. I think it is a sign of engineering managers struggling to find a simple process to deliver product mo
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    Fair enough. I think there is they Why (strategy) the What (features and user stories) and the How (engineering getting bits out the door). I am poking at when the How overshadows the Why and What. That's when things go sideways.
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    I appreciate that. I really do. It's rare to receive an ounce of props on HN. I must admit that I was totally surprised to learn that it was not designed for software development and that the author of the Lean Methodology has been try
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    So what methodology have you found that works well in that environment? I am curious what helps you manage the madness as best you can when PM is not organized and "management" meddles.
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    From my experience and from what I am hearing it (meaning Kanban) does not work for most folks or companies. That's it. It might work well for you and that's great too. I don't think Kanban and Agile philosophies are the same
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    Yes. I think they are related to the "scrumdamentalists" who I have written about in the past as well. See -- The Holy Scrum War - http://blog.aha.io/index.php/the-holy-scrum-war/
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    I tried to clearly define Kanban as a "Kanban (meaning signboard or billboard) is a scheduling system for lean and just-in-time production. It’s a system to control the logistical chain from a production point of view. Kanban was devel
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    I think that we would actually agree. I don't really care how Eng gets to a major milestone and delivers a good portion of the required features. The issue is that when the teams lose focus of the bigger picture and stop thinking about
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    Happens every time. I have learned to expect it. It does make me spend a little more time though thinking through the counter arguments that are likely to be fired like spears.
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    Thanks. I appreciate the thought. It's rare on HN to have someone write something nice.
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    by bdehaaff 13y ago

    This is somewhat the point. Engineering managers have started to reach for Kanban -- and it does not fit.