Aha! A simple Kanban tool at last!
September 08, 2017
Aha! A simple Kanban tool at last!
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Aha!
We use Aha! in coordination with JIRA - the simplistic, Kanban-style organization is really great for helping non-technical marketing folks visualize their workflows and plan for what's coming next in their queue. We use Aha! across a bunch of different departments, and have really appreciated the internal linking features, the visual orientation of the design, and the extra features like Gantt charts and timeline mapping.
- The UI is incredibly simple and intuitive - I picked it up with no particular training.
- I like how you can sort or filter your boards and tasks into different styles of display until you find the one that works best for you.
- The internal naming system is really natural, even for people who haven't used a kanban board, sprints, or agile before.
- The little side features, like linking to external documentation or tying cards together into groups, are all really well handled and easy to use.
- Some people fuss about it being overly simplistic, but I find that I prefer it.
- We never took much advantage of the integrations - it'd be nice to push a task from Slack to my board.
- The board-to-board functionality between peer boards (ie: not two of my own, but my boss's board to mine) was a little rickety.
- I'd like to see a cleaner archive function.
- I think it's taught us how to group tasks into big overarching goals that get broken into one- and two-step pieces. Eating the elephant one bite at a time.
- We've also learned to be a bit more efficient in sharing what we're doing and what we'll need help with, instead of springing tasks on each other last minute.
Aha! is slightly more complex and nuanced than Trello, which is nice. Trello feels like a digital sticky note system sometimes.
It's more straightforward in UI and collaboration than Workfront or Workamajig without all the extra (seemingly unnecessary) features, like scoping forms built in rather than linked, accounting forms, etc.
And compared to JIRA, it works much better for a lower-tech, more creative team.
It's more straightforward in UI and collaboration than Workfront or Workamajig without all the extra (seemingly unnecessary) features, like scoping forms built in rather than linked, accounting forms, etc.
And compared to JIRA, it works much better for a lower-tech, more creative team.