The Leera journal
Notes on buildingbetter together.
Practical guides and customer stories about planning, AI, testing, and delivery. Clear workflows and useful examples across industries.
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Customer stories / Auction operations / MCP / ChatGPT
How Mzadat manages e-auction work with Leera and ChatGPT
Explore Mzadat’s e-auction operations with Leera, plus a practical ChatGPT and MCP workflow for inspection, catalog approval, and auction readiness.
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Customer stories / Energy / Project delivery
Black Lion Group: coordinating an oil-drilling project with Leera
Black Lion Group manages oil-drilling delivery in Leera. Explore a practical workflow for work packages, dependencies, decisions, and project handovers.
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Customer stories / Construction planning / PERT
Kairos: PERT planning for a Chandigarh villa in Leera
See how Kairos brings PERT planning to a Chandigarh villa project in Leera, with practical examples for dependencies, estimates, design decisions, and handover.
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AI development / Software testing / Release management
Testing AI-generated code: a release checklist with evidence
Review and test AI-generated code with a practical release checklist covering requirements, permissions, failures, regression checks, and recorded evidence.
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Requirements / Test coverage / Product documentation
Requirements traceability matrix: a worked brief-to-test template
Build a requirements traceability matrix with a worked example, reusable columns, coverage calculations, and links from product decisions to test evidence.
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Bring your own model / Self-hosting / AI project management
Bring your own model for project management: setup, cost, and data
Plan a BYOM project management setup: choose a provider, check where project data goes, test real workflows, and calculate cost per accepted result.
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Product discovery / AI product management / Product strategy
AI product discovery: turn evidence into prioritized work
Use AI product discovery to organize research, challenge assumptions, and draft experiments. Follow a worked example from evidence to a reviewed backlog.
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Product roadmaps / Product management / Planning
Now–Next–Later roadmap: a practical example and template
Build a Now–Next–Later roadmap with clear horizons, a worked example, a reusable template, and honest handling of deadlines and changing priorities.
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Product roadmaps / Product strategy / Product discovery
Outcome-based roadmap: examples, metrics, and a template
Create an outcome-based roadmap with a measurable goal, clear evidence, guardrails, and a worked example connecting product decisions to delivery.
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Product roadmaps / Project planning / Delivery
Product roadmap vs Gantt chart: which plan do you need?
Compare product roadmaps and Gantt charts with a worked release example. Choose the right view for priorities, dates, dependencies, and delivery decisions.
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Product discovery / Agile / Product teams
Dual-track agile: connect continuous discovery and delivery
Use dual-track agile with one shared outcome, visible discovery questions, delivery evidence, and a practical weekly workflow for a small product team.
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MCP / Coding agents / Project management
Connect Leera to your agent managers over MCP
MCP setup for Conductor, Superset, RunPane, and Nimbalyst: scoped access, safe credentials, and local or remote agents.
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AI project management / AI agents / Team workflows
AI project management: a practical guide for software teams
Practical AI workflows for product managers: draft briefs, compare priorities, plan sprints, and report progress with source evidence and human review.
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Sprint planning / Agile / Planner
Sprint planning guide: build a realistic plan with clear outcomes
Plan a sprint with a useful goal, prepared backlog, realistic capacity, explicit QA, and a practical agenda. Includes examples, checklists, and Leera workflows.
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QA / Test management / Software testing
QA test management: from test cases to release evidence
Use a worked test-case example and reusable template to connect requirements, shared steps, test runs, defects, and release evidence in Leera QA.
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Self-hosted / Project management / Operations
Self-hosted project management: deployment and operations guide
Deploy and operate self-hosted Leera with copyable install, backup, restore, upgrade, and status commands, plus guidance for DNS, HTTPS, email, and AI.
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MCP / AI integrations / Project management
MCP for project management: connect AI clients to real work
Connect AI clients to Leera through MCP with scoped access. Follow complete issue and QA workflows, verify saved results, and troubleshoot setup.
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Project documentation / Team wiki / Knowledge management
Project documentation guide: specs, decisions, and runbooks
Create project documentation people can use: clear briefs, decision records, tested runbooks, task links, permissions, version checkpoints, and maintenance rules.
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MCP / AI / Announcement
Introducing the Leera MCP server: connect your AI client
Connect a compatible AI client to Leera with scoped access to supported project, issue, sprint, document, and QA tools. Start with a verified read and a clear task.
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AI / AI agents / Product
From project chat to a useful scheduled AI routine
Use Leera AI chat for a focused question, then configure an agent for work worth repeating. Define the objective, tools, schedule, and review process.
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Self-hosted / Guide
Self-host Leera: installation, setup, and the next steps
Copy Leera’s install, backup, upgrade, and status commands. Prepare Linux and DNS, or use the AI agent prompt to set up your self-hosted instance.
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