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Quick Poll Feedback: tell me about the products

Need some quick feedback from the MV and Irvine teams:  two questions here -- one 1) Who comes up with product requirements,  and 2) Do you have time to think about product features.     Please take the poll and give your vote!

 

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Anonymous said…
I think that for the question "Who comes up with the ideas for products," I think the answer is "all or some of the above." I don't think it's fair to only be able to click one choice... Maybe the question is better worded, "Who is the PRIMARY source for product ideas".

Also, "Who comes up with product requirements" posed in the blog post and "Who comes up with the ideas for products" from the poll title are indeed two different questions. :)
June 9, 2006 at 10:47 AM
Anonymous said…
Nice poll.

Like to see more such polls, one every week or so.

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June 9, 2006 at 10:49 AM
Anonymous said…
Good point josepth... I meant the primary product ideas... Trying to get an idea if people think they have any input or not.

Murali - the poll clipping.. hope I have fixed that now... the result of the poll takes more space than the poll voting, so i have to fiddle with it.
June 9, 2006 at 10:57 AM
Anonymous said…
Re: Who comes up with Product Requirements - it's not really a one-person effort in my experience. While the Product Manager is usually the person to intiate an effort and is on the hook coalesce all the ideas into a P.O.R., UI in particular and often dev come up with product refinements and new features, particularly after the 1.0 release.
June 9, 2006 at 11:01 AM
Anonymous said…
In Voice Apps team (AIM Phoneline, AOL Call Alert, AOLbyPhone, AOL Voicemail)--a few staff in Mtn View, it's typically the business team, product management, Member Services, brand marketing, and development who contribute the ideas.   This cross-section works well, but also benefits when there is cross-pollination with similar staff from other organizations (Access, Audience).
June 9, 2006 at 11:25 AM
Anonymous said…
Regarding 1) I agree with Teleshaw.  It is very often a collective effort with Product Management, Development, UI/Design and the Business to come up with the great ideas and new features around our products.  Take Web Suite for example: developers innovated and came up with cool new features like "Show Maps" and "Blog This!" which weren't necessarily in the original PRD but were low risk to add and cause a big splash whenever we demo the product.  I believe, though, the role of the PM is to bring focus around the product based on these great ideas, or to be open and flexible when new ideas are introduced if they're good for the user and the product.
June 9, 2006 at 11:45 AM
Anonymous said…
> Trying to get an idea if people think they have any input or not.

This is a good question, and you might put up another poll asking this question in particular..."Do you feel you have input on the design of our products?"  But I would ask a slightly different question, "Do you feel that the input you give on our products has made a difference?", and then there could be followup questions, if the answer is no, to find out why.
June 12, 2006 at 8:46 AM
Anonymous said…
Here in Irvine, we have 3 current projects that are development driven, 2 that are product driven, and a couple that came from maintenance.  It depends on the project/product.  We have had some influence most definitely on the product driven ones.
June 12, 2006 at 11:08 AM
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