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Thomas Mercer-Hursh
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I think it would also help if there was more shared understanding about the whole product management process. It isn't as if prioritization is really a continuous process where each new idea is stuck into a priority queue and development simply worked off the top of that queue. It may have gotten a little more like that with the move to agile development, but there is still going to be a period once or twice a year depending on cycles where they sit down, get estimates on development cost, and balance priority, cost, coherency, synergy, etc. to decide on what happens in the next release ... and then, even that is highly tentative and subject to revision as the work on the release progresses. Really, the PM team has been quite good about providing snapshots of this process in the Info Exchanges where we get to see what is currently under way, what is clearly/probably around the corner, and what is clearly on the list, but farther out than the next release. Unfortunately, not everyone gets to go to those sessions and they are the sort of thing one is hesitant to publish without the full recording to provide context and nuance. Jean, perhaps when you get the webinar software sorted out again, it would be worth considering having a session or two a year per category of on-line Info Exchange so that those not able to attend could listen and contribute.
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