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Product Steering Committee Presentation. Final PRD Review Meeting Date: January 15, 2010. Objective. To gain final Product Steering Committee (PSC) approval of the [Product X] Product Requirements Document (PRD) and agreement to proceed to develop the functional specs.
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Product Steering Committee Presentation Final PRD Review Meeting Date: January 15, 2010
Objective • To gain final Product Steering Committee (PSC) approval of the [Product X] Product Requirements Document (PRD) and agreement to proceed to develop the functional specs. • This presentation serves as the executive summary of the PRD. For full details, please see the comprehensive PRD document.
Prior Management Review • In preparation for final PSC sign-off for this PRD, the product team has already met and gathered input and feedback from the following: • Dominick Paiha, VP engineering • EzioAlboni, Director of product marketing • Lola Jacobsen, Sales VP • Don Richardson, VP product support • Roan Kang, Director of professional services
Today’s Agenda • Objective | 9:00 – 9:05 • Executive Summary of the PRD | 9:05 – 10:05 • Product Definition • Product Positioning Statement • Target Market Segmentation Priorities • Product Architecture • Product Requirements Summary • Features, Advantages, Benefits Matrix • Financial Impact • Resource Impact • Product Schedule • Final PRD Recommendations | 10:05 – 10:30
Product Definition • [Widget 2.0] has the same functionality as [Widget 1.0],but it includes localization features to address the following countries: Japan, Germany, and France. • All product documentation and the user interfaces willbe reformatted and translated into local languages.
Target Market Segmentation Priorities Chief Information Officers and Chief Technology Officers in companies with more than $350M in annual revenue. Targeted companies have the following profile: • Automotive, Financial Services, and Hospitality industries • A global employee base of at least 5,000 • Operations in US, Japan, Germany, or France • Focus on our installed base, as well as customers of ourprimary partners • Targeted companies have expressed interest or are already migrating their operations off of [old technology] to [new technology]
Financial Impact Two-year post-launch projection
Financial Assumptions (specific) • Pricing assumptions • Licensing assumptions • Sales forecasting assumptions • Manufacturing and production cost assumptions
Resource Impact • R&D Impact • To meet the release date, [X ] more engineers are required. • Customer Impact • Customers must be running a computer with [X] requirementsin order to upgrade to [Widget 2.0].
Product Schedule • Product Investigation: March – June 2010 • Alpha Test: June – August 2010 • Best Program: August – December 2010 • Product Launch & First Customer Ship – January 15, 2011
Final PRD Recommendations With your approval of this PRD, we will: • Proceed with scheduled investment plan for [Product X] • Discussion Points • [X] additional engineers required to meet the targeted timeline • Backward compatibility for supporting older operating systems • Agreement on prioritized feature set • Continue research in prioritized target market segments • Automotive • Financial Services • Hospitality • Draft functional specifications for key features • [Feature 1] • [Feature 2] • [Feature 3]
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Supporting Data Research supporting the PRD recommendations include: • [Customer focus groups conducted in the US and Europein April 2006. • Summary notes taken from the October Customer AdvisoryBoard meeting held in London on October 2-4, 2006. • Industry analyst reports including: • “Telecommunications Predictions – Europe”,Gartner Group, March, 2006 • “The Myths about VoIP”, IDC, June, 2006 • “Europe’s Top Business Drivers: 2006 – 2010”,Juniper Research, July 2006]
Product Team Members • Jonathan Haas, Product Marketing Director and team leader • Thomas Hamborg, Product Management Director • Lori Penor, Competitive Intelligence • Andrew Rath, Finance Director • Shu Ito, Sales • Lucio Iallo, Market Strategist