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Core Product Working Group: The group reviewed product proposals, release planning, the product review process, and the Open edX Marketplace proposal.
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Core Product Working
Group
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Product proposal board review: The group reviewed new and in-review proposals, moved several items, and discussed limiting work in progress.
Product proposal board
review
3 subtopics
Work-in-progress capacity: Participants raised concerns about assigning more proposals while twelve items were already in review and eleven were on hold.
Work-in-progress
capacity
Course element clipboard scope: The proposal had disagreement over supporting one or multiple clipboard items. The group agreed to resolve it through prototype-based usability research in the design phase.
Course element clipboard
scope
Prototype and usability research: Build the user test into the first project phase, validate the designs, and use the findings to determine the final implementation.
Prototype and usability
research
Roadmap status vocabulary: The team debated how to distinguish approved proposals that have a delivery team from proposals that still need resourcing. Candidate labels included 'needs team' and 'please work on this'.
Roadmap status
vocabulary
Community release planning: The group clarified when accepted product proposals should be added to the community release plan and how the planning sheet should be maintained.
Community release
planning
2 subtopics
Proposal-to-release-plan handoff: Add a proposal to the release plan once it is resourced; placeholders can be added during review and updated in the monthly planning cycle.
Proposal-to-release-plan
handoff
Shared planning sheet filters: Editors should use personal filter views so viewers can still see the complete two-release planning horizon.
Shared planning sheet
filters
Product review process cleanup: Cassie presented a shorter, collapsible step-by-step review process with clearer ownership and navigation.
Product review process
cleanup
2 subtopics
One source of truth: Keep definitions, labels, responsibilities, and review steps together to reduce navigation between documents.
One source of truth
Labels and statuses simplification: The group wanted status language that is accessible beyond technical teams. Jenna agreed to review current usage and recommend a simpler set.
Labels and statuses
simplification
Open edX Marketplace: The group discussed how product, marketing, and technical working groups should collaborate on a marketplace for extensions and plugins.
Open edX Marketplace
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Working-group collaboration: Glib will present the proposal to the product group so it can be aligned with the XBlock and LTI configuration projects.
Working-group
collaboration
Plugin architecture and categorization: Tutor plugins were proposed as a likely extension mechanism, while the product group would help make technical categories understandable to users.
Plugin architecture and
categorization
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