The Product Planning Software Challenge.
Product managers in high-tech companies are overwhelmed by features, ideas
and product planning requirements from inside and outside their company. In
enterprises where product managers are considered business-critical, these
managers face tremendous pressure to develop increasingly more complex
products faster and better targeted to market needs. However, product
managers often lack the product planning software tools and product planning
skill sets to work faster and better. Many product managers create their own
product planning database or product planning spreadsheet to keep track of
the requests. Some use a paper system – others use email, calendars, instant
messaging, client extranets, and excel spreadsheets. Information-sharing and
collaboration is difficult, and product planning miscommunication is common.
The Product
Planning Software Solution.
Featureplan product
planning software applications are a sophisticated product development and
product management solution that facilitates product planning collaboration
across the enterprise for the critical phases of product planning.
The consistent
and repeatable processes of Featureplan product planning software tools not
only yield accurate market-driven information, but also provide a sturdy
framework for analysis and informed decision-making - with more predictable
results. Furthermore, Featureplan product planning software is an
enterprise-wide application that can dramatically increase productivity and
efficiency in the way products are planned, developed and introduced across
the whole enterprise - something that goes to both the top and bottom line.
Product planning resources are allocated for the maximum return based on
market-driven knowledge.
Here are some of the ways that Featureplan Product Planning Software helps product managers in the Product Planning Process:
Manages independent products and/or product suites with sub-components.
Product Planning software develops and manages ‘living roadmaps’ showing milestones, tasks and critical contractual obligations.
Performs “what-if” analysis to assess alternatives.
Product Planning software identifies and articulates market problems and enable the analysis of business issues and technical feasibility.
Maximizes satisfaction using stakeholder notification templates.
Performs, manages and communicates product planning competitive analysis.
Manages product release and product requirement inter-dependencies.
Captures input from stakeholders and maps directly to market requirements.
Automatically generates over 150 product planning software reports (templates or user-defined).
Additional Product Planning Software Benefits From Featureplan:
Product planning software proactively solicits market input from customers.
Defines custom attributes by product to enable detailed searching and reporting.
Product planning software tracks product costs and revenue attained by requirement and release.
Product planning software defines and manages market requirements and product release priorities.
Full search, sort and filter abilities based on any product planning characteristic or attribute.
Product planning software tracks the status of estimates, specifications, and tasks associated to each requirement and product release.
Supports a ‘market-driven’ approach to Product Management and Product Planning Software.
Quantifies market needs to help prioritize features and benefits for the next product release.
Balances
product planning input from customers, evaluators and future prospects
to create products that sell.
Featureplan product planning software applications work seamlessly across the critical product planning processes, enabling companies to bring winning products to market faster.
