Release Roadmap October 2011 1 Releases 0.5 to 0.8* will focus on - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation

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Release Roadmap

October 2011

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Releases 0.5 to 0.8* will focus on 4 key user driven needs

* Release for firm members is TBD **The 4 user constituents are subsets of the Firm Family. As a result their user needs can be applied to Firm Members and External users.

0.6 Practice and Regional Managers**

(Capabilities will also benefit external usrs) About practice and regional managers:

• Practice managers work with practice and

regional leaders to define and implement practice and regional strategies, which includes both direct support of projects and the development and dissemination of cutting edge specialized knowledge

• They are looking to find and track notable

external users and experts in their practice

• r region

Why we value them:

• They will serve as catalysts that will allow the firm to

connect with alumni on expertise, industry insights, and at a client engagement level

0.5 Firm Leadership**

(Capabilities will also benefit external users) About firm leaders:

• Firm leaders are firm members within

McKinsey that are in certain positions and above

• They are looking to build relationships with

external users at new or existing clients Why we value them:

• They can help validate the client focused value

proposition for Product X

• They can help drive excitement and adoption

around the application

0.7 New/Transitioning Firm Members

(Capabilities will also benefit firm members) About new and transitioning members:

• New and transitioning members are firm

members that are in the process of transitioning out of the firm or have recently left the firm Why we value them:

• They are the new generation of external users and are

important in developing and sustaining a strong, vibrant external user community

• They can be potential clients and help the firm drive

new business

• They want to remain involved with the firm
• They are looking for new career opportunities and/or

ways to maintain and initiate relationships with other firm members

TBD CSS Firm Members

(Capabilities will also benefit external users) About firm members:

• Consultants in positions below project

manager level

• They are looking discover, connect, and

leverage the external user community for expertise, industry insights, and/or knowledge development Why we value them:

• External users have expressed significant interest in

connecting and building relationships with firm

• members. Firm member’s participation in the

community is important.

• They will help drive content and interactions within

the community

• Time boxed 1 month releases

focused on each user constituent

• Launch to and obtain feedback

from the user constituents after each incremental release

Guiding Principles

0.8 Existing External Users

(Capabilities will also benefit firm members) About existing external users:

• Existing users are users that have left the

firm for over 1 year

• They are looking to re-engage with the

firm, connect with former colleagues, and stay informed about the latest firm news and knowledge Why we value them:

• They are potential experts or industry leaders in areas

that the firm cares about

• Some are currently work at one of the firm’s leading

priority clients

• They are looking to get more involved with the firm

and network with other external users

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Release 0.5 to 0.8* will be achieved in 4 incremental releases

Release 0.5 Prepare backlog Release 0.7 Release 0.8

Timeframe Goals User Constituents Capabilities ~ 1 month ~ (2/1 – 2/26)

• Build awareness and

connections with external users at new, existing, and potential clients

• Provide a structured method

to connect with external users

• Leverage firm leaders to

scale and build adoption for Product X across the firm

• Firm Leadership
• Client/company focused

landing page with structured advanced search

• Recommendations engine

(incorporate connection strength, training data)

• My network of external

users (follower model) and top 10 people I’ve worked with most

• Integrate with internal single

sign on Release 0.5 ~ 1 month ~ (3/1 – 4/2)

▪ Enable practice and

regional managers the ability to find, track, and generate exportable lists of notable external users and experts in their practice and/or region that they can leverage to communicate with on offline knowledge co-creation efforts

• Practices and Regional

Leaders

• Saved searches
• Profile news feed update

(for followers and people managed by admins)

▪ Highlight (and be notified

• f) new members that fit

my saved search results criteria (sphere of influence)

• Geography based search
• Ability to download search

results to excel ~ 1 month ~ (4/5 – 4/30)

• Allow new and transitioning

firm members to share their information before transitioning and maintain/initiate relationships with the firm

• Facilitate external users in

connecting with their next career opportunity

• New and Transitioning Firm

Members

• New job boards
• Allow external users to

update and display more information on their profile (e.g. sector/function, company info, etc)

• Single sign on login for

external users

• Ability to disseminate Firm

news to external users and firm leaders

• Monitor of suspicious usage

~ 1 month ~ (5/3 – 5/28)

• Enable External users to re-

engage with the firm, connect with former colleagues, and stay informed about the latest firm news and knowledge

• Existing Alumni
• Event management tool

(e.g. registration, event info, attendees list, etc)

• Auto-enrollment and filter

search results by firm created groups

• Post and respond to

message on a discussion board Release 0.6 Release 0.7

Release 0.6

Release 0.8 Evaluate Success Measures

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More Definitive Tentative Evaluate 0.5 feedback and Re-assess v0.6 Evaluate 0.6 feedback and Re-assess v0.7 Evaluate 0.7 feedback and Re-assess v0.8

* Release for firm members is TBD