{"id":38091,"date":"2024-09-18T16:41:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-18T20:41:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/?p=38091"},"modified":"2024-10-23T11:19:16","modified_gmt":"2024-10-23T15:19:16","slug":"september-2024-web-updates","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/september-2024-web-updates\/","title":{"rendered":"September 2024 Web Updates"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\n\n\n\n

Our first open web meeting went well. We reviewed our approach to product development and upcoming refinements. This includes improvements to the discovery process for identifying and creating new features for the NC State Web Platform. Key current and upcoming work for the rest of the year was also discussed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Product Approach Refinements<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

The presentation<\/a> we reviewed covers our refined product approach at a high level. Here are the main points:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discovery and Delivery<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

We\u2019ve always done both discovery (brainstorming) and delivery (design and coding), but we\u2019re now making the distinction clearer. This will help everyone understand whether we\u2019re in the strategic planning stage or actively implementing features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Discovery has three phases:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. Wonder<\/strong>: We explore new ideas to see if they\u2019re worth pursuing. There are no bad ideas here\u2014what seems small to one person might evolve into a major feature.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. Explore<\/strong>: Promising ideas undergo critical review, with various solutions considered and tested.<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. Solidify<\/strong>: We choose a specific direction, document expectations, and prepare the idea for delivery by the development team in a future sprint.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Throughout discovery, rapid prototyping and frequent user feedback are key to ensure we\u2019re solving the right problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Delivery<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

    Delivery will happen in three-week sprints. A sprint may or may not result in an immediate release, depending on the roadmap. We aim to release updates to users every 1-3 months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Discovery Backlog<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

    We\u2019re using Jira Product Discovery to track feature ideas, improvements, and bugs. This will be the authoritative source for what we\u2019re working on. The discovery backlog is open to anyone in UComm, and new ideas can be submitted to increase transparency and encourage input from across the organization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    We\u2019ve refined our approach to product development for the NC State Web Platform, with clearer discovery phases, targeted feedback sessions, and a more transparent process for submitting new ideas. Read on to learn about the changes and how they\u2019ll improve our delivery of new features.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"ncst_custom_author":"","ncst_show_custom_author":false,"ncst_dynamicHeaderBlockName":"ncst\/default-post-header","ncst_dynamicHeaderData":"{\"displayCategoryID\":93,\"showAuthor\":true,\"showDate\":true,\"showFeaturedVideo\":false,\"subtitle\":\"We\u2019ve refined our approach to product development for the NC State Web Platform, with clearer discovery phases, targeted feedback sessions, and a more transparent process for submitting new ideas. Read on to learn about the changes and how they\u2019ll improve our delivery of new features.\"}","ncst_content_audit_freq":"","ncst_content_audit_date":"","ncst_content_audit_display":false,"ncst_backToTopFlag":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[93],"tags":[],"_ncst_magazine_issue":[],"class_list":["post-38091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-web-updates"],"displayCategory":{"term_id":93,"name":"Web Updates","slug":"web-updates","term_group":0,"term_taxonomy_id":93,"taxonomy":"category","description":"","parent":0,"count":8,"filter":"raw"},"acf":{"ncst_posts_meta_modified_date":null},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38091"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38091\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38112,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38091\/revisions\/38112"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38091"},{"taxonomy":"_ncst_magazine_issue","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/university-communications.ncsu.edu\/documentation\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/_ncst_magazine_issue?post=38091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}