JUPITER SYSTEMS PRODUCT
 INNOVATION INITIATIVE
 ...MAKING BETTER PRODUCTS FASTER
NEW PRODUCTS PROCESS


                           Ideas




           Marketing Requirements Document (MRD)




            Product Requirements Document (MRD)




           Technical Requirements Documentation




                       $hip Product
WHAT IS THE MRD?

   • Meaning of MRD – "Market Requirements Document", is a
     document written by the Product Marketing Group to express
     their wants and needs for the product or service. Once written the
     MRD is then given to an Engineering Team to propose a new
     product or revision.


          Product Needs




  Product             Engineering       Agreement
Market Team              Team
                                                             MRD


          Product Ideas
COMPONENTS OF MRD

•   Executive Summary      • Systems & Technical
•   Purpose Goals            Requirements
•   Delivery Date          • Quality Assurance &
•   Target Market &          Testing
    Customer
•   Overall position
•   Competition
•   Use Model
•   Customer needs &
    Corresponding Features
WHAT IS THE PRD?

• Meaning of PRD – “Product Requirements Document", is
  a document written by the Engineering Team or Product
  Management Team to define the product being made.

• Functional Requirements
• Usability Requirements
• Technical Requirements
  – (e.g. security, network, platform, integration,
    client.)
• Interaction requirements
  – (e.g. how the product should work with other
    systems
WHAT IS THE TECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT?
NEW PRODUCTS PROCESS


                           Ideas




           Marketing Requirements Document (MRD)




            Product Requirements Document (PRD)




                           Ideas




                     Shipping Product
NEW PRODUCTS PROCESS

                                                    Ideas




                                    Marketing Requirements Document (MRD)




                                     Product Requirements Document (PRD)




                                                    Ideas




                                              Shipping Product




Jupiter Challenge. Create a process to make this easier.
ALLOWING PRODUCT IDEAS
    TO COME FROM



  Customers   Employees
WHAT IS THE TECHNICAL
REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT?


             Customer/Emplo
              yee has great
                  idea




   Email                      Yammer
team/group
NEW IDEA FILTER PROCESS




   Idea Generation    Exec Sponsorship



    New Product
                           MRD
   Initiative Group
INFORMATION EXEC SPONSOR MUST
    PRESENT TO NEW PRODUCT INITIATIVE
                 GROUP

• Project scope              •   3rd party requirements
• Purpose Goals              •   Gating factors or dates
• Target Market              •   3-year revenue estimate
• Competitive response or    •   Gross margin estimate
  new opportunity            •   Estimated project costs
• Competitive Alternatives       (internal and external)
• Initial estimate of
  technical feasibility
• Obvious development
  risks

Jupiter

  • 1.
    JUPITER SYSTEMS PRODUCT INNOVATION INITIATIVE ...MAKING BETTER PRODUCTS FASTER
  • 2.
    NEW PRODUCTS PROCESS Ideas Marketing Requirements Document (MRD) Product Requirements Document (MRD) Technical Requirements Documentation $hip Product
  • 3.
    WHAT IS THEMRD? • Meaning of MRD – "Market Requirements Document", is a document written by the Product Marketing Group to express their wants and needs for the product or service. Once written the MRD is then given to an Engineering Team to propose a new product or revision. Product Needs Product Engineering Agreement Market Team Team MRD Product Ideas
  • 4.
    COMPONENTS OF MRD • Executive Summary • Systems & Technical • Purpose Goals Requirements • Delivery Date • Quality Assurance & • Target Market & Testing Customer • Overall position • Competition • Use Model • Customer needs & Corresponding Features
  • 5.
    WHAT IS THEPRD? • Meaning of PRD – “Product Requirements Document", is a document written by the Engineering Team or Product Management Team to define the product being made. • Functional Requirements • Usability Requirements • Technical Requirements – (e.g. security, network, platform, integration, client.) • Interaction requirements – (e.g. how the product should work with other systems
  • 6.
    WHAT IS THETECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT?
  • 7.
    NEW PRODUCTS PROCESS Ideas Marketing Requirements Document (MRD) Product Requirements Document (PRD) Ideas Shipping Product
  • 8.
    NEW PRODUCTS PROCESS Ideas Marketing Requirements Document (MRD) Product Requirements Document (PRD) Ideas Shipping Product Jupiter Challenge. Create a process to make this easier.
  • 9.
    ALLOWING PRODUCT IDEAS TO COME FROM Customers Employees
  • 10.
    WHAT IS THETECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS DOCUMENT? Customer/Emplo yee has great idea Email Yammer team/group
  • 11.
    NEW IDEA FILTERPROCESS Idea Generation Exec Sponsorship New Product MRD Initiative Group
  • 12.
    INFORMATION EXEC SPONSORMUST PRESENT TO NEW PRODUCT INITIATIVE GROUP • Project scope • 3rd party requirements • Purpose Goals • Gating factors or dates • Target Market • 3-year revenue estimate • Competitive response or • Gross margin estimate new opportunity • Estimated project costs • Competitive Alternatives (internal and external) • Initial estimate of technical feasibility • Obvious development risks