{"id":38799,"date":"2019-01-31T12:21:12","date_gmt":"2019-01-31T19:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/mobile\/?p=38799"},"modified":"2019-02-21T14:50:07","modified_gmt":"2019-02-21T21:50:07","slug":"going-public-with-our-plans","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/going-public-with-our-plans\/","title":{"rendered":"Going Public (With Our Plans)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Throughout Visual Studio App Center\u2019s life, we published a <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/appcenter\/general\/roadmap\">product roadmap<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/docs.microsoft.com\/en-us\/appcenter\/general\/changelog\">changelog<\/a>, but we never really felt comfortable talking too far into the future. With so many services and so many things we wanted to do for each, we weren\u2019t confident in what we\u2019d get to and when we\u2019d do it. This is OK, but not great, and our customers consistently told us they wanted more, earlier \u2013 it\u2019s time we delivered.<\/p>\n<p>Starting now, we\u2019re opening the doors and letting all of you in, you now have a front row seat to our product planning process.<\/p>\n<p>Following the Visual Studio Code model, we published all our current product plans in the <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Microsoft\/appcenter\">App Center GitHub repository<\/a>. In this repo, you\u2019ll find:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Our <strong>Product Roadmap<\/strong> \u2013 the list of features we plan to add to the product in the next 6 months.<\/li>\n<li>Monthly<strong> Iteration Plans<\/strong> \u2013 documents highlighting the specific product features we\u2019re working on in a month.<\/li>\n<li>And, continuing with our focus on openness, a review of our <strong>progress on the previous month\u2019s iteration plan<\/strong> (an analysis of where we hit the mark and where we didn\u2019t).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>We already published <a href=\"https:\/\/github.com\/Microsoft\/appcenter\/issues\/1\">February\u2019s Iteration plan<\/a>, go take a look. In it you\u2019ll see a list of planned enhancements to the product\u2019s current feature set, plus new services we\u2019re planning or thinking of adding. Each feature exists as an issue in the repository, linked to the iteration plan (or plans) where we reference the feature. For new features, or updates to existing features, that have a user interface (UI), we\u2019ll also publish mock-ups of our proposed UI in the issue. There\u2019s no guarantee that everything will make it in to App Center, but you\u2019ll know how we\u2019re thinking.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019re doing this because we want your feedback.<\/p>\n<p>For those UI mock-ups described earlier, we want you to tell us what you think of them (politely, please) because we want to get them right for you. If you like the mock-up, let us know. Hate it? Please tell us why. Think you can do better? Let us know how.<\/p>\n<p>Your comments on the Iteration Plan and Features enable us to create an open dialog with existing and potential customers. You\u2019ve had this communication channel all along, through the support chat button on every App Center page, but this makes the whole conversation open and public, and lets others see the feedback you share.<\/p>\n<p>Got a feature request and don\u2019t know what to do with it? Add it as a feature to the repository. Found a bug? Tell us about it. Like to change how a feature works? Let us know. See someone else\u2019s feature or comment that looks interesting? Give it a Thumbs Up or a +1 so we know you agree. With that in mind, be sure to search the existing issues first before adding a new one to help us avoid duplicates.<\/p>\n<p>This is a public forum, built to help us engage with our customers, solicit feedback, and share product plans. This is not a place for complaints (sorry).<\/p>\n<p>When you click or tap the <strong>New Issue<\/strong> button in the repository, you\u2019ll be prompted to select the issue type as shown in the figure below. Pick the one that works best for the feedback you want to provide, and remember that this is a public repo, so everyone can see everything.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38800\" src=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/mobile\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/word-image.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"423\" srcset=\"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/word-image.png 1017w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/word-image-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/3\/2019\/02\/word-image-768x406.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Notice that there isn\u2019t an option for product support. When you have issues, problems, or questions about App Center and how App Center works \u2013 use the blue chat button found on the bottom of every App Center page. Our dedicated and helpful support team is there, waiting to answer your questions and help you solve your problems.<\/p>\n<p>We\u2019ve been doing a lot of work on the App Center documentation as well, and expect to continue that work (honestly, it\u2019s never done). If you have questions or comments about the documentation, use the comments feature at the bottom of each page to communicate with us. Don\u2019t forget too that it\u2019s a public GitHub repository, so if you see a change we need to make and wish to make it yourself, go right ahead. Unlike many open source repositories, this one\u2019s checked daily for new Issues and Pull Requests, so if you post there, you should get a response in one business day (sorry, we don\u2019t work weekends).<\/p>\n<p>Please let us know how you think we\u2019re doing; we\u2019re all ears.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Starting now, we\u2019re opening the doors and letting all of you in, you now have a front row seat to our product planning process.<br \/>\nFollowing the Visual Studio Code model, we published all our current product plans in the App Center GitHub repository. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":43,"featured_media":38800,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38799","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-mobiledev"],"acf":[],"blog_post_summary":"<p>Starting now, we\u2019re opening the doors and letting all of you in, you now have a front row seat to our product planning process.<br \/>\nFollowing the Visual Studio Code model, we published all our current product plans in the App Center GitHub repository. <\/p>\n","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38799","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/43"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38799"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38799\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38800"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38799"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38799"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/devblogs.microsoft.com\/appcenter\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38799"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}