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Stefania Trabucchi - Moderator
Vineet Manuja – Moderator
Agenda for Open edX Biz Dev Working Group Meeting
Date: November 20, 2024
Objective: In our last meeting, the conversation extended into the Product Proposal Process at length, offering valuable insights and feedback on this area.
Building on that, the next session will steer us back to our core Biz Dev objectives: gathering actionable market intelligence from our community’s direct market connections. By focusing on customer needs and industry trends, we can shape product strategy, boost platform adoption, and expand our partner network. These priorities remain aligned with the community goals set at the Stellenbosch Conference.
Call-out: Participation of Sales-Facing Members: Cecilia Liu highlighted the benefit of involving more sales-facing members to capture direct customer insights. This is a great opportunity to invite your organization’s Business Development members to join the workgroup and contribute their on-the-ground perspectives.
Agenda:
1. Focus Group Presentations
Each focus group will present:
Their objectives and goals
Key activities planned to achieve these objectives
Template for presentations is available on Confluence.
2. Guest Speaker: Cassie Zamparini
Topic: Enhancing the Core Contributor Experience
Objective: Cassie will share insights and key takeaways to support Biz Dev’s role in building a robust contributor community.
3. Actions and Follow-Ups from Previous Sessions
Feedback Document Shared by Eden: Eden Huthmacher provided a document for feedback on the Product Proposal Process, accessible here: Product Proposal - Process Improvement Recommendations
Existing Product Proposal Process: For reference, here is the existing documentation on the Product Proposal Process: Product Proposal Process Document
Cecilia’s Survey on Unified Proposal Tool: Cecilia Liu introduced a survey to gauge whether a unified proposal tool is needed and to gather insights for streamlining the proposal process. Survey Link (Open Nov 5 - Dec 5).
Request from Ed - High-Level Architecture Summary: Edward Zarecor requested feedback on the high-level architecture summary. Members are encouraged to provide comments and indicate interest in attending an additional Q&A session. Slack Link for Comments & Vote
Direct Link to the Document: Architecture Presentation