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Make a calendar with all COMING SOON and IN PROGRESS ideas

6740 points posted to Advertising and Marketing, IdeaStorm by krasmussen 09/22/07 **REVIEWED**

One of the biggest annoyances with IdeaStorm is that the horizon for an idea being implemented is very blurry, if at all existing. If you're lucky, you get "third quarter 2009", but mostly, there is no timeframe at all. This leads to the feeling that not much is being done, and exactly that feeling is what IdeaStorm should be eliminating.

Therefore, I propose that you make a list or calender with all the COMING SOON and IN PROGRESS ideas with timeframes for all of them. Just a "december 2008" would be nice, or better yet, "deadline 31st november 2008".

I don't know if this is connected with some goal management inside Dell, if it is, maybe you should work on improving that, too?






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davmcn
09/22/07		 I Agree...Good Idea!
wbales
10/05/07		 As a Product Manager, I can understand wanting to keep your Roadmap somewhat fluid. By locking yourself into a calendar of features, you eliminate the ability to move features around, according to customer demand.
petzymathuram
10/05/07		 Hey common...Dell is already on its way implementing one by one, step by step, count by count...then Y do we require to list it out?...
dave-2
10/17/07		 You know that 31 November 2008 will never arrive, right? :-)
davmcn
10/17/07		 Huh? what you trying to say?
dave-2
10/17/07		 I'll put on my Carnac (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnac_the_Magnificent) hat and make a bold psychic prediction: If you run down to Wal-Mart, pick a 2008 calendar at random from the middle of the stack, rip open the shrink wrap, and turn to the November page, you will find ... the 31st will be MISSING!.

Just remember -- you heard it from Carnac first.
davmcn
10/17/07		 ok...
dell_admin1
10/24/07		 Changed status to **UNDER REVIEW**.
davmcn
10/24/07		 yay :)
jdelidc
11/04/07		 it would also be a good idea to overestimate dates so we don't get so ticked off with unavoidable delays (dell's fault or someone else's fault)
davmcn
11/04/07		 lol.
sugarbear
11/04/07		 Nice vote count.
petzymathuram
11/05/07		 Oh finally finally...;)
virushioyo
12/20/07		 i think it will be much more better if DELL put there *coming soon* product like what nokia did. it should be cool!
gordongraham
Feb 6		 Watch out for February 29 too. It comes in 2008 but not in 2009. Weird eh?
sugarbear
Feb 6		 That`s because it`s a leap year.
alibabahck
Feb 17		 I do think it would be encouraging to see that some of these ideas are actually put into motion. There are certainly some good ideas especially when it comes to Linux support. Love to see more Linux drivers available.
kara_k
Mar 12		 Changed status to **REVIEWED**.

The team has looked at this idea and agrees that we need to provide the community with more information about the progress of their ideas. As of now, we will continue to post updates through Ideas in Action, comments in the idea thread and our weekly updates on IdeaStorm activity. As our idea management process continues to mature, we plan on delivering more frequent and detailed updates. Thanks for the idea!
davmcn
Mar 12		 booyah :D
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