As most of you know, ideas and requests for features are typically directed to the "Ideas" section of this community. There they can be voted on by community members, discussed and either taken up or rejected by the development team. While it seems that many have languished, we have been working toward getting these ideas addressed - especially those that have been marked "Under Review" for longer than they should have.
A bit of explanation regarding the categories to which these are assigned is in order:
1) Uncategorized or "New"
These have not been processed by the development team. Once they reach 10 or more up votes, or some other factor compels, they are discussed by the CA Gen leadership team in a regularly scheduled meeting - and are either rejected, wish-listed, deferred for more voting, or moved to the "Under Review" category. This discussion is based of feasibility, perceived value to effort, and scheduling concerns. It is a high level filter to simply determine if we wish to go forward with the particular idea.
2) Wish-listed
Ideas end up being wish-listed under a couple of different circumstances. In many cases, it is due to a lack of up-votes within a reasonable time-frame. Otherwise, these are typically ideas that represent a significant amount of work, but were deemed "possible" in the future depending on demand. You may still comment and vote on wish-listed ideas.
3) Not Planned
These ideas have been reviewed, either through preliminary or detailed analysis, and determined to be outside of the development direction of CA Gen. This may be due to technical feasibility, potential impact to existing users, perceived value or simply the unlikelihood of ever being actually worked. These ideas are unlikely to be revived.
4) Duplicate
Sometime two or more ideas are so similar in either request or potential implementation that we combine them. Ideas marked duplicate should indicate the active idea they represent. We keep track of the total vote count for all related issues.
5) Delivered
The development team considers this functionality to have been delivered, in a release, IR, or continuous delivery PTF.
6) Under Review
These ideas have been discussed by the leadership team, and have been assigned to the development backlog as research items. The "Fnnnnnn" number posted to the idea's title represents that work request. The idea will be reviewed by a developer and an implementation potentially will be proposed. The findings will again be reviewed by the CA Gen leadership team. At this point, we may decide to drop the request ("Not Planned"), wish-list, or move to "Currently Planned".
7) Currently Planned
By the time the the idea has achieved this status, it has been reviewed, preliminarily planned, and has moved to the active development queue. The "Fnnnnnn" number now represents that features work. Ideas marked "currently planned" still may not come to fruition due to development difficulties or priority issues, but it is on the development schedule. These items may or may not be reflected in the CA Gen Road-map.
Several of the items marked "Currently Planned" are in active development, and more are planned at a later date. We have begun to work down the queue of ideas marked "Under Review, and it is our goal to address them all and provide some form of outcome (whether accepted or denied) as we have resources available to do so. This will take a while to accomplish, but we will make progress as we can.
When bringing in an idea, or voting for an existing one, keep in mind that all ideas basically compete against each other for time and resources. Vote for your priorities, not necessarily "nice to have" ideas.
In future monthly blog posts, I will keep you apprised of the status of community ideas as they work through our system.
Thank you all for your continued participation in this community.
Rob Thompson
Product Owner, CA Gen