# Roadmap

Roadmap September 2019 - January 2020

## **New Collective Page**

In response to your feedback, we've made some big improvements to the design and functionality of Collective pages (and individual and organization profiles too)**.**

* Owner: Pia
* Status: v1 Shipped 09-23-2019
* Metric(s): 
  * Related complaints and support requests
  * Fewer people contacting us instead of projects
  * Conversions to contribution flow
  * Increasing one-time donations
  * More custom tiers
  * How many Collectives use customization options
  * Page load time

## **Homepage Redesign**

We are re-focusing on projects that want to manage funds through the platform and we are re doing our homepage accordingly.

* Owner: Xavier
* Status: In Progress
* Launch: October
* Metrics:
  * Collectives create from homepage
  * Page load time
  * Clarity of message (qualitative) - we feel confident about

## **Onboarding Flow & Business Model**

* Owner: Xavier
* Status: Researching
* Launch: TBD
* Metrics
  * More self-hosted and unhosted Collectives created
  * Increase per-Collective revenue

## **Expense Flow Redesign:**

* [Issue](https://github.com/opencollective/opencollective/issues/2394)
* Owner: Alanna (and Pia)
* Status: Design 
* Implementation: End of October
* Metrics:
  * More expenses filed
  * Less support requests
  * Less host admin time spent
  * Way fewer issues with invoices (fewer expense comments)
  * Use of the new features (ex batch expenses)

## **Back your Stack**

* Owner: François 
* Status: Ready to Deploy 
* Metrics: 
  * Subscriptions created to Back your Stack. 

## **Key questions for prioritization**

**This is what we ask ourselves to decide what gets done and what doesn't.**

* Does this serve our mission? 
* Will this make us financially sustainable within a year?
* Is it feasible to build and maintain with our team and runway?
* Can this make us move faster?
* Does this increase quality and not technical debt?
* Will this bring us more Collective and financial contributors?
* Is this already solved elsewhere or is it our unique contribution?
* Can we measure the success of  this?

## Template for new projects

* Github issue
  * explain the feature. 
  * Link to other opened issues or data. 
  * Include details below.
* Kickoff
  * Organize a special meeting or on a scheduled one. 
* Project owner. 
  * Role: Facilitator, decision-maker, producer. 
  * It's ultimately responsible for (needs to do or organize who does)
    * Delivery 
    * Q\&A
    * Docs & Comms 
    * Post-ship plan for maintenance 
* Success metric(s)
* Timeframe - kickoff and delivery, main milestones / roadmap