Overview
The Product Management team will review the idea for clarity, verify the functionality doesn't exist, and verify it is not a duplicate of an idea that has already been submitted. The idea is then open for voting and community discussion. Our Product Management team will routinely monitor idea submissions and comments. When there is community interest in an idea, we will set the status to In Review. Next, the Product Management team will carefully review the idea to make a determination of whether it is something that should be on the product roadmap. At that point, the status will move to Accepted, and the idea will be incorporated in a future release.
If your idea is marked as Duplicate, Closed, or Declined, don’t get discouraged. Just remember, what you may think is simple may turn out to be a lot more complex to implement, or we may already have something else in the works to fill your need.
How are ideas selected, prioritized, and implemented?
Oracle prioritizes top-ranking ideas as indicated by your votes and comments. The first step is community evaluation. We take into account the overall popularity/rank of an idea, but this does not guarantee an idea will be added to our product roadmap. Oracle can and does deliver ideas with varying levels of votes. Ideas are reviewed by Oracle Development for member interest, complexity, resources, market trends, and alignment with the Textura strategy.
Community evaluation
Once your idea has been submitted, it enters the member voting process. The idea will have the status of 'New'. Members evaluate and provide feedback by reviewing, voting, and commenting. Oracle will track the number of unique votes by organization. If your idea does not receive many unique votes across organizations, it may not be right for addition to the product roadmap at this time. However, if the idea gets a strong endorsement based on a robust response of unique votes, the idea is moved to “In Review”.
Your idea is placed ‘In Review’
With ‘In Review’ status, your idea has moved into the review process. The Oracle Development team is currently evaluating your idea for a future release. Keep in mind that although your idea has great potential, various factors contribute to its possible inclusion in our product roadmap. These include member interest, complexity, resources, market trends, and plans for upcoming releases.
Does Oracle need more information?
Sometimes, the Oracle Development Team needs more information to evaluate your idea effectively. You may be asked for more details, including expanded use case scenarios, business goals the idea will help organizations accomplish, how your organization will benefit if implemented, and any other additional information.
Your idea is ‘Planned’ or ‘Delivered’
Congratulations, The Oracle Development team has reviewed your idea, and it has become a candidate for inclusion in our release planning cycle.
Your enhancement may offer other organizations with the same business processes a way to accomplish goals and perform tasks more effectively. As a result, we are considering the implementation of your idea.
Please keep in mind that at the 'Planned" stage, there are still reasons your idea may not be implemented in a future release. When your ideas is available, it will be marked as ‘Delivered’
Your idea is ‘Declined’ or ‘Closed’
Not all ideas will get implemented. Some reasons ideas may not be approved include the duplication of an existing idea, the idea only applies to a small subset of users, the idea did not receive a strong enough member endorsement, or the idea is not in line with our existing near-term investment priorities.