{"id":2433,"date":"2014-05-15T09:14:41","date_gmt":"2014-05-15T08:14:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/?p=2433"},"modified":"2022-12-07T14:24:46","modified_gmt":"2022-12-07T14:24:46","slug":"team-collaboration-and-voting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/blog\/team-collaboration-and-voting\/","title":{"rendered":"Introducing Voting for Product Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>ProdPad is packed with ways to <a title=\"Team Collaboration\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/features\/productivity-and-collaboration\/team-collaboration\/\">collaborate with your team<\/a>. Discussing different options and exploring different angles with colleagues is a great way to take your products in the best direction you possibly can.<br><br>But sometimes you need a quick gauge on whether a product\u00a0idea has traction or not \u2013 and your team needs an easy way to offer it.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"346\" height=\"333\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/voting-yea.png\" alt=\"Voting Yea on an Idea in ProdPad\" class=\"wp-image-2853\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/voting-yea.png 346w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/06\/voting-yea-300x289.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 346px) 100vw, 346px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Get the entire team to weigh in on ideas by adding their vote.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p>Our latest feature makes Product Management not only simpler, but more democratic. We&#8217;ve <a title=\"Prioritization\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/features\/ideas\/\">added voting<\/a> to <a title=\"Idea Management\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/features\/ideas\/\">idea management<\/a> in ProdPad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-yea-nay-or-maybe-votes-from-your-team\">Yea, Nay, or Maybe votes from your team<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Product Managers can gather feedback on ideas with a fast and effective voting mechanism that simply asks for a \u2018Yea\u2019, \u2018Maybe\u2019 or \u2018Nay\u2019 vote. Any member of your team can vote on any product idea, and every vote must include a short comment so that the Product Managers can qualify responses \u2013 perhaps 1 Nay has more weight than 10 Yea votes, simply because of the response given.<br><br>ProdPad tallies up the results to give you a snapshot of whether an idea is liked or not. Ultimately, you can use this information to decide whether to build up product specs further, and help you <a title=\"Prioritization\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/resources\/guides\/product-management-process\/prioritization\/\">make prioritization decisions<\/a>.<br><br>At ProdPad, we practice what we preach &#8211; feedback and informed user stories are an extremely important part of what we build. So share us your experiences of collecting feedback from your team in the comments below!<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"387\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/vote-yea-1.png\" alt=\"Product Ideas\" class=\"wp-image-5317\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/vote-yea-1.png 387w, https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/05\/vote-yea-1-300x119.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"h-try-voting-today\">Try voting today<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Voting is available now for all ProdPad customers to try out \u2013 just <a href=\"https:\/\/app.prodpad.com\/dashboard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">head to an idea<\/a> and check it out. And if you\u2019d like to find out more about using ProdPad for <a title=\"The ABCs of Product Management\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/resources\/guides\/product-management-process\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">collaboration<\/a> and <a title=\"Idea Management\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/product-management-process\/idea-management\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">idea management<\/a>, we\u2019re here to help.<br><br>And of course, if you haven&#8217;t already created your team account, you can <a title=\"Plans &amp; pricing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.prodpad.com\/pricing\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">start a completely free trial today<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ProdPad is packed with ways to collaborate with your team. 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