A place for Product people and engineers to meet for side projects
Value proposition [TBD]
In the last few projects I came to really appreciate what big difference a really good product owner (think https://www.mountaingoatsoftware.com/agile/scrum/roles/product-owner ) can make. That is in writing and properly prioritizing a product backlog.
On the other hand, since I started developing software I came about many coders who wish to build something in their (unpaid) free time but can't really come up with a vision of what to build or how to prioritize.
I imagine, there must also be some professional product owners out there, who wish to build something in their free time but don't have coders to pair up with.
Wouldn't it be awesome if these two groups of people had a place to meet online, jam a few ideas around and pair up to build something nice together?
This project's resources
- Reddit Thread
- Slack invite link ( Suggested slack channels to join: #general #random #whos-who #integrations )
- WhatsApp invite link -> ask in Slack.
- Google Form
- Google Sheet
- Trello board (Invite can be obtained in Slack)
- Google site
Ideas
- Just a Google Sheet + Google Form to begin with?
- ...
- [More ideas in Trello]
Questions for Google Form
- How to call you?
- Main location
- Main time zone
- Selected skills
- Role (Product or Eng?)
- Looking for / Roles you need filled (UX, Designer, Programmer, PO etc)
- Problem statement / idea description
- Wireframes (links? Uploads?)
- Industry the idea pertains to
- Target platform(s)
- Willing to commit x hours/week
- How to reach?
- ...
Next steps
- Finalize landing page
- Coordinate marketing/outreach campaign
- Execute marketing/outreach campaign
Where do product people hang out? (Highly relevant for marketing/outreach!)
- https://www.reddit.com/r/agile
- Facebook groups?
- Product hunt?
- Meetup.com ?
- ...
Where do engineers hang out? (Highly relevant for marketing/outreach!)
- https://news.ycombinator.com ?
- Mailing lists ?
- ...
Alternatives (Can also be leveraged for marketing/outreach!)
- https://findcollabs.com/
- www.halfbakery.com
- Discord: TeamFinder{}
- Discord: Developers
- Discord: code::together
Comparison with Alternatives
[TBD]