# Engineering and Product Constraints **URL:** \ **Category:** Uncategorized\ **Created:** [9 June 2021 19:55 UTC](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/engineering-and-product-constraints/1679 "2021-06-09T19:55:45Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 8
**Author:** ![Thomas\_Hepner](https://yyz1.discourse-cdn.com/flex027/user_avatar/gov.indexcoop.com/thomas_hepner/32/111_2.png) [@Thomas\_Hepner](https://gov.indexcoop.com/u/Thomas_Hepner)\ **Post date:** [14 June 2021 01:03 UTC](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/engineering-and-product-constraints/1679/8 "2021-06-14T01:03:46Z")
@puniaviision Thank for bringing these issues to the community in a very detailed and thoughtful post. I’ve been thinking it over the past few days along with @overanalyser’s [INDEX.labs](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/index-labs-an-idea-to-consider/1712) post. **I am going to ask some pointed questions and make some tough comments so I want to first acknowledge that I completely understand, emphathize, and agree with you that Index Coop is currently constrained by its Engineering resources.** I want to be a part of solving these product constraints and have a lot of questions and thoughts for clarification on your post that I would love to further discuss in the Product Working Group meeting tomorrow. **1. How can we transfer product operational responsibilities from Engineering to other teams and contributors?** > [@puniaviision](#): > > Currently, the Index Coop is constrained by its engineering resources - we cannot simultaneously launch and operate new products, as well as improve existing ones. I understand why this is the case for product like the Stable Yield Index (SYI) or Instrinsic Productivity for DPI as these require engineering/development effort. It is very unclear to me why the Synthetix Debt Mirror (SMI) or sectoral indices like mine and Kiba’s proposal for a Data Economy Index (DATA) are constrained by Engineering resources. - Why do we need Engineering resources to launch a sectoral index like DATA or Category Winners (CWI)?\*\* - Is rebalancing of the TokenSets the only Engineering resource constraint for launching and maintaining DATA and CWI? What are the other Engineering constraints for sectoral indices like DPI?\*\* - @dylan Could methodologists and the Product Working Group takeover many of these responsibilities from Set Engineering or the Engineering Working Group? **2. Concerns about the Index Methodologist Program and the Product Launch Moratorium:** > [@puniaviision](#): > > This means: > > - Halting the launch of new products till we get our existing products to be more profitable, safe, and robust. **As an Index Coop contributor, INDEX investor, and aspiring methodologist, this is both incredibly disappointing and frustrating.** With only a single external methodologist and an undefined moratorium on new product launches, **it is abundantly clear to me that the Index Methodologist Program is not working as intended.** As an aspiring external methodologist, **I am extremely concerned that I will not be able to participate in the Methodologist Program** by building, launching, and maintaining new sectoral indices like the Data Economy Index (DATA) with the Index Cooperative. To be clear - I am not criticizing you, Set Protocol, DeFi Pulse, or anybody else at the Index Coop. **We have a fantastic community and I want to be a part of the solution so we can start launching new products again as quickly as possible.** **I look forward to continuing the conversation to find a solution in the PWG meeting!** --- _[View the full topic](https://gov.indexcoop.com/t/engineering-and-product-constraints/1679)._