Resources and energy within the Coop have rightly shifted to (1) existing product maintenance, and (2) preservation and protection of engineering capability after the Engineering and Product Constraints and Engineering and Product Constraints Follow-Ups and Next Steps posts and ensuing discussions.
However, I am now worried about this:
We have two products launching soon, BED and SMI, with two new methodologists, Bankless and Synthetix, but I’m not sure what’s next in priority given engineering resource constraints involved in launching SYI.
@Kiba and I are planning to bring the Data Economy Index (DATA) to a formal IIP within a week and we hope that it will pass and become the next highest priority index product for the Index Coop.
I am concerned that we are not giving enough attention to building the Coop’s product pipeline and the amount of time it takes to develop a new product from initial ideation to launch. As @overanalyser noted in INDEX.labs, there are now 8 potential methodologies that are stuck in pre DG1 discussions and another methodology (TTI) that failed to reach quorum for DG2.
I believe there is a significant opportunity to create compelling structured products within the Index Cooperative and feed them to the Community Methodologist Program (i.e. MVI) or partner with an external methodologist (i.e. BED).
Perhaps this INDEX.labs group could become an Internal Methodologist within the broader Product Working Group.