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  <title>VoteFirst blog</title>
  <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog"></link>
  <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog</id>
  <updated>2026-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
  <entry>
    <title>Customer feedback software, and the five kinds it sells</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/customer-feedback-software"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/customer-feedback-software</id>
    <updated>2026-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Forty nine vendors checked. Five publish no price at all, and the five kinds of product sold under this one phrase do different jobs.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to collect customer feedback, six ways compared</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/how-to-collect-customer-feedback"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/how-to-collect-customer-feedback</id>
    <updated>2026-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Ten early conversations teach you more than a hundred votes; the hundred then tell you which of the ten to build first. Six channels, what each loses.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to make an idea board, on a wall or online</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/how-to-make-an-idea-board"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/how-to-make-an-idea-board</id>
    <updated>2026-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A board on a wall and a board on a page solve different halves of the problem. How to set up either one, what to seed it with, and the rule that keeps it alive.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Product roadmap examples for five kinds of company</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/product-roadmap-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/product-roadmap-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Five filled in roadmap tables, one per company type, each with the single thing it must get right that the other four don&#39;t.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Product roadmap in agile, and what it commits to</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/product-roadmap-in-agile"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/product-roadmap-in-agile</id>
    <updated>2026-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Scrum names three artefacts, backlog, sprint backlog, increment, and a roadmap is not one of them. Where it actually sits, and who owns it.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>App release notes example, and the field nobody reads</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/app-release-notes-example"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/app-release-notes-example</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>App release notes live in a store listing and inside the app. Here are both written out, and why the same words fail in one place and work in the other.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Client feedback examples, ten messages and what each means</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/client-feedback-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/client-feedback-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Ten messages a paying client sends about your product, what each one actually means, the reply, and where it belongs so it is still there next quarter.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A feedback analysis example, on a real request list</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/feedback-analysis-example"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/feedback-analysis-example</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>One list of requests analysed end to end, the categories it fell into, what the analysis changed, and the residual nobody prints.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ten feedback board ideas, and the columns each needs</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/feedback-board-ideas"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/feedback-board-ideas</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Ten ways to set up a feedback board, the columns each one needs, and the two settings that decide whether anybody posts at all.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Feedback loop examples, and the step most teams skip</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/feedback-loop-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/feedback-loop-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Four loops written out end to end, the step almost everybody drops, and what our own board does and does not email about.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Feedback reports examples: three shapes, 12 columns</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/feedback-reports-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/feedback-reports-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Three report shapes worth writing, and the twelve columns our own export uses to build any of them. Volume on its own decides nothing.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Feedback survey examples, and when to use a board</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/feedback-survey-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/feedback-survey-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Six survey shapes with the question sets written out, what each one can tell you, and the case for a standing board instead of one.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Feedback system examples, end to end</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/feedback-system-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/feedback-system-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Six systems described from the first message to the answer, what each one costs to run, and the exact point where each one leaks.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Good roadmap examples, and why most public ones are not</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/good-roadmap-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/good-roadmap-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Four headings, a count beside each item, a not planned section with reasons, and a last changed line separate a roadmap from a feature list.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to changelog: cadence, categories and length</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/how-to-changelog"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/how-to-changelog</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Publish whenever a user would notice something, at least monthly. Five categories, one sentence per entry, and why the second entry gets opened.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to develop a roadmap for a project, in 7 steps</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/how-to-develop-a-roadmap-for-a-project"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/how-to-develop-a-roadmap-for-a-project</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Start from requests you already have, not a timeline. Seven steps ordered by demand divided by effort, run by a five column spreadsheet.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>How to write a feedback form people finish</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/how-to-write-a-feedback-form"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/how-to-write-a-feedback-form</id>
    <updated>2026-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Six strings decide whether a form gets finished: a heading, two labels, two placeholders and a button, and the placeholders are where forms are laziest.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Idea board examples, and what each is built around</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/idea-board-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/idea-board-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-16T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Six idea board shapes with a worked example of each, the columns they use, and the one that survives contact with real volume.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Ideation techniques examples: seven run on one problem</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/ideation-techniques-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/ideation-techniques-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Seven techniques worked through on the same real problem, so the outputs can be compared, plus the one that skips the workshop entirely.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Mobile app feedback examples, and where each lands</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/mobile-app-feedback-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/mobile-app-feedback-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>What app users actually write, where it lands, and the three channels that never reach the person who could act on any of it.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A MoSCoW prioritization example, on twenty requests</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/moscow-prioritization-example"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/moscow-prioritization-example</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Twenty requests put through MoSCoW twice, every bucket shown, and the five that stop being Must the moment a capacity is stated.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>The MoSCoW prioritization method, step by step</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/moscow-prioritization-method"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/moscow-prioritization-method</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Run MoSCoW by importance instead of capacity and Must alone eats 11.25 of the twelve nominal person months in a quarter, which is already more than you have.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Product discovery examples, and what each produced</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/product-discovery-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/product-discovery-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Six discovery activities with what each actually returned, and the two that produce confidence without producing evidence.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Release notes email example, and who to send it to</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/release-notes-email-example"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/release-notes-email-example</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A release notes email is read by the people who asked for the thing. Here is one in full, the list it goes to, and what makes the rest ignore it.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Release notes template for web application, filled in</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/release-notes-template-for-web-application"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/release-notes-template-for-web-application</id>
    <updated>2026-09-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A template you can paste, then the same one filled in. Front load the first 120 characters; that is what a notification banner will show.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>A RICE prioritization example, with every input shown</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/rice-prioritization-example"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/rice-prioritization-example</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>RICE run over twenty requests with reach, impact, confidence and effort written out, the resulting order, and the two scores that are indistinguishable.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Software roadmap examples, and what each commits to</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/software-roadmap-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/software-roadmap-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-15T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Six roadmap shapes with a worked example of each, the promise each one makes to a reader, and the one nobody should publish.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>User feedback examples, and what each is evidence of</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/user-feedback-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/user-feedback-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Nine kinds of user feedback with an example of each, what decision each one can carry, and the two that look like evidence and are not.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Voice of customer examples: nine sources, ranked by proof</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/voice-of-customer-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/voice-of-customer-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Nine sources of customer voice, sorted by what each can prove. The two most valuable ones are free and already happening inside your support queue.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Website feedback examples, and the ones worth acting on</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/website-feedback-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/website-feedback-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Twelve kinds of website feedback, sorted by whether you can act on them, with the reply to each and a four column sheet that tracks them.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>Website feedback form examples, with the fields shown</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/website-feedback-form-examples"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/website-feedback-form-examples</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Six forms with their fields written out, what each one is optimised for, and the one that collects the least useful data.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What is a feedback form? Four fields that decide</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-a-feedback-form"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-a-feedback-form</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A short structured message collected at a moment you chose. Four fields decide whether anyone finishes it, and who sees the answer matters most.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What is a prioritization framework? Five, compared</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-a-prioritization-framework"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-a-prioritization-framework</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A rule that turns several numbers about a request into one you can sort by. Run five frameworks over the same 20 requests and three top picks differ.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What is a software roadmap? Not a schedule</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-a-software-roadmap"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-a-software-roadmap</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A roadmap with forty items is a backlog wearing a disguise. Five items per heading, no dates, edited whenever something moves: the real test.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What is an upvote? What the count will not tell you</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-a-upvote"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-a-upvote</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>One person agreeing with something already written, nothing more. Four things people wrongly read into a vote count, and what weighting changes.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What is an idea board, and when it stops working</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-an-idea-board"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-an-idea-board</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A list of wants that other people can agree with, not just write again. It breaks at about a hundred open ideas, the same way every time.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What is a changelog? A record, not release notes</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-changelog"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-changelog</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>A changelog started in year three has no year one or two; gaps cannot be rebuilt. What a changelog owes a reader that release notes never do.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What is ideation in design thinking? Step 3 of 5</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-ideation-in-design-thinking"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-ideation-in-design-thinking</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>The step where an agreed problem turns into candidate answers, not decisions. Four sources of ideas, and where the good ones go after the session.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What is internal feedback, and why it outvotes customers</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-internal-feedback"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-internal-feedback</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Comes from the people who build, sell or support your product, not from customers. Four reasons it outvotes them, and how to keep the queues apart.</summary>
  </entry>
  <entry>
    <title>What is MoSCoW prioritization? The trap in Could</title>
    <link href="https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-moscow-prioritization"></link>
    <id>https://votefirst.app/en/blog/what-is-moscow-prioritization</id>
    <updated>2026-09-14T00:00:00Z</updated>
    <summary>Four buckets: Must, Should, Could, Won&#39;t. Won&#39;t is the only one that does real work, and an empty one means you sorted rather than prioritized.</summary>
  </entry>
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