Capture in one place
Route ideas from the in-app widget and public portal into a single board. Encourage upvotes on existing requests so duplicates do not explode. This is the foundation of any feature request workflow.
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Triage on a schedule
Weekly triage beats reactive sorting. Merge duplicates, tag themes, close noise, and assign owners. Without triage, feature request software becomes a graveyard.
Prioritize with votes plus judgment
Use vote counts as demand signal, then layer effort, strategy, and support volume. Publish enough status that customers understand planned versus parked.
Roadmap, ship, announce
Promote winners to the public roadmap, build on Kanban, mark shipped, and publish a changelog entry. That last step connects feature request software to changelog software, and trains users to keep submitting.