Product+Planning-Team+6

Sales: What input do you need from sales? How can input from sales help in the process?
 * It won't slip with super grip ! !**
 * The Product Planning Process for a Basketball**
 * Input:**
 * Customers**: What input do you need from customers? How will you get this input?
 * Is this ball better than before, does it have better grip and improved the surface of the ball.
 * By interviewing customers, and real basketball players we will find out if the ball is actually better.
 * Will the new ball actually give it better grip, and satisfy customers.
 * It will help in the process by letting us see if people would by the ball and if not then we would have to change it up.
 * Engineering**: What input do you need from engineering? Why does input from engineers matter?
 * Would the ball be durable for an outside or inside court?
 * it matters because they were the original makers, so they would know if its durable.
 * T.ech Support**: What input do you need from tech support? How can input from tech support help in the process?
 * Will the ball be manufactured good
 * customer satifaction
 * Marketing**: What input do you need from marketing? Why is input from marketing important?
 * How would i sell the ball
 * help promote the ball

Idea A: What is your first innovative idea to improve your sports ball? Idea B: What is your second innovative idea to improve your sports ball?
 * Competition**: Who is your competition? What are your strengths (over that of the competitors)?
 * Spalding
 * wilson
 * T-F 1000
 * Product Ideas:**
 * first idea was to improve the grip on the ball to make it more effeceint.
 * second idea was to remove some lines that way it would be less lines and more grip.

What innovative idea did you decide on? Why? Give a detailed description of your idea and why you chose it. How will your improvement revolutionize the sport?
 * Approved Product:**

Marketing: How will you market the product to consumers? Include an advertisement here.



Conclusion: Give a detailed description of how your team approached the planning process, how you conducted your research and what you discovered. What did you learn through this process? What kinds of issues arose for your team? Do those same issues arise for companies going through this process? What other issues and opportunities might arise for companies seeking to improve existing products or innovate new ones?