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Feature request

Meaning in software engineering, with examples

nounCore term

In software engineering, feature request means: A suggestion from a customer, user or colleague asking for a new feature or for a change to an existing one.

In Turkish: özellik talebi, özellik isteği

How it is used

Feature requests arrive through support, sales, reviews and community forums. PMs log, tag, group and respond to them, looking for the problem behind each request instead of building exactly what was asked.

Example sentences

  1. Dark mode is our most common feature request, with over 400 votes.

  2. Thanks for the feature request. Can you tell me what you're trying to do when you need it?

Common collocations

  • log a feature request
  • top feature request
  • feature request board
  • customer feature request
  • feedbackThe signal a system gives in response to a user's action, such as a button changing colour, a loading spinner or a success message, so people know what happened.
  • featureA piece of functionality that users can see or use, such as a search bar, dark mode or the option to export a report.
  • backlogThe ordered list of work a team has not started yet, such as features, bugs and improvements, with the most important items at the top.
  • triageTo review incoming bugs, requests or issues quickly and sort them by urgency and importance, deciding which to handle now, later or not at all.
  • pain pointA specific problem, frustration or obstacle that users experience, such as a confusing step, a long wait or a missing feature.

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