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Successful Roadmaps Avoid One Thing: Drift

The Product Coalition

Golden rules for roadmap management. Everyone has a plan until they get punched in the mouth” — Mike Tyson I’ve wrestled with weak roadmaps — even some downright disasters. It was something that happened over time, a term I’ve coined ‘roadmap drift’. It was something that happened over time, a term I’ve coined ‘roadmap drift’.

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Technical Review: A Trusted Look Under the Hood

TechEmpower - Product Management

Many CEOs of software-enabled businesses call us with a similar concern: Are we getting the right results from our software team? We hear them explain that their current software development is expensive, deliveries are rarely on time, and random bugs appear. These are classic inflection points for a development team.

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A Tale of Two Roadmaps?—?And Why You Can’t Succeed With Only One

The Product Coalition

A Tale of Two Roadmaps — And Why You Can’t Succeed With Only One “There is no one-size-fits-all product roadmap. A roadmap can and should look different depending on the situation. Todd Lombardo Once upon a time, in a city like yours, two versions of a roadmap emerged. Both roadmaps, though different, are crucial.

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Setting a UX Budget? Answer These 6 Questions First.

UX Planet

So, how do you ensure that UX gets its due in terms of investment? It also helps in saving on directionless development costs. Have you prioritized the design problems to be solved in your product roadmap? A product roadmap is a guiding document that details how your product strategy is to be transformed into a reality.

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Building an Efficient Release Management Process

Split

By optimizing release management flows, teams can facilitate on-demand deployments that enhance business agility without compromising stability. Understanding precisely how to improve release management is key for more efficient software development. Effective release management is pivotal for agile software development.

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Sales and Marketing Metrics That Can Help Inform Your Roadmap

ProductCraft

What I am referring to is the sales and business development data stored in the company’s CRM and diligently maintained by the sales operations team. Why not take your product roadmap to the next.

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37 Roadmap Tips to Align Stakeholders

ProductPlan

There are many ways to build a roadmap and many types of roadmaps you can make. Some will delight and engage the executive team by taking a high-level approach and focusing on goals and strategy. Others dive into the specifics and make engineering teams happy since they’re so detailed. Gather consensus around goals.

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