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10 Product Roadmapping Mistakes to Avoid

Roman Pichler

1 The Product Roadmap is a Feature-based Plan. Traditional product roadmaps are usually output-focussed plans that map a list of features, like registration, search, and reporting, onto a timeline. Such a roadmap essentially states when a piece of functionality will be delivered. 2 Roadmap Goals are Features in Disguise.

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Strategic Roadmap Template

The Product Coalition

So you have done your planning and now want to communicate your roadmap to management or to the team. Here is a template that will help you not only communicate your roadmap better but also build it the right way from the get-go. They named it after the feedback I constantly gave them on their presentations.

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Avoid ‘Product’ Ground Hog Day: Unlocking Success When Crafting an Outcome-Driven Roadmap

The Product Coalition

So either we work together to understand your objectives, call them goals if you’d like, and the outcome you are looking for from the product, or we will end the discussion, and you won’t get a committed set of work on the roadmap.” We went away from detailed, long-term, feature-committed roadmaps. I explained this many times.

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ONE THING on Roadmap Speaking

Product Culture

So you have created the most beautiful roadmap ever. Cover recent progress: Share recent wins and positive customer testimonials. See Chapter 9 of my book, Product Roadmaps Relaunched. It will drive your company into the stratosphere. It will make your customers cry with happiness. Remember to breathe. Any other tips?

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TEI 305: Become a product naming champ – with Alexandra Watkins

Product Innovation Educators

How product managers can create product names that make people smile. Not many product managers get involved in naming products, and that is a mistake. You can be a great brainstorming resource to help Marketing or a naming consulting. . You can be a great brainstorming resource to help Marketing or a naming consulting. .

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How To Build An Achievable Product Roadmap?

The Product Coalition

Talk to any of the product managers, and one of the main problems they will share how difficult it is to create an achievable product roadmap. I have mentioned “achievable” in the title because, most of the time, the product team comes up with a roadmap only to realize that it’s not achievable. This could happen for multiple reasons.

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ONE THING on Roadmap Collaboration

Product Culture

“Many of us use roadmaps as one-way communication to stakeholders, but the real magic happens when you work collaboratively WITH your stakeholders.”. First Name. Subscribe to my weekly Nano-letter: Sign Up. Subscribe to One Thing Weekly. Our Privacy Policy. *. You will receive an email asking you to confirm your subscription.

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