What is a Product Roadmap? A product roadmap communicates how a product is likely to evolve across several major releases. Product roadmaps vary in their format. I prefer to work with goal-oriented roadmaps (also called theme-based roadmaps). Product Roadmap. MORE
Goal-oriented roadmaps focus on goals or objectives like acquiring customers, increasing engagement, and removing technical debt. To help you develop your agile product roadmap, I have created a goal-oriented roadmap template called the GO Product Roadmap. Product Roadma MORE
I’ve carefully avoided using the term “roadmap” anywhere in this post. Let’s unpack that another time, knowing that the revenue side of the house wants roadmaps to be five-year iron-clad commitments, while some agile developers deny the existence of roadmaps. MORE
When you set out to plan a product roadmap, at first product managers often find themselves with more questions and doubts than decisions. Understanding the roadmap’s place in the product scheme. The roadmap is a critical stepping stone in the process of tangibilizing your vision. MORE
10 tips for creating an agile roadmap. (1) Get the Product Mastery Roadmap and…. The post Agile roadmaps – and other innovation insights for product managers July 22, 2016 appeared first on The Everyday Innovator - Resources for Product Managers and Innovators. MORE
To keep it simple, we’ve organized our list along a set of broad objectives that product managers must inevitably negotiate: Analysis, User Research, Roadmapping, Project Management, Design & Development, Behavioral Analytics, and Strategy. MORE
In this article, you’ll get to know the roadmap structure, how to use the different elements correctly and how to toggle around the roadmap views until you find a view you like. The Roadmap. The Roadmap View. Click the Roadmap view. MORE
Product management teams often ask themselves if third-party integration is right for their software product roadmap. Senior/director integration positions are usually expected to own a product roadmap strategy. MORE
The need to “sell” the value of roadmaps and architecture to Sales. Agile development teams think about productivity in terms of overall velocity metrics and backlog/roadmap commitment. Can we make commitments against the top 2-3 big roadmap items and get them done when we say we will? MORE
By Boston Women in Product – The product roadmap frames every task and is the lifeblood of delivering a successful product. Boston Women in Product has been considering the importance of mastering the product roadmap as a critical responsibility of the product manager. MORE
Tip #1: Complement your Product Backlog with a Product Roadmap. Use a roadmap to sketch the overall journey you want to take your product on. Then derive your product backlog from the roadmap and use the goals to discover the right backlog items. MORE
I once joined a B2B company as a Product Manager in the the middle of the year, so their entire product roadmap was set and in motion. What does an effective sales team look like at a product-led organization? Sales already promised it.” MORE
Product Roadmaps, in general, are confusing. Three years ago I wrote a blog post about Rethinking the Product Roadmap, in which I advocated for a focus on solving customer problems instead of listing out features with deadlines. The truth? MORE
By Garima Painuly- One of the constant challenges a product manager faces is creating a focused product roadmap that is aligned with expectations of all stakeholders, and defending that roadmap against distractions. Creating a Focused Product Roadmap. MORE
Possible workshop topics: Managing roadmap interrupts from founders and stakeholder executives. Events 2017 Featured Events leadership Organizations Product Management executives managing mentoring peers politics product management product teams roadmaps MORE
Events Leadership Misc (and Just for Fun) Product Management Product Marketing Working with Sales behavior comp compensation demo marketing roadmap Sales sales tools sales trainingA few years ago, I was working for a large company here in Austin. MORE
By Don Stoddard – In the very best companies, roadmaps support key objectives with very specific measures impacting the business. Roadmaps are great at showing a direction, but they often don’t tell the story of “why.” You can also link the product roadmap to your objectives. MORE
The last episode was on the topic of product roadmaps and today we extend that topic by considering product line roadmaps – roadmaps for product lines and product families. Why product line roadmapping is important. Why product line roadmapping is important. MORE
The most obvious way to be output-oriented is to give your teams a roadmap that lists features and release dates and ask them to deliver against that roadmap. Management should primarily focus their feedback on the discovery roadmap, not the delivery backlog. MORE
I'm planning to align this with my next post on roadmap and prioritization. analysis customer experience customer need effort impact Prioritization Product Management roadmapIn any business, it's extremely important to be able to prioritize what you work on and when you work on it. MORE
I’ve had some requests from listeners to explore product roadmaps, so I had a discussion with Jim Semick. He is co-founder of ProductPlan , which creates roadmap software for product teams. The best practices for constructing product roadmaps. What do roadmaps look like? MORE
We’ve all heard about “strategic” product roadmaps. A roadmap is a plan for your strategy that maps out the direction of your product. A product roadmap isn’t simply a list of features or the backlog. The Benefits of a Strategic Roadmap. Showing Strategy on the Roadmap. MORE
The roadmap has become one of the most commonly requested—yet frequently misunderstood—documents in the product manager’s arsenal. However, for many product managers, the roadmap is an annoyance that must be changed constantly. Dates in roadmaps are an illusion. MORE
Estimating is perhaps the biggest issue facing product managers regarding roadmaps. ” Estimating is perhaps the biggest issue facing product managers regarding product and portfolio roadmaps. Here are some tips to do better sizing estimates. MORE
The only part of it that ever made me cringe was when a question about the product roadmap caught me flat-footed: “Why is this on the roadmap?”. “Oh, It’s been on the roadmap for a while, but I’m not sure we’ll actually get to it…”. “Oh, So how do we all get to that point where we have caveats against multiple items on the product roadmap – and more importantly what do we do to mitigate it? MORE
And that’s why they ask for a roadmap. A portfolio roadmap has become the preferred way to show delivery plans over time. Additionally, 20% of organizations reported relying primarily on tactical product roadmaps as the primary vehicle to align with their company’s business strategy. There are two ways to build a roadmap. Most agile teams reverse-engineer the roadmap from their list of user stories. A roadmap example. Developing your roadmap. MORE
Everyone wants to see the product roadmap. Agile Loves Roadmaps and Plans. Agile and scrum don’t discourage the creation of a product roadmap. There is no single silver bullet for building the perfect roadmap. Therefore, it is crucial that a product roadmap not provide a detailed list of features and timeline, but instead provides direction for the team to build the right software. In a nutshell: Do not bring a waterfall roadmap to a scrum product delivery. MORE
You Can Use Data to Make Better Roadmap Decisions. Here’s how: product managers can make more well-rounded product roadmaps by relying on a combination of feedback and data; customer feedback is fuel for ideas, while data is fuel for decisions. “Big data.” MORE
Your product roadmap is a view of what you are building right now, in the near future, and in the more distant future. Or is your roadmap a view of why you are building whatever you’re building right now, in the near future, and in the more distant future? MORE
In this issue we cover everything from requirements to roadmaps to rollouts. And for the first time in five years, Proficientz is offering a public training workshop – How to Create a Strategic Portfolio Roadmap, March 28th in Atlanta. Five Reasons You Need a Strategic Portfolio Roadmap. The post Requirements, Roadmaps & Rollouts: The B2B Product Manager Magazine, February 2017 appeared first on Proficientz. MORE
A good product roadmap is one of the most important and influential documents an organization can develop, publish and continuously update. It's key to success, and yet many organizations struggle to produce effective roadmaps. What Is a Product Roadmap? A roadmap is your vision for how a product (or product line) will help achieve your organization's strategic goals. A good roadmap inspires. I call these roadmap roadblocks the "Dirty Dozen.". MORE
Strategic Portfolio Roadmapping Workshop. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to develop a strategic portfolio roadmap that drives new growth by shifting your inside-out product vision to an outside-in customer vision. Instead of constantly wrangling over competing product visions that no one can ever agree on, you’ll learn how to craft a short and long-term portfolio roadmap that mirrors the vision and business goals of your target customers. MORE
This is the seventh article in a series called The Dirty Dozen Roadmap Roadblocks. It’s much easier to discuss priorities and roadmap items one-on-one with the head of sales, for example, than it is if the head of marketing is also in the room. Similarly, when you collaborate on your product roadmap with your key stakeholders, a powerful thing happens: “your” plan becomes their plan, too. Struggling to get buy-in on your roadmap? MORE
In my prior article I discussed my favorite alternative to conventional product roadmaps. Q: What about outcome-based roadmaps? Outcome-based roadmaps refer to stating the outcome you are trying to achieve rather than the specific feature that may or may not deliver the necessary results. In truth, it’s not hard to map 1:1 a set of OKR’s to an outcome-based roadmap. Q: How to wean an organization off of roadmaps? MORE
” Unfortunately, typical roadmaps do just what the General warned against – they tell the team what to do. In several articles I have highlighted the reasons I see typical product roadmaps as the source of so much waste in product teams. While there is increased recognition of the problems with roadmaps, many people have asked me to say more about the alternative. Roadmaps derive from the old centralized command-and-control model. MORE
Last month, Mike Smart of Egress Solutions and I gave a webinar for Pragmatic Marketing on product roadmapping when working in agile environments. One attendee asked, “ Please explain how a prioritized list of features is not a roadmap? Called it a roadmap, then. MORE
Can’t get your boss to part ways with a time-based feature roadmap? I wonder what it is about feature roadmaps that is comforting to the C-suite. Feature roadmaps communicate those features you plan to build, even if they’re the wrong ones. MORE
classes general assembly Product Management product/market fit roadmap teachingI just wrapped up teaching a 10-week Product Management course at General Assembly in Boston, and it was an amazing experience. MORE
A product or portfolio roadmap is a key tool in planning, looking beyond your current product deliverables to months and years ahead. But a roadmap can also be a helpful tool with sales people, prospects, and customers. If yes, then show the roadmap. Don’t show the roadmap. MORE
While you might “own” the product, your product’s vision should be coming from the top of the house. It should be driving everything in your organization, not just product development. Sales, operations, technology… all of it should be working toward a common vision. MORE
I've never felt there was an inherent conflict between using an agile approach to development and having a high-level roadmap. I'll be leading a workshop on roadmapping with an agile bent at the MVP Conference in Arlington, VA May 18-19. I had a great conversation with Elliot Volkman about agile approaches to roadmapping, as a warm up to the conference. Agile Events Roadmaps MORE
Development Guest Blogger Product Management ProductCamp Requirements RoadmapsBy Sogol Fathian Recently I gave a talk about writing technical stories and ways I have found to slice user stories thinner at Product Camp Toronto. I thought it’d be good to share some ideas from that talk here as well. I work as Product Manager for epost which is one of the biggest online […]. MORE
Building an IoT product roadmap is hard—much harder than building roadmaps for “normal” technology products. The post How to Build an IoT Product Roadmap appeared first on Tech Product Management. Let’s face it. MORE
Roadmap Related Topics Mind the Product
JUNE 19, 2017
The only part of it that ever made me cringe was when a question about the product roadmap caught me flat-footed: “Why is this on the roadmap?”. “Oh, It’s been on the roadmap for a while, but I’m not sure we’ll actually get to it…”. “Oh, So how do we all get to that point where we have caveats against multiple items on the product roadmap – and more importantly what do we do to mitigate it?
Roman Pichler
JULY 20, 2016
Goal-oriented roadmaps focus on goals or objectives like acquiring customers, increasing engagement, and removing technical debt. To help you develop your agile product roadmap, I have created a goal-oriented roadmap template called the GO Product Roadmap. Product Roadma
Mind the Product
MAY 22, 2017
Can’t get your boss to part ways with a time-based feature roadmap? I wonder what it is about feature roadmaps that is comforting to the C-suite. Feature roadmaps communicate those features you plan to build, even if they’re the wrong ones.
Melissa Perri
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
Product Roadmaps, in general, are confusing. Three years ago I wrote a blog post about Rethinking the Product Roadmap, in which I advocated for a focus on solving customer problems instead of listing out features with deadlines. The truth?
Pragmatic Marketing
JANUARY 17, 2017
We’ve all heard about “strategic” product roadmaps. A roadmap is a plan for your strategy that maps out the direction of your product. A product roadmap isn’t simply a list of features or the backlog. The Benefits of a Strategic Roadmap. Showing Strategy on the Roadmap.
bpma ProductHub
APRIL 10, 2017
By Garima Painuly- One of the constant challenges a product manager faces is creating a focused product roadmap that is aligned with expectations of all stakeholders, and defending that roadmap against distractions. Creating a Focused Product Roadmap.
Under10 Playbook
MARCH 2, 2017
The roadmap has become one of the most commonly requested—yet frequently misunderstood—documents in the product manager’s arsenal. However, for many product managers, the roadmap is an annoyance that must be changed constantly. Dates in roadmaps are an illusion.
Pragmatic Marketing
DECEMBER 13, 2016
Everyone wants to see the product roadmap. Agile Loves Roadmaps and Plans. Agile and scrum don’t discourage the creation of a product roadmap. There is no single silver bullet for building the perfect roadmap. Therefore, it is crucial that a product roadmap not provide a detailed list of features and timeline, but instead provides direction for the team to build the right software. In a nutshell: Do not bring a waterfall roadmap to a scrum product delivery.
Product Powers
APRIL 4, 2015
A good product roadmap is one of the most important and influential documents an organization can develop, publish and continuously update. It's key to success, and yet many organizations struggle to produce effective roadmaps. What Is a Product Roadmap? A roadmap is your vision for how a product (or product line) will help achieve your organization's strategic goals. A good roadmap inspires. I call these roadmap roadblocks the "Dirty Dozen.".
svpg
SEPTEMBER 7, 2015
” Unfortunately, typical roadmaps do just what the General warned against – they tell the team what to do. In several articles I have highlighted the reasons I see typical product roadmaps as the source of so much waste in product teams. While there is increased recognition of the problems with roadmaps, many people have asked me to say more about the alternative. Roadmaps derive from the old centralized command-and-control model.
UserVoice
AUGUST 16, 2016
While you might “own” the product, your product’s vision should be coming from the top of the house. It should be driving everything in your organization, not just product development. Sales, operations, technology… all of it should be working toward a common vision.
Tyner Blain
DECEMBER 3, 2014
Your product roadmap is a view of what you are building right now, in the near future, and in the more distant future. Or is your roadmap a view of why you are building whatever you’re building right now, in the near future, and in the more distant future?
Craft.io
MAY 16, 2017
In this article, you’ll get to know the roadmap structure, how to use the different elements correctly and how to toggle around the roadmap views until you find a view you like. The Roadmap. The Roadmap View. Click the Roadmap view.
Tyner Blain
APRIL 7, 2015
Last month, Mike Smart of Egress Solutions and I gave a webinar for Pragmatic Marketing on product roadmapping when working in agile environments. One attendee asked, “ Please explain how a prioritized list of features is not a roadmap? Called it a roadmap, then.
Product Innovation Educators
OCTOBER 17, 2016
I’ve had some requests from listeners to explore product roadmaps, so I had a discussion with Jim Semick. He is co-founder of ProductPlan , which creates roadmap software for product teams. The best practices for constructing product roadmaps. What do roadmaps look like?
Product Powers
FEBRUARY 17, 2015
This is the seventh article in a series called The Dirty Dozen Roadmap Roadblocks. It’s much easier to discuss priorities and roadmap items one-on-one with the head of sales, for example, than it is if the head of marketing is also in the room. Similarly, when you collaborate on your product roadmap with your key stakeholders, a powerful thing happens: “your” plan becomes their plan, too. Struggling to get buy-in on your roadmap?
High Octane Product Management
FEBRUARY 15, 2017
Strategic Portfolio Roadmapping Workshop. In this hands-on workshop, you’ll learn how to develop a strategic portfolio roadmap that drives new growth by shifting your inside-out product vision to an outside-in customer vision. Instead of constantly wrangling over competing product visions that no one can ever agree on, you’ll learn how to craft a short and long-term portfolio roadmap that mirrors the vision and business goals of your target customers.
svpg
SEPTEMBER 21, 2015
In my prior article I discussed my favorite alternative to conventional product roadmaps. Q: What about outcome-based roadmaps? Outcome-based roadmaps refer to stating the outcome you are trying to achieve rather than the specific feature that may or may not deliver the necessary results. In truth, it’s not hard to map 1:1 a set of OKR’s to an outcome-based roadmap. Q: How to wean an organization off of roadmaps?
bpma ProductHub
APRIL 17, 2017
By Don Stoddard – In the very best companies, roadmaps support key objectives with very specific measures impacting the business. Roadmaps are great at showing a direction, but they often don’t tell the story of “why.” You can also link the product roadmap to your objectives.
Mind the Product
APRIL 12, 2017
Product management teams often ask themselves if third-party integration is right for their software product roadmap. Senior/director integration positions are usually expected to own a product roadmap strategy.
Tech Product Management
JANUARY 8, 2017
Building an IoT product roadmap is hard—much harder than building roadmaps for “normal” technology products. The post How to Build an IoT Product Roadmap appeared first on Tech Product Management. Let’s face it.
High Octane Product Management
FEBRUARY 20, 2017
In this issue we cover everything from requirements to roadmaps to rollouts. And for the first time in five years, Proficientz is offering a public training workshop – How to Create a Strategic Portfolio Roadmap, March 28th in Atlanta. Five Reasons You Need a Strategic Portfolio Roadmap. The post Requirements, Roadmaps & Rollouts: The B2B Product Manager Magazine, February 2017 appeared first on Proficientz.
Mironov Consulting
JUNE 30, 2017
I’ve carefully avoided using the term “roadmap” anywhere in this post. Let’s unpack that another time, knowing that the revenue side of the house wants roadmaps to be five-year iron-clad commitments, while some agile developers deny the existence of roadmaps.
Product Innovation Educators
OCTOBER 24, 2016
The last episode was on the topic of product roadmaps and today we extend that topic by considering product line roadmaps – roadmaps for product lines and product families. Why product line roadmapping is important. Why product line roadmapping is important.
Mironov Consulting
OCTOBER 26, 2016
The need to “sell” the value of roadmaps and architecture to Sales. Agile development teams think about productivity in terms of overall velocity metrics and backlog/roadmap commitment. Can we make commitments against the top 2-3 big roadmap items and get them done when we say we will?
Mironov Consulting
DECEMBER 30, 2016
Possible workshop topics: Managing roadmap interrupts from founders and stakeholder executives. Events 2017 Featured Events leadership Organizations Product Management executives managing mentoring peers politics product management product teams roadmaps
Product Manager in Heels
APRIL 7, 2016
classes general assembly Product Management product/market fit roadmap teachingI just wrapped up teaching a 10-week Product Management course at General Assembly in Boston, and it was an amazing experience.
Product Beautiful
JUNE 8, 2014
Events Leadership Misc (and Just for Fun) Product Management Product Marketing Working with Sales behavior comp compensation demo marketing roadmap Sales sales tools sales trainingA few years ago, I was working for a large company here in Austin.
Under10 Playbook
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
A product or portfolio roadmap is a key tool in planning, looking beyond your current product deliverables to months and years ahead. But a roadmap can also be a helpful tool with sales people, prospects, and customers. If yes, then show the roadmap. Don’t show the roadmap.
Product Powers
APRIL 14, 2015
I've never felt there was an inherent conflict between using an agile approach to development and having a high-level roadmap. I'll be leading a workshop on roadmapping with an agile bent at the MVP Conference in Arlington, VA May 18-19. I had a great conversation with Elliot Volkman about agile approaches to roadmapping, as a warm up to the conference. Agile Events Roadmaps
Craft.io
JULY 4, 2017
When you set out to plan a product roadmap, at first product managers often find themselves with more questions and doubts than decisions. Understanding the roadmap’s place in the product scheme. The roadmap is a critical stepping stone in the process of tangibilizing your vision.
UserVoice
JUNE 21, 2017
You Can Use Data to Make Better Roadmap Decisions. Here’s how: product managers can make more well-rounded product roadmaps by relying on a combination of feedback and data; customer feedback is fuel for ideas, while data is fuel for decisions. “Big data.”
On Product Management
SEPTEMBER 20, 2016
Development Guest Blogger Product Management ProductCamp Requirements RoadmapsBy Sogol Fathian Recently I gave a talk about writing technical stories and ways I have found to slice user stories thinner at Product Camp Toronto. I thought it’d be good to share some ideas from that talk here as well. I work as Product Manager for epost which is one of the biggest online […].
Roman Pichler
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Tip #1: Complement your Product Backlog with a Product Roadmap. Use a roadmap to sketch the overall journey you want to take your product on. Then derive your product backlog from the roadmap and use the goals to discover the right backlog items.
Under10 Playbook
NOVEMBER 2, 2016
Estimating is perhaps the biggest issue facing product managers regarding roadmaps. ” Estimating is perhaps the biggest issue facing product managers regarding product and portfolio roadmaps. Here are some tips to do better sizing estimates.
Product Talk
MAY 10, 2017
The most obvious way to be output-oriented is to give your teams a roadmap that lists features and release dates and ask them to deliver against that roadmap. Management should primarily focus their feedback on the discovery roadmap, not the delivery backlog.
Product Innovation Educators
JULY 22, 2016
10 tips for creating an agile roadmap. (1) Get the Product Mastery Roadmap and…. The post Agile roadmaps – and other innovation insights for product managers July 22, 2016 appeared first on The Everyday Innovator - Resources for Product Managers and Innovators.
Product Manager in Heels
JULY 13, 2014
I'm planning to align this with my next post on roadmap and prioritization. analysis customer experience customer need effort impact Prioritization Product Management roadmapIn any business, it's extremely important to be able to prioritize what you work on and when you work on it.
UserVoice
APRIL 4, 2017
To keep it simple, we’ve organized our list along a set of broad objectives that product managers must inevitably negotiate: Analysis, User Research, Roadmapping, Project Management, Design & Development, Behavioral Analytics, and Strategy.
Melissa Perri
APRIL 20, 2017
I once joined a B2B company as a Product Manager in the the middle of the year, so their entire product roadmap was set and in motion. What does an effective sales team look like at a product-led organization? Sales already promised it.”
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