The product teams need to have the necessary business context.

But for this to happen, it’s not enough to have strong people equipped with modern tools and techniques.

For the strong product teams - the teams are themselves equipped to figure out the best ways to solve the particular business problems assigned to them.

But when you put the idea in the roadmap, no matter what people will start considering that as a commitment.

When it’s just an idea, there’s no harm in that.

With the idea that does prove the market potential, it typically takes several iterations to deliver the necessary business value (Time to money) Some do want to use it and find it complicated!Ģ.

Some customers are not as excited as we are.

At Least Half of our product ideas are not to work.

Yet, typical roadmaps are the root cause of most waste and failed efforts in product organizations.Įven with the best of intentions, product roadmaps typically lead to very poor business results because of two inconvenient truths about the product.

They want to know when key capabilities will launch so they can coordinate marketing programs, sales force hiring, dependencies with partners, and so on.

Wants to ensure that you’re working on the highest-value things first.

Stakeholder driven roadmaps are quite common in the industry. And all these come with the tag of the due date to deliver. They don’t usually include tech debts, bugs and they normally include new features, projects, initiatives, and product enhancement.

This usually doesn't include tech debts, bugs, and code optimization.Īt times, product roadmaps come down from the management (Stakeholder driven) and sometimes from the product managers. Usually, Product roadmaps come from the management (Stakeholder driven) and sometimes from product managers. Typically, the product roadmap should be aligned with the overall product vision. Product roadmap is a prioritized list of features and projects that your teams have been asked to work for. In this read, let’s talk more on “how to determine what the product team should be working on” Product roadmap Note: If you are truly looking for some valuable resources to learn and understand about product management, then I strongly recommend you to read this book twice.

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