How to build a product roadmap that aligns with your company’s vision?

It's primarily challenging *when* the company's vision and goals aren't clear to begin with.

Adapted from a recent YouTube video by Roman Pichler: Four Qualities of Effective Product Roadmaps 1) Goal-Oriented o Increasing customers, engagement, futureproofing/removing tech debt etc. o Different to traditional – mapping features on a timeline o Determine the benefits instead of providing features 2) Connected o Focused and concise backlog 3) Shared (Aligned) o Run collaborative road-mapping workshops o Developed alongside stakeholders and team members 4) Adaptive (Reviewed and updated over time) How the roadmap can tie in to strategy, vision, goals etc. (also from Roman): Product Strategy & Vision 1) Vision – What’s the products purpose, the positive change it should bring about? 2) Strategy – What is your approach to realise the vision and make the product successful? o Needs o Market o Stand-out features o Business goals 3) Roadmap – How will you implement the strategy in the coming months? Which product goals should be achieved? o Product goals o Dates or timeframes o Selected coarse-grained features o Metrics 4) Backlog – What UX design and features are required to achieve the next product goal? o Epics, user stories o Workflow diagrams o Sketches, mock-ups o NRFs (non-functional requirements) Hope this helps!

Using robust project management tools such as GanttPRO (https://ganttpro.com/) allows teams to visualize all their strategic project management initiatives on a Gantt chart timeline. GanttPRO Gantt chart creator allows building high-level roadmaps with all the major steps and milestones as well as dependencies. Such roadmaps can be changed anytime from any place and shared with anyone with the help of a Public URL.