Product Roadmapping and Planning
Description
Strategic planning and roadmap development for products including prioritization frameworks, timeline planning, and stakeholder communication.
Learning Objectives
Learners will develop expertise in creating strategic product roadmaps, applying prioritization frameworks, managing product backlogs, planning releases, and communicating plans effectively to various stakeholders.
Topics (7)
Overview of various roadmap types including feature-based, outcome-based, and timeline roadmaps, with guidance on selecting appropriate formats for different stakeholders.
Best practices for managing product backlogs including user story writing, story estimation, backlog grooming, and maintaining backlog health over time.
Strategic approach to planning product releases including timeline development, risk management, cross-functional coordination, and launch preparation.
Overview of popular roadmap tools including Aha!, ProductPlan, Roadmunk, and others, with guidance on tool selection and effective usage.
Strategies for communicating roadmaps to different stakeholders including executives, engineering teams, sales, and customers, with focus on alignment and expectation management.
Best practices for keeping roadmaps current and relevant including update processes, change management, and incorporating feedback from various sources.
Systematic approaches to feature prioritization including quantitative frameworks like RICE and qualitative methods like MoSCoW and Kano model analysis.