A Product Roadmap is a powerful tool to describe how a product will grow. The Product Roadmap helps to align stakeholders and to acquire a budget for the (ongoing) development of the product.
However, creating an effective roadmap is not easy, especially in an environment where changes happen often and unexpectedly.
Application
Agile Product Roadmaps are used to clearly present the product strategy to stakeholders, but they are also a means to respond to changes in the market.
The Agile Product Roadmap is goal-oriented. The features to be developed are based on and derived from the goals. The goals are clearly visible and set out in time on the Agile Product Roadmap. They are filled in by high-level features.
The Agile Product Roadmap tells a coherent story about the product's most likely growth path. After all, every release is built on the previous one and grows step by step towards the vision of the Product Owner.
Keep it simple
When developing an Agile Product Roadmap, it is important to avoid unnecessary detail. The Roadmap is a strategic plan. The Roadmap must therefore be easy to understand for a wide audience.
The Agile Product Roadmap is fleshed out with sufficient detail in the Product Backlog. The Product Backlog is the tactical plan which describes the requirements in the level of detail required at that time.
Buy-in
The Agile Product Roadmap only makes sense if there is sufficient buy-in from all stakeholders. This applies to developers, administrators, marketeers and sales representatives of the product.
The best way to acquire buy-in is to collaborate with stakeholders. This is the most appropriate way to build and update the Agile Product Roadmap. This allows their ideas and knowledge to be applied and a strong buy-in is created. Keeping a good Roadmap Workshop is a great way to use and create a supported roadmap for products.
It also helps the development team get on the right track and get a better sense of the more detailed Epics and User Stories on the product backlog
Who needs it
The simple visualization of agile roadmaps enables developers, Product Owners and Scrum Masters to better align development. It helps to better track and prioritize progress. It also helps to inform stakeholders more easily.
Anyone looking for an efficient way to communicate and strategically deliver product vision and desired customer outcomes should consider using an Agile Product Roadmap in their product development.
In conclusion
Agile in Focus has various training courses that help you further in controlling and keeping your product development under control.
At Agile in Focus we are committed to help your development organization to be competitive in a rapidly changing market. We can advise you in detail on this. Feel free to contact us, we are at your service.
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