Developing a roadmap is a key skill for a tech leader or product manager. These dynamic, visual plans detail the scope of both individual projects and tech team initiatives, and they unify stakeholders around a common vision that’s highlighted by essential tasks, goals and priorities.
While there are a number of roadmapping strategies and techniques, they’re guidelines, and every tech leader and project manager must chart their own course when it comes to developing a roadmapping philosophy and method. Below, 20 members of discuss some effective, industry-current roadmapping practices and their experience working with them, as well as some unique strategies they’ve developed on their own.We live in VUCA and constantly changing times, so 10-year roadmaps are no longer prudent or realistic. One of the best ways to create a roadmap is by thinking of the goal as the summit of a mountain and planning every step, starting from base camp and proceeding on to the next camp.