Product Management: Mastering Product Roadmaps

A complete guide to building roadmaps that work for both your product team and your stakeholders

What you'll learn
Why traditional roadmapping approaches don't work in Agile environments
What are the required and optional components that make up good roadmaps
How to build a roadmap template that works for your Product team
Approaches for effectively gathering roadmap inputs
The role of themes and sub-themes in your roadmap
Roadmap prioritization frameworks
Achieving roadmap alignment with stakeholders
Keeping your roadmap fresh
Requirements
The course assumes a basic knowledge of Agile development practices
Access to Google Docs (Free)
Description
Welcome to Product Management: Mastering Product Roadmaps.The traditional way of building product roadmaps just does not work in Agile environments. And teams mitigate this by either 1) tightly restricting access to their roadmap or 2) entirely abandoning the use of roadmaps.It's time to reinvent the traditional product roadmap.I created this course and packed it with practical, real-world experiences that I’ve gained working with Product Management teams around the world. All theory is paired with practical exercises we’ll complete together in your workbook.What you’ll get from this course.1. I’ll show you how design a roadmap template that incorporates the right level of detail, without overcommitting.2. You’ll gain an in-depth understanding of approaches for identifying your roadmap stakeholders, gathering inputs, and understanding your business ecosystem.3. We’ll then look at how to uncover and express roadmap themes and consider when to add features to your roadmap.4. Then we'll do deep dive into roadmap prioritization, including avoiding common mistakes, and key frameworks that can be used. We'll also explore tried and tested methods for achieving stakeholder alignment.5.  In the final section, we'll do a deep dive of presentation options. I'll also show you how to keep your roadmap fresh and effectively communicate changes to stakeholders.Why learn Modern Product Management?The demand for the "strategic" Product Manager is growing rapidly. In fact, LinkedIn ranks "Product Manager" as one of the most promising jobs, with 29% year-over-year growth. More and more companies are finally figuring out how important this discipline and this role are to their success.But Product Management practices are also widely misunderstood, with most product initiatives failing to launch. And of those that do launch, only a fraction delivers value to the intended customers.In a field where so many teams follow counter-productive practices, copying others won't work.Don't Imitate. Understand.This course will teach you proven roadmapping techniques used by top product teams. And the practical portion will give you real-world skills that you can apply immediately.If you're a Product Manager looking to level up your product roadmapping skills or are trying to transition into a new career, this course will help prepare you for success.And if you work in a related role (Business Analyst, Project Manager, Developer, etc), you’re also in the right place.What if I have questions? I offer full support, answering any questions you have 7 days a week (whereas many instructors answer just once per week, or not at all). This means you’ll never find yourself stuck on one lesson for days. With my hand-holding guidance, you’ll progress smoothly through this course without any major roadblocks. So Let’s Do This! Enroll now and sharpen your product roadmapping skills.See you on the inside!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Welcome & Course Overview

Lecture 2 What Is A Product Roadmap?

Lecture 3 Adjusting Course Speed

Lecture 4 Get Your Course Workbook

Lecture 5 Exercise #1: Pick Your Product

Lecture 6 Why Traditional Roadmaps Don't Work

Lecture 7 Join the Student Community

Section 2: Roadmap Components

Lecture 8 Section Introduction

Lecture 9 Main Components

Lecture 10 Exercise #2: Define Your Main Components

Lecture 11 Supporting Components

Lecture 12 Exercise #3: Add Your Supporting Components

Lecture 13 Additional Information

Lecture 14 Exercise #4: Add Additional Information

Section 3: Roadmap Inputs

Lecture 15 Section Introduction

Lecture 16 The Importance of Gathering Inputs

Lecture 17 Exercise #5: What Is Your Product's Lifecycle?

Lecture 18 Understand Your Ecosystem

Lecture 19 Exercise #6: Create A Business Model Canvas

Lecture 20 Understanding Customers

Lecture 21 Understanding Stakeholders

Lecture 22 Exercise #7: Identify Your Stakeholders

Section 4: Roadmap Themes

Lecture 23 Section Introduction

Lecture 24 What Are Roadmap Themes?

Lecture 25 How To Uncover Themes

Lecture 26 Exercise #8: Uncover Your Themes

Lecture 27 When To Introduce Features

Lecture 28 Communicating Status

Section 5: Roadmap Prioritization

Lecture 29 Section Introduction

Lecture 30 Common Prioritization Mistakes

Lecture 31 Prioritization Frameworks

Lecture 32 Achieving Alignment

Lecture 33 Exercise #9: The Alignment Board

Lecture 34 Presenting Your Roadmap

Lecture 35 Keeping Your Roadmap Fresh

Lecture 36 Exercise #10: Tracking Changes To Your Roadmap

Section 6: Conclusion

Lecture 37 Bonus Lecture

Product management professionals,Entrepreneurs and small business owners,Business Analysts,Product Marketing Managers,Data Analysts,Engineers and developers,Operations Managers,Designers,People interested in transitioning to the tech industry