Roadmaps often feel like a necessary evil. They’re an essential bridge between the overarching company strategy and the practical realities of your quarterly OKRs.
Here are the seven major issues I see teams making when it comes to roadmaps:
1. Too Much Detail on Effort Estimations
2. Too Much Focus on Today
3. Too Much Focus on the Competition
4. Too Much Focus on Outputs
5. Too public
6. Not Actionable Enough
7. Not Properly Communicated
The process of creating roadmaps is often more valuable than the end result since gathering the relevant stakeholders helps to reveal misalignment and sync everyone up.