Roadmap

Roadmaps are the communication tool for product strategy over time. Janna Bastow's 'Now-Next-Later' framework emphasizes flexibility over false precision, while Teresa Torres advocates for opportunity solution trees that show the logic behind roadmap choices. For PMs, the challenge is balancing stakeholder desire for certainty with the reality of uncertainty. The best roadmaps are outcome-oriented, showing what problems will be solved rather than what features will be built.