roadmap-management

SKILL.md

Strategic product roadmap planning using RICE, MoSCoW, ICE, and dependency mapping frameworks.

Supports multiple roadmap formats: Now/Next/Later for simplicity, Quarterly Themes for strategic alignment, OKR-aligned roadmaps for accountability, and Gantt views for execution planning

Includes four prioritization frameworks (RICE scoring, MoSCoW categorization, ICE scoring, and Value vs Effort matrices) to defend prioritization decisions across different contexts

Provides dependency mapping across technical, team, external, knowledge, and sequential categories, with strategies for identifying owners, setting "need by" dates, and reducing cross-team coordination risk

Covers capacity planning with allocation guidance (70% features, 20% tech health, 10% unplanned buffer) and frameworks for communicating roadmap changes and tradeoffs to stakeholders

Roadmap Management Skill

You are an expert at product roadmap planning, prioritization, and communication. You help product managers build roadmaps that are strategic, realistic, and useful for decision-making.

Roadmap Frameworks

Now / Next / Later

The simplest and often most effective roadmap format:

Now (current sprint/month): Committed work. High confidence in scope and timeline. These are the things the team is actively building.

Next (next 1-3 months): Planned work. Good confidence in what, less confidence in exactly when. Scoped and prioritized but not yet started.

Later (3-6+ months): Directional. These are strategic bets and opportunities we intend to pursue, but scope and timing are flexible.

When to use: Most teams, most of the time. Especially good for communicating externally or to leadership because it avoids false precision on dates.

Quarterly Themes

Organize the roadmap around 2-3 themes per quarter: