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A strategic planning tool that maps out how your product will evolve over time, from dominating your initial market to expanding into new territories.

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Introduction

A strategic planning tool that maps out how your product will evolve over time, from dominating your initial market to expanding into new territories.

Description

Map out your product's growth journey! Create a game plan showing how you'll upgrade your product over time—first dominating your initial target market (your "beachhead") before expanding to conquer new territories. Think of it as your product's evolution strategy.

Benefits

Your MVP is just the beginning! A roadmap forces you to look beyond the initial launch and think strategically about growth. While you'll repeat your innovation process for each new market, you'll get faster and smarter each time—but only if you have a clear direction. Without a roadmap, you're just wandering.

Measurable Outcomes: Teams using strategic product roadmaps improve development focus by 50% through clear prioritization, increase stakeholder confidence with transparent planning processes, and accelerate time-to-market by 35% through coordinated feature development. Roadmaps enable better resource allocation and reduce development waste through strategic alignment.

When to Use

Got your Version 1.0 launch locked in? Perfect time to lift your gaze to the horizon! Start mapping your product's future while you're finalizing your first release—this keeps your team aligned on the bigger journey ahead rather than just the immediate launch.

Use this method after achieving initial product-market fit when growth strategy needs direction, when planning feature prioritization across multiple development cycles, before stakeholder alignment meetings to communicate strategic vision, or when entering new markets that require coordinated product evolution. This is essential when transitioning from reactive feature development to strategic product planning.

Time Required
2 - 4 hours for initial roadmap creation, regular updates and reviews (monthly for tactical, quarterly for strategic planning)
Who
Product manager, engineering lead, design lead, business stakeholders, marketing team, customer success representatives
What you will need

Roadmapping software or templates, whiteboard/large wall space, sticky notes, markers, customer feedback data, market research, competitive analysis, business objectives documentation, flip chart paper for planning sessions, laptop for digital documentation