Software Roadmap Template

  • Great for keeping the entire organization in sync with your software product development
  • A 2-year timeframe communicates the company's long-term strategic plan
  • The Legend show which roadmap items are driven by which strategic goals
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Quick facts

Use Case:
Product Teams

Audience:
Other Functional Teams

Time Units:
Quarters

Swimlanes:
Functional Areas

Legend:
Strategic Goals

Time Horizon:
2 Years

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Overview

A software roadmap is a roadmap specifically for a software product. A software product manager needs a roadmap to serve as a bridge connecting the company’s product vision to the tasks required to bring that product to market. Using a software roadmap will help developers understand how their work contributes to the bigger picture, aids the team in making more intelligent prioritization decisions, and can help persuade stakeholders.

This software roadmap example shows the initiatives involved in launching a new software product. The timeline is long term, about 2 years, and the swimlanes divide initiatives by functional area, either engineering or sales/marketing. Milestones mark major events such as the beta release and general availability release. The legend shows strategic goals, and initiatives are color-coded to communicate how each one ties back to the larger company strategy.

A software roadmap can help you organize the many different components that go into the launch. High-level roadmaps like this one are useful for keeping your eye on the big picture amidst many tactical initiatives.