Product Management: Mastering Product Roadmaps

A complete guide to building roadmaps that work for both your product team and your stakeholders
What you'll learn
Why traditional roadmapping approaches don't work in Agile environments
What are the required and optional components that make up good roadmaps
How to build a roadmap template that works for your Product team
Approaches for effectively gathering roadmap inputs
The role of themes and sub-themes in your roadmap
Roadmap prioritization frameworks
Achieving roadmap alignment with stakeholders
Keeping your roadmap fresh
Requirements
The course assumes a basic knowledge of Agile development practices
Access to Google Docs (Free)
Description
Welcome to Product Management: Mastering Product Roadmaps.The traditional way of building product roadmaps just does not work in Agile environments. And teams mitigate this by either 1) tightly restricting access to their roadmap or 2) entirely abandoning the use of roadmaps.It's time to reinvent the traditional product roadmap.I created this course and packed it with practical, real-world experiences that I've gained working with Product Management teams around the world. All theory is paired with practical exercises we'll complete together in your workbook.What you'll get from this course.1. I'll show you how design a roadmap template that incorporates the right level of detail, without overcommitting.2. You'll gain an in-depth understanding of approaches for identifying your roadmap stakeholders, gathering inputs, and understanding your business ecosystem.3. We'll then look at how to uncover and express roadmap themes and consider when to add features to your roadmap.4. Then we'll do deep dive into roadmap prioritization, including avoiding common mistakes, and key frameworks that can be used. We'll also explore tried and tested methods for achieving stakeholder alignment.5. In the final section, we'll do a deep dive of presentation options. I'll also show you how to keep your roadmap fresh and effectively communicate changes to stakeholders.Why learn Modern Product Management?The demand for the "strategic" Product Manager is growing rapidly. In fact, LinkedIn ranks "Product Manager" as one of the most promising jobs, with 29% year-over-year growth. More and more companies are finally figuring out how important this discipline and this role are to their success.But Product Management practices are also widely misunderstood, with most product initiatives failing to launch. And of those that do launch, only a fraction delivers value to the intended customers.In a field where so many teams follow counter-productive practices, copying others won't work.Don't Imitate. Understand.This course will teach you proven roadmapping techniques used by top product teams. And the practical portion will give you real-world skills that you can apply immediately.If you're a Product Manager looking to level up your product roadmapping skills or are trying to transition into a new career, this course will help prepare you for success.And if you work in a related role (Business Analyst, Project Manager, Developer, etc), you're also in the right place.What if I have questions? I offer full support, answering any questions you have 7 days a week (whereas many instructors answer just once per week, or not at all). This means you'll never find yourself stuck on one lesson for days. With my hand-holding guidance, you'll progress smoothly through this course without any major roadblocks. So Let's Do This! Enroll now and sharpen your product roadmapping skills.See you on the inside!
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Welcome & Course Overview
Lecture 2 What Is A Product Roadmap?
Lecture 3 Adjusting Course Speed
Lecture 4 Get Your Course Workbook
Lecture 5 Exercise #1: Pick Your Product
Lecture 6 Why Traditional Roadmaps Don't Work
Lecture 7 Join the Student Community
Section 2: Roadmap Components
Lecture 8 Section Introduction
Lecture 9 Main Components
Lecture 10 Exercise #2: Define Your Main Components
Lecture 11 Supporting Components
Lecture 12 Exercise #3: Add Your Supporting Components
Lecture 13 Additional Information
Lecture 14 Exercise #4: Add Additional Information
Section 3: Roadmap Inputs
Lecture 15 Section Introduction
Lecture 16 The Importance of Gathering Inputs
Lecture 17 Exercise #5: What Is Your Product's Lifecycle?
Lecture 18 Understand Your Ecosystem
Lecture 19 Exercise #6: Create A Business Model Canvas
Lecture 20 Understanding Customers
Lecture 21 Understanding Stakeholders
Lecture 22 Exercise #7: Identify Your Stakeholders
Section 4: Roadmap Themes
Lecture 23 Section Introduction
Lecture 24 What Are Roadmap Themes?
Lecture 25 How To Uncover Themes
Lecture 26 Exercise #8: Uncover Your Themes
Lecture 27 When To Introduce Features
Lecture 28 Communicating Status
Section 5: Roadmap Prioritization
Lecture 29 Section Introduction
Lecture 30 Common Prioritization Mistakes
Lecture 31 Prioritization Frameworks
Lecture 32 Achieving Alignment
Lecture 33 Exercise #9: The Alignment Board
Lecture 34 Presenting Your Roadmap
Lecture 35 Keeping Your Roadmap Fresh
Lecture 36 Exercise #10: Tracking Changes To Your Roadmap
Section 6: Conclusion
Lecture 37 Bonus Lecture
Product management professionals,Entrepreneurs and small business owners,Business Analysts,Product Marketing Managers,Data Analysts,Engineers and developers,Operations Managers,Designers,People interested in transitioning to the tech industry
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