The Product Roadmap Reality Check
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Stress-test a roadmap against outcomes, evidence and the trade-offs it's quietly making.
Outcome
- What outcome is each roadmap item actually meant to move?
- Is that outcome, or just an output, written down?
- Would we notice if this item shipped and nothing changed?
Evidence
- What evidence supports this item's priority?
- Is this here because of data, or because it's loud?
- What would have to be true for this to be wrong?
Trade-off
- What is this roadmap quietly saying no to?
- Who needs to hear that no explicitly?
- What would we cut if timelines slipped by a month?
Confidence
- How confident are we in each item, honestly?
- Which items are guesses dressed up as plans?
- What would move a low-confidence item to high confidence?
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