Product roadmap template by David Pereira

This product roadmap template, crafted by David Pereira, is an essential tool for effective product management. It offers a visual guide to your product strategy, highlighting key milestones, priorities, and timelines, while seamlessly connecting with your opportunities or epics.

Why use this template?

A well-structured product roadmap is crucial for product leaders and product managers. It helps in:

• Visualizing strategy: Clearly displays your product strategy and upcoming milestones.

• Prioritizing initiatives: Organizes product work into manageable categories to focus on what matters most.

• Connecting opportunities: Links your roadmap to your opportunity pipeline for a cohesive approach.

Key features of this template

The template includes two interconnected workspaces: 1. Product roadmap: Manage the what and why of your initiatives and projects. Categorize tasks into four main buckets (Now, Next, Later, or Trash) and connect them with items in your Opportunity pipeline.

• Now: Current priorities the team is actively working on to deliver immediate value.

• Next: Upcoming initiatives lined up after current priorities, helping the team plan ahead.

• Later: Important but not urgent ideas or projects to be revisited and prioritized in the future.

• Trash: Initiatives that are no longer relevant, helping to declutter the roadmap.

2. Opportunity pipeline: Manage your opportunity/epic backlog, run discovery, prioritize next steps, and turn strategy into action with a timeline view.

Who should use the product roadmap template by David Pereira?

• Organizations that want to focus on outcomes rather than outputs.

• Teams that need to prioritize opportunities effectively and efficiently.

• Companies looking to communicate product strategy clearly across all stakeholders.

• Businesses across various industries, from software to physical products.

• Both small startups and large enterprises seeking a flexible, adaptable roadmap solution.

How to add the template to your airfocus account

• Click “Try this template” on the banner below or at the top of the page.

• Sign up or log in to your airfocus account.

• Open the left-hand sidebar.

• Click the “+” icon and select “New workspace.”

• Go to the “By experts” section and install the template.

Getting started with this template

• Get acquainted: Familiarize yourself with the different sections of the Product roadmap workspace, including Now, Next, Later, and Trash.

• Customize: Adjust the categories and connect initiatives with your opportunities on your Opportunity pipeline to fit your specific needs.

• Prioritize: Use the categories to prioritize your initiatives and ensure a focused approach to product management.

Additional resources

• The Ultimate Guide to Roadmaps

• Your Guide to Effective Backlog Management (Insights from David Pereira)

• The 9 Best Roadmap Planner Software for Product Teams in 2024 (+ the ideal roadmapping tool checklist)

We encourage you to explore more of David Pereira’s product management resources, including his books, workshops, and tools on d-pereira.com, to further enhance your product management skills and practices.