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Now, Next, Later

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Lenny’s Podcast78 min

Building better product roadmaps

Janna Bastow · Oct 16, 2022
Key learnings
  • Treat a roadmap as a prototype for your strategy: its value lies in the roadmapping process of sharing and testing assumptions…
  • Replace timeline-based roadmaps with Now, Next, Later buckets so that not every item implies a due date, since uncertainty grows…
  • Reserve firm dates for truly fixed constraints such as regulatory deadlines or seasonal rushes, and plan extra buffer and soft…