Part 2 of the training I did for Barnard's Entrepreneur's Training program for high-school (or beginners) on how to create a product roadmap (i.e. create a plan to build your product)
4. Describes the vision and strategy
Provides a guiding document for
executing the strategy
Gets internal stakeholders in alignment
Facilitates discussion of options and
scenario planning
Helps communicate to external
stakeholders, including customers
A GOOD ROADMAP
6. User stories are the smallest units
of work
…a few sentences in simple
language that outline the desired
outcome
USER STORIES
7. As a <type of user>, I want <goal> so that
I <receive benefit>
As a customer, I want to be able to create
an account so that I can see the
purchases I made in the last year to help
me budget for next year.
USER STORY EXAMPLE
12. A list of all things that needs to be done
within the project
START WITH A PRODUCT BACKLOG
13. Customer priority
Urgency of getting feedback
Relative implementation difficulty
Symbiotic relationships between work
items (e.g. B is easier if we do A first)
PRIORITIZATION
18. Write User Stories
As a <type of user>, I want <goal> so that I
<receive benefit>
As a customer, I want to be able to create an
account so that I can see the purchases I made
in the last year to help me budget for next year.
STEP 4
19. Prioritize the top 5 things you must do next
Customer priority
Urgency of getting feedback
Relative implementation difficulty
Symbiotic relationships between work
items (e.g. B is easier if we do A first)
STEP 5
20. Talk through each step of your wireframe
Talk through your product roadmap. – Why
these are the top 5 things that matter
most and your estimated timeline.
PRESENT YOUR PLAN