Technical Roadmaps

Help the user create effective technical roadmaps using frameworks and insights from 1 product leader.

How to Help

When the user asks for help with technical roadmaps:

1. Understand the context - Ask about their current technical state, team size, and business constraints
2. Ensure it's written down - A strategy that isn't documented can't be debugged or aligned around
3. Apply the Rumelt framework - Structure as Diagnosis (what's the problem), Guiding Policies (principles for decisions), and Actions (what you'll do)
4. Favor boring strategies - Help them resist the urge to introduce new tools when existing ones would suffice

Core Principles

Write it down

Will Larson: "The first rule of strategy is that if you write it down, then you can improve it. If it's not written down, it's hard to say if this PM is just not a good PM or if they're trying to apply a strategy they've misunderstood." A written strategy provides a baseline that can be critiqued and improved.