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Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty

Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty

byC. Todd Lombardo
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Rasputin
5.0 out of 5 starsTerrific book
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2018
I purchased this book to find some good roadmap templates and examples. As I browsed through, few such examples existed. Bummer.

Nonetheless, the book is a wonderful deep dive. On one level, it’s about product strategy. On a second level, it’s about how to effectively get your roadmap through an organization.

I’m a grizzled 30 year product development exec. & I learned a lot from this book.
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2.0 out of 5 starsThis book is a disappointment
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2020
I normally love books from O'Reilly, but this one isn't really about Product Roadmaps. It's just a mishmash of thoughts by multiple people who don't understand product roadmaps, they are adherents of design thinking and design sprints, both of which are wonderful, but they are not product roadmaps.

A product roadmap is a real thing that may be provided to customers, I wish O'Reilly had written a book about how to make them. This is a book that is about Design Thinking, which is a process which was developed at the University of California at San Diego, and used by the design community. UCSD also introduced User Centered System Design, abbreviated as User Centered Design or just UX for User Experience.

From the book's preface addressing who is the book written for... "If you’re wondering if that’s you, we’re referring to the individual or individuals responsible for developing, prioritizing, and rallying support for the development of a product or service. "

Engineers and marketers produce and share product roadmaps for their customers -- What products have these four co-authors shipped, where are those roadmaps? Good luck finding them in this book.

Also, I bought the print edition because I had read complaints about the image quality of the Kindle edition. Sadly, the print is too small in this edition. The whole book, including pictures and font sizes, would benefit from increasing it 50%. If I hadn't been slow about it, I would gladly return the book for a refund.
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2.0 out of 5 stars This book is a disappointment
Reviewed in the United States on August 30, 2020
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I normally love books from O'Reilly, but this one isn't really about Product Roadmaps. It's just a mishmash of thoughts by multiple people who don't understand product roadmaps, they are adherents of design thinking and design sprints, both of which are wonderful, but they are not product roadmaps.

A product roadmap is a real thing that may be provided to customers, I wish O'Reilly had written a book about how to make them. This is a book that is about Design Thinking, which is a process which was developed at the University of California at San Diego, and used by the design community. UCSD also introduced User Centered System Design, abbreviated as User Centered Design or just UX for User Experience.

From the book's preface addressing who is the book written for... "If you’re wondering if that’s you, we’re referring to the individual or individuals responsible for developing, prioritizing, and rallying support for the development of a product or service. "

Engineers and marketers produce and share product roadmaps for their customers -- What products have these four co-authors shipped, where are those roadmaps? Good luck finding them in this book.

Also, I bought the print edition because I had read complaints about the image quality of the Kindle edition. Sadly, the print is too small in this edition. The whole book, including pictures and font sizes, would benefit from increasing it 50%. If I hadn't been slow about it, I would gladly return the book for a refund.
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Rasputin
5.0 out of 5 stars Terrific book
Reviewed in the United States on February 24, 2018
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I purchased this book to find some good roadmap templates and examples. As I browsed through, few such examples existed. Bummer.

Nonetheless, the book is a wonderful deep dive. On one level, it’s about product strategy. On a second level, it’s about how to effectively get your roadmap through an organization.

I’m a grizzled 30 year product development exec. & I learned a lot from this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars One of the best resources for Product-Roadmapping
Reviewed in the United States on October 31, 2019
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I found this to be a foundational book on road-mapping. Without being another source of road-mapping info, it provides very convincing reasons for investing in vision, business objectives, themes and calls out some of the different approaches used in road-mapping and what the pitfalls are. Some of the not much talked about options that PMs do like shuttle diplomacy, differences between alignment vs consensus is defined very well. Its probably the best road-mapping resource I've found. The format makes it super easy to read - I got it on a Monday and was done by Wed. Awesome job - all the authors!
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jfoster
5.0 out of 5 stars This book is amazing
Reviewed in the United States on June 15, 2021
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The entire layout is awesome. The book is clear, concise, SIMPLE , easy and keeps your attention. I am so happy to see someone stressing what I am been try to convey at my company. ANYONE in product management or ANYONE who needs to do roadmaps should own this book. Thank you for writing such a wonderful useful book
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Richard Banfield
5.0 out of 5 stars Simple and Sophisticated Approach to a Ubiquitous Problem Facing Product Teams
Reviewed in the United States on November 20, 2017
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Developing roadmaps for products and services has become a prioritization and political nightmare for most organizations. This book provides a simple, yet appropriately sophisticated, approach to cutting through that mess. The authors recommend tackling roadmaps with a more flexible and realistic process. By decoupling the roadmap from feature lists and product release cycles they have provided product leaders (and teams) with a tool that delivers value to the entire product org. My feeling is that this book could become the go-to manual for product planning in the months and years ahead.
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Jesse K. Richards
5.0 out of 5 stars Explains the perfect roadmap and so much more
Reviewed in the United States on June 14, 2020
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One of the best Product books I've ever read. Confirmed the broad strokes of how I make roadmaps now, but if I had read this book earlier, it would have saved me years of trial and error and hard lessons learned. And the book still has lots of tips and small points that are helping me refine my roadmap now.
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Venkat Narayanan
5.0 out of 5 stars This book was an eye-opener and life-changer for me
Reviewed in the United States on November 21, 2020
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Newbies (like me) struggle with creating a roadmap. I had to unlearn several bad roadmap creation practices after reading this book. I wish I had read this book before I created so many bad roadmaps. After reading this book, I was clear on the steps to create, socialize, and maintain a useful roadmap. A roadmap is not just a pretty diagram. It is a strategic communication tool. With an effective roadmap, you will become a trusted advisor to your stakeholders. Also, I highly recommend Bruce McCarthy's class on roadmaps. Wait, there's more! My boss was very pleased when his whole team learned how to create effective roadmaps using the concepts in this book.
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5.0 out of 5 stars Great insights and valuable practical advise
Reviewed in the United States on July 9, 2020
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Even though Product Road Mapping seems to be a practice that has been around for years, there is so much variability on how one should be created and managed based on particular context. As a practicing Product Management professional, I found this book very valuable and gave me a number of practical ideas I can use in my day to day work. Highly recommended for anyone involved in building Technology products.
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5.0 out of 5 stars A recommended read for every product manager.
Reviewed in the United States on December 3, 2018
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Very comprehensive cover of the topic, from the why, what, to the how of a product roadmap. After reading this book, I have a renewed interest in building a roadmap for my teams.
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Roger L. Katz
5.0 out of 5 stars This was an excellent book and working model on how to create modern ...
Reviewed in the United States on December 19, 2017
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This was an excellent book and working model on how to create modern day roadmaps. I enjoyed the background, examples and expertise offered by the authors. The framework and illustrations were excellent. I also found the flow of the book very useful in being able to work through a roadmapping exercise while going through the book. I highly recommend this book for readers interested in understanding the value of product roadmaps, and those tasked with creating them.
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