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AMA: Matterport VP of Product, Preethy Vaidyanathan on Product Roadmap Planning

October 25 @ 11:00AM PST
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Matterport VP of Product, Preethy Vaidyanathan on Product Roadmap Planning
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How do you think about communicating your roadmap to other teams? What level of detail do people need?
Preethy Vaidyanathan
Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of Product • October 25
What is your objective, who is your audience and what are their needs. An effective presentation of your roadmap addresses all three questions. The communication style you deploy is starting with the audience's needs and weaving in what you hope to achieve. For example:  Your audience: prospect......Read More
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We’re pivoting our product, and it’s difficult to plan the roadmap too far out. How do we reset expectations on what product communicates?
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Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of Product • October 25
If you are unable to have a longer term roadmap view: then proactively reset expectations while increasing the cadence of communication.  There may be a number of reasons why you are in this state: product pivot, external event like global pandemic happening that changes customer and market dyn......Read More
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What framework should I use to prioritize either dedicating engineering resources to build out product functionality or just using a 3rd party service?
Preethy Vaidyanathan
Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of Product • October 25
When deciding between dedicated vs. 3rd party engineering, consider the following factors: Final product experience:  Evaluate the final product experience delivery to customers. For example, with a 3rd party tech team, does your design decisions make it a longer workflow for customers becaus......Read More
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It’s impossible to get our exec team to focus on one segment. How do I balance prioritizing my roadmap while building for different segments?
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Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of Product • October 25
This can happen because your product growth potential is sufficiently broad across multiple customer segments or you may be operating a complex product surface that serves different segments (eg: multi-sided marketplace).  Turn this impossible situation around, instead of asking your execs to ......Read More
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When does it make sense to make your roadmap publically available, and what do you include (vs your internal roadmap)
Preethy Vaidyanathan
Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of Product • October 25
There are three high-level options:  * Internal roadmap only * Fully public: roadmap published externally for all customers and prospects  * Customer-facing roadmap that your Sales, Customer success, Sales Engineering and field teams are trained on to share   The choice of roadmap d......Read More
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