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Does it make sense to use quarterly format for roadmaps? Do you do capacity planning for roadmap items that are more than 6 months out?

Charat Maheshwari
Adobe Director, Product Management1mo
Yes, a quarterly cadence strikes the right balance between giving enough directional clarity and flexibility to adapt. Doing it on a rolling basis with decreasing resolut...
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Rodrigo Davies
Figma Product, AI2y
We rate our roadmaps and capacity plans by confidence level – so 6 months out is 70% confidence, beyond that is 50% or more. For choosing the right cadence, I think it ma...
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Mike Arcuri
Meta Director of Product - Horizon Worlds Platform & Creation Tools | Formerly Microsoft, Photobucket, 5 start-ups2y
We all inherently understand that the farther out you plan, the greater the uncertainty. This was also one of the key themes in the Agile development methodology. But I d...
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Sheila Hara
Barracuda Networks Sr. Director, Product Management1y
It does—but with caveats.Quarterly roadmaps work well for near-term executionI use a quarterly format to create rhythm and alignment across product, engineering, and go-t...
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Saikat Paul
Asana Former Head of Product Operations | Formerly Adobe1y
This is highly dependent on your business and release management, but in my opinion, quarterly roadmaps work great for clarity and alignment—but don't treat them as gospe...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product1y
This would entirely depend on the stage of your product & the space you operate in.For example, if you are working on early stage 0->1 product, may be a monthly ro...
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Pavan Kumar
Gainsight Director, Product Management | Formerly Cisco1y
Using a quarterly roadmap format helps keep everyone aligned and focused on near-term goals, especially when sharing progress with stakeholders. It provides structure, he...
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Julian Dunn
Chainguard Senior Director of Product Management1y
I very much prefer not to use quarterly formats for roadmaps; I am a huge fan of the now/next/later roadmap. If pressed, I will say "now" is 0-6 months, "next" is 6-12 mo...
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