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How do you think about communicating your roadmap to other teams? What level of detail do people need?

Marion Nammack
Braze Director of Product Management4y
The level of detail that people on other teams need depends on what they are using the roadmap for. Our roadmap planning tool enables us to create multiple views of the r...
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Jacqueline Porter
IBM Product Management4y
I love this question - the audience is everything! I typically have 3 pre-prepared altitudes for my product roadmap which correspond to a specific persona and time horizo...
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Kara Gillis
Cortex VP of Product | Formerly Splunk, Deloitte3y
I tailor the product roadmap to the person / group with whom I'm communicating. I often will use Google Slides for a customer or sales facing presentation. With engineeri...
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Ashwin Arun Poothatta
Green Dot Principal Product Manager | Formerly Narvar, Stamps, Accenture3y
A product roadmap is a tool that communicates strategy, goals, metrics, features, initiatives, and timelines to the organization. It is key to achieving alignment and buy...
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Krishna Panicker
Airbase VP Product | Formerly Skype, Microsoft, Blink and Pipedrive4y
Identify who wants and needs visibility of the Roadmap. Ask each group why and what they will do with the information. Then tailor the experience for them. For example sa...
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Zeeshan Qamruddin
Cloudflare Sr. Director of Product | Formerly Segment, WeWork, Airbnb2y
Roadmap communication is often just as critical as developing it in the first place. Our team has a number of internal stakeholders that are directly impacted by the deci...
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Marvin Green
Splunk Director, Product Management3y
Thanks for the question! Earlier in my PM career, I used to keep my roadmap a “secret”. As I gain more experience, I realized that it’s valuable to share the roadmap open...
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Brandon Green
Buffer Staff Product Manager | Formerly Wayfair, Abstract, CustomMade, Sonicbids3y
I've found that there are basically 2 levels of detail that matter, with the goal of each being somewhat different: Executive summary (Director/VP/C-suite audience) - wh...
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Farheen Noorie
Superhuman Head of Product, Enterprise2y
How you communicate your roadmaps depends on who you are communicating it to plus the existing processes in your organization. Here are some examplesExecutive Staff: I ha...
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Lukas Pleva
HubSpot Group Product Manager2y
It depends on who the other team is and what I expect them to do with the information.If it's another team that I depend on to execute my goals, I'll share more details. ...
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Sirisha Machiraju
Level AI VP of Product1y
How, when & the level of detail of roadmaps delivery will depend on the audience. In general, for any team, understand their role in your roadmap execution lifecycle ...
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Rodrigo Davies
Figma Product, AI2y
It depends a lot on the team, of course. There should always be a one-page version that any interested stakeholder can consume, but that won't answer all the questions so...
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Abhiroop Basu
Square Product Lead, Payments2y
Depending on the team in question the level of detail and approach will differ on how you communicate your roadmap. Here are some of the key teams you'll partner with and...
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Aindra Misra
BILL Director, Product Management (Data, AI, DevEx, Identity) | Formerly Twitter/X1y
Based on the type of stakeholders you are communicating your roadmap, the level of detail will differ. Here are the different examples and scenarios:Upper Management and ...
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Preethy Vaidyanathan
Matterport VP of Product2y
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 yo...
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Orit Golowinski
JetBrains Head of Product | Formerly GitLab, Jit.io, Cellebrite, Anima1y
One of the key skills a product manager must master is storytelling—the ability to communicate the roadmap in a way that resonates with different audiences. While the cor...
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Pavan Kumar
Gainsight Director, Product Management | Formerly Cisco1y
Start with a good understanding each one of your audience. For executive leadership, emphasise high-level goals and how key initiatives align with the company’s strate...
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Julie Lam
Zoom Head of Product Operations1y
Communication of roadmap with internal teams is important to ensure alignment of the vision and priorities. On an annual basis, Product org should share the strategy and ...
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Devesh (Dev) Verma
eBay Head of Lending Product & Strategic Partnerships (North America & Europe)1y
A roadmap isn’t just a list of features—it’s a narrative that aligns teams, clarifies priorities, and drives execution. Here’s how I approach it:🔹 Start with the WHY → Se...
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