roadmap-frameworks

# Roadmap Frameworks

Frameworks for building, communicating, and managing product roadmaps that align teams, guide execution, and drive strategic outcomes.

## What is a Roadmap?

A roadmap is a strategic communication tool that:
- Shows **WHERE** you're going (direction, themes)
- Explains **WHY** you're going there (strategy, rationale)
- Indicates **WHEN** (roughly) you'll get there (timeframes)
- Communicates **HOW** you'll get there (initiatives, bets)

**NOT**: A list of features with dates
**BUT**: A strategic narrative about the future

**Good roadmaps**: Outcome-oriented, flexible, strategic, audience-appropriate, actionable

**Bad roadmaps**: Feature lists, hard dates, everything for everyone, disconnected from strategy, stale

## When to Use This Skill

**Auto-loaded by agents**:
- `roadmap-builder` - For Now-Next-Later, theme-based, and outcome roadmaps

**Use when you need**:
- Quarterly/annual planning
- Strategic clarity
- Team coordination
- Clear communication
- Investment decisions
- Customer/user communication

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## Roadmap Types

### 1. Now-Next-Later (Recommended for Most)

**Structure**: Three buckets without dates

**NOW**: What we're working on right now (high confidence, active)
**NEXT**: What we'll likely do next (medium confidence, validated)
**LATER**: What we're exploring (low confidence, directional)

**When to use**: Maximum flexibility, minimal commitment, high uncertainty

**Benefits**:
- No date commitments
- Easy to adjust
- Clear focus
- Simple communication

**Template**: `assets/now-next-later-template.md`

Complete template with examples, confidence levels, updating guidance

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### 2. Theme-Based

**Structure**: Strategic themes with grouped initiatives

Organize by themes (e.g., "Enterprise Readiness", "Customer Experience") rather than features.

**When to use**: Communicate strategic focus areas

**Benefits**:
- Strategic clarity
- Outcome-focused
- Flexible within themes

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### 3. Outcome-Based

**Structure**: Lea