Comments on: The GO Product Roadmap

By: Roman Pichler

Roman Pichler — Mon, 16 Jan 2023 08:41:05 +0000

Thanks for sharing your question Maggie. The metrics on the GO product roadmap are the measurements that allow you to determine if the goals are met. As I mention in the article you referenced, I recommend adding the roadmap metrics to your set of key performance indicators (KPIs). They are therefore a subset of your KPIs. You are right that roadmap metrics are often associated with a time frame, unlike other KPIs that measure the progress towards meeting the needs and business goals (stated in the product strategy) and the product health. But I would always discover the metrics based on the goals of a specific roadmap–not based on a general set of KPIs. Hope this helps.

By: Maggie Ivaylova

Maggie Ivaylova — Sat, 14 Jan 2023 17:46:20 +0000

Hi Roman, How do you differentiate between KPIs (in your article https://www.romanpichler.com/blog/how-to-choose-the-right-kpis-for-your-product/) and metrics in the GO Product Roadmap? What’s the difference? Does the time until goal attainment determine whether a given KPI should be listed as a metric on the GO Product Roadmap or not?

By: Roman Pichler

Roman Pichler — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 08:04:58 +0000

In reply to Luz.

You’re welcome Luz and thank you for your feedback!

By: Luz

Luz — Fri, 23 Apr 2021 02:43:44 +0000

Gracias Roman , sos muy claro y generoso para explicar. Celebro que haya profesionales como vos , que dan acceso al conocimiento gratuito. Eso es un valor etico para la sociedad.-

By: Roman Pichler

Roman Pichler — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 08:24:53 +0000

In reply to Afroze. Thank you for sharing your questions Afroze. Please take a look my article OKRs in Product Management, which should answer your first question. I left out Q4 for the sake of simplicity. Your second question should be addressed by article Should Product Roadmaps Have Dates? Hope this helps!

By: Afroze

Afroze — Wed, 10 Mar 2021 06:02:21 +0000

Hi Roman,
I have a question here. While objectives can be used as goals and key results as more the product backlog as these are work items that lead to results. Second, why have Q4 in the roadmap, are we not locking the future feature and making it less flexible ?

By: Roman Pichler

Roman Pichler — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:15:46 +0000

In reply to Nora Pfützenreuter. 👍

By: Nora Pfützenreuter

Nora Pfützenreuter — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 15:04:55 +0000

In reply to Roman Pichler.

Hello Roman, yes thanks, that helped a lot! Looking forward to that new article 🙂
Thank you! Nora

By: Roman Pichler

Roman Pichler — Fri, 23 Oct 2020 09:22:23 +0000

In reply to Nora Pfützenreuter. Hi Nora, Thank you for sharing your question. You can view the product goals on the GO product roadmap as objectives and the features, metrics, and dates as key results, based on John Doerr's definition of OKRs. Doerr states that an objective describes what is to be achieved. Key results determine how we get to the objective. You can therefore view the two approaches as being compatible. This is probably no coincidence: I worked in the late 1990ies at Intel, where OKRs were invented. I've been a fan of working with goals ever since, see also my article "Leading Through Shared Goals". If I get round to it, I'll write an article on OKRs and my product management tools ;-) Does this help?

By: Nora Pfützenreuter

Nora Pfützenreuter — Thu, 22 Oct 2020 14:47:22 +0000

Hi Roman,

My teams are using objectives and key results (OKRs). Do you think this approach could complement or substitute a goal-oriented product roadmap? I am asking this because I can see some similarities in the elements of these two concepts.

I am looking forward to hearing your perspective 🙂 Thank you.