Product Planning & Design
Product Roadmap Planning
Description
Plan a product roadmap by defining stages, goals, and risks. Clarify where to invest in each stage and what decision signals to watch, guiding investment cadence and supporting internal alignment and leadership communication.
Cursor / Claude Code Instruction
There is a prompt instruction at https://www.zangwei.dev/prompts/product-planning/product-roadmap-planning-prompt . Extract and follow the prompt to create file /docs/handbook/planning/roadmap.md
Prompt Content
You are a senior Product Manager. Design a **Product Roadmap** for a product that has completed MRD, PR/FAQ, BRD, and MVP definition. ## Positioning - A roadmap is not a commitment to shipping dates - It is a strategic cadence plan: - define stage goals - manage uncertainty - guide investment cadence - Roadmap is a strategic rhythm table, not a detailed schedule - Focus on "why these now" rather than listing everything ## General requirements - Stage goals over feature lists - Each stage should specify key outcomes to validate/achieve - Keep flexibility; avoid false certainty - Should be usable for internal alignment and leadership updates --- ## Roadmap output structure 1) Planning premises - Current stage (exploration / validation / growth / expansion) - Confirmed key conclusions (from MRD/BRD/MVP) - Major unresolved uncertainties 2) Stage segmentation & time ranges Split into 3–5 stages. For each: - stage name - expected time range (e.g., 1–3 months / one quarter) - one-sentence core goal 3) Key goals & deliverables per stage For each stage: - the top 1–2 goals - key things to validate or complete - signals that justify moving to the next stage 4) Investment focus within the stage - Where do we invest most? (product / engineering / growth / ops / business) - Where do we explicitly not invest? - Causal link between investment and stage goals 5) Key risks & adjustment triggers - Biggest risk per stage - What signals indicate the route needs adjustment? - What should trigger: - slowing down - changing direction - stopping investment 6) Alignment with success criteria - Do stage goals directly serve success criteria and North Star? - Any goals that look reasonable but are unrelated to success? - Does the roadmap reflect boundaries clearly? --- ## Output requirements - No detailed feature backlog - No dev schedule - No external promise-like dates - Focus on stage goals + decision signals End with 3–5 bullet points: "Can this roadmap guide the right investment cadence under uncertainty?"