Introduction to Roadmap

Creating Roadmap Stages, and Work Items Provide Transparency to your Audience

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Written by Michael Simmons
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Roadmaps

Roadmaps help you communicate what you’re planning to build, what you’re currently building, what’s already been shipped, and any other “stage” of work you might want to share. A roadmap is a great way to increase transparency and get your customers aligned with your product vision.

Roadmap Stages

Roadmap stages represent the status a project is in. The stages in your roadmap can be completely customized to fit your team's workflow, and you can have as many stages as you need. Common roadmap stages include “Planning”, “In Progress”, and “Complete”.

Creating Roadmap Work Items

Adding items to your roadmap is simple. Once you create roadmap items, you can drag them to different stages as your team progresses through the work. Roadmap items can be associated with any of your LaunchNotes categories.

Roadmap Dates

Dates are often a hot topic when it comes to roadmaps. But LaunchNotes gives you full control over how and whether you want to show the dates on your roadmap. You can choose from four different formatting options:

  1. Do not display

  2. Exact date - May 16, 2020

  3. Fuzzy - This month, next month, March 2022, June 2023

  4. Quarterly - Q2 - 2022

Roadmap Timeline - More Transparency for Your Users

Your users want transparency into what’s happening with your product, and LaunchNotes provides just that with the roadmap timeline. This feature displays a historical log of changes for a given roadmap item, including when it was created and when it transitioned into a new stage like “completed.” By offering your users more transparency into your product’s development, you can increase trust and engagement.

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