Assembla principals have been through dozens of product planning sessions for new products, new businesses, and mature enterprise products. We know how to move the process along and arrive at an inspirational result.
New products
A roadmap is a prioritized list of feature releases. Roadmapping focuses the team on doing the most important things first, unlocks the magic of incremental development, and increases the value of a development investment.
A new product starts with an expansive vision of what is possible. The new product roadmap breaks this down into bits that are important and prioritized. An effective new product roadmapping session point you to a minimal first release that is compelling and achievable in the near future.
Roadmapping will also give the participants a chance to refine the technical architecture and rollout plan.
Existing products
Existing products often carry a long list of freature requests, each of which is important for some constituency. An effective roadmapping session will sort these into themes and create consensus around a few important goals for the next few releases. Business progress and release frequency is accelerated.
Read more at Roadmapping: How Your Product Finds Its Way