Product Roadmapping (Now-Next-Later)

Summary

A roadmap format that groups work into Now (committed, in progress), Next (planned, not yet started) and Later (directionally likely) — avoiding the false precision of fixed dates far in the future.

• 1Rebuild a feature-request list you know of into a Now-Next-Later roadmap.
• 2Learn why over-committing to dates on a public roadmap creates trust problems later.
• 3Compare this format to a traditional Gantt-chart roadmap and note the trade-offs.