Course Description
Successful creation of a product management roadmap will be core to your success as a product manager. KnowledgeCity’s Product Roadmaps and Product Development course lays out the key aspects of what a product roadmap is, how it fits with product strategy, and the development process.
You will learn how to create a product roadmap that ties closely to your corporate strategy. When done correctly, it can help drive product development and engineering to create excellent products. This course gives you the basic tools to get you started in achieving this. It lays out key processes and tools that will assist you in the creation of a product roadmap. It explains how a successful and well-thought-out roadmap fits within a company’s corporate and product strategy, and complements other departments’ dialogue, particularly the product development team. Additionally, you will learn best practices for researching, updating, and promoting your product roadmap.
Learning Objectives
- Understand What a Product Roadmap Is and Why It’s Important
- Learn How Product Roadmaps Support Product and Corporate Strategy
- Discover Why a Product Roadmap Is Key to the Creation of a Product Development Plan
- Learn the Importance of Product Roadmaps in Organizations Using Agile Development
What You'll Learn
- Understand what a product roadmap is and why it is important
- Explain how product roadmaps support product and corporate strategy
- Connect the product roadmap to the creation of a product development plan
- Navigate the development process and product backlog
- Apply product roadmaps in organizations using Agile development
- Identify the key processes, tools, and features for building a roadmap
Key Takeaways
- Successful creation of a product management roadmap is core to a product manager's success.
- A well-thought-out roadmap fits within a company's corporate and product strategy and complements other departments' dialogue, particularly the product development team.
- When done correctly, a product roadmap can help drive product development and engineering to create excellent products.
- The course covers best practices for researching, updating, and promoting a product roadmap.
- Product roadmaps are key in organizations that use Agile development.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is this course for?
It is aimed at product managers, for whom successful creation of a product management roadmap is core to their success.
What does this course cover?
It lays out the key aspects of what a product roadmap is, how it fits with product strategy, and the development process, including the product lifecycle, defining the roadmap, product strategy, the development process and product backlog, Agile product roadmaps, and features.
What will I be able to do after taking this course?
You will learn how to create a product roadmap that ties closely to your corporate strategy, along with best practices for researching, updating, and promoting your product roadmap.
Does this course address Agile development?
Yes. It covers the importance of product roadmaps in organizations using Agile development and includes a lesson on Agile product roadmaps.
Is there an assessment in this course?
Yes. The course includes a Test Your Knowledge lesson.
