What are roadmaps and what it's purpose?
Everyday routine of my day since i've joined this platform is to read articles, not just only the articles but the comments as well. (So I can downvote those spam comments. Evil laugh)
When checking the top articles for the week, I came across an article comparing BCH IFP and BCH Non IFP. I've noticed first the word roadmap and as I began reading comments along with those annoying spam, there is one comment that caught my eye, "no roadmap then no future grow!?"
As i've read some articles again, I stumbled upon an article that talks about the unofficial roadmap of Bitcoin Cash.
Here is the link:
So what's the big deal with this roadmap?
When you click the three line on the upper right of the screen on read.cash, it will open a navigation window. And at the bottom you can also see the word roadmap.
Honestly, I didn't even bothered to read it until this word roadmap keeps popping on differents articles here on readcash. Let's have some overview of roadmap for us to know what it means, it's purpose and how it works.
Roadmaps
A high level overview of a product or project's vision and direction overtime
Shows the overall strategy and work required to get there
Acts as a single reference point to ensure everyone on the team shares the same understanding of the goals driving on initiative
A living breathing document that everyone on team can review and agree on
Having a central overview, everyone can reference makes it easier to alter or update the priority of tasks in milestone when changes to initiatives are required
Roadmaps serves several purposes
It maps out your vision and strategic goal in a visual way
Details how you'll deliver against that vision and strategy
Communicates the necessary information to align stakeholders
Sets your priorities so that you can focus on what's important
Roadmaps are important. It enables you to set a long-term plan based on strategic thinking and clear prioritization.
Roadmaps align stakeholders and keep everyone in the loop
When priorities have been set, your roadmap will help you to visualize them clearly
With a shared understanding of strategy, sticking to roadmap os the clearest way to success.
Examples of roadmap
Product roadmaps - visual document that serves as a single source of truth to map out both the short and long term direction of your product, as well as all the steps that need to take place to deliver against your goal
Business roadmaps - allows cross-organization teams to plan and communicate strategic goals while keepong stakeholders aligned. It also tend to high level documents focused on the key steps required to achieve the businessess key objectives and goals
Technology roadmap - used in the complicated process of implementing new tools in the workplace and who will be responsible for ensuring the success of the project. It can also be used for charge management, upgrades to tools or rolling out changes to a whol organization
Marketing roadmaps - provides a high-level overviw of your marketing strategy for your team and stakeholders. Marketing roadmaps illustrate projects and activities from various channels like digital marketing, content, events and advertising
Depending of a case, you may decide to opt for a
Progress-based roadmap - divides the current item into lanes based on the level of progress, for example as "to-do," "in progress," or "done."
Time-based roadmap - primarily focused on dates, milestones, and deadlines. This is used as the main mechanism for measuring success which can be a great method for visualizing how your product will progress over time
How to create roadmaps?
Roadmapping - enables a group of people to explore a topic based on where they are now and where they want to get to in forming a plan on how to get there. Trough the process you need to consider, why you need to take action, what you need to do, how you do it and by when.
Roadmap are essential. It
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