How far out should your roadmap go? Generally, the pace of change and development is directly related to your product’s stage of life and the maturity of its market.
If companies in your space are still figuring out what the future might hold, it doesn’t make sense to spend a lot of time making detailed long-term plans that will surely change. Here is a chart of recommended roadmap timeframes based on a product’s stage of life:
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This is from Chapter 10 of my book Product Roadmaps Relaunched. Do you agree? Discruss.