Product Roadmap Overload - Challenge Product on Prioritization
Situation
Directed Chris Wolford to push back on Product for a clear separation of critical path vs nice-to-have items in the H1 roadmap. Current roadmap is overloaded and risks critical path items.
Reasoning
An overloaded roadmap creates the illusion of commitment without the reality of delivery. When everything is a priority, nothing is - engineering needs clarity on what actually matters. Protecting critical path items requires explicitly deprioritizing nice-to-haves. This forces Product to make hard choices rather than pushing that burden to engineering.
Additional Context
Came during H1 planning. Slack message to Max: There is no way that everything in Jan gets done in Jan. And: They want a lot. But in having a lot, we lose track of what we need in order to win. And risk not having that.
People Involved
Source
reflection
AI Confidence
85%
Related Context
fathom
The next-half product roadmap is overloaded, risking critical path items. Chris will advocate for Product to separate the roadmap into two tiers.
slack
There is no way that everything in Jan gets done in Jan
Outcome
I think we have an ambitious roadmap in front of us, but an achievable one.
Rating: 4/5
Decision ID: 0a044189-af63-4a7c-95a6-26bc881ebb31