Prioritize your roadmap and defend itin 5 steps

The steps and the skill for each

1. 1

   Pick a framework

   Pick the framework that fits your stage and your stakeholders, before anyone argues about scores.

   Skill: Prioritization Advisor

2. 2

   Score the list

   Score the list with that framework, with the assumptions behind each number written down.

   Skill: Define Prioritization Framework

3. 3

   Draw the roadmap

   Turn the ranked list into a Now/Next/Later roadmap with dependencies.

   Skill: Roadmap

4. 4

   Stress-test the plan

   Test the plan for overcommitment, missing dependencies and work nobody owns.

   Skill: Roadmap Reality Checker

5. 5

   Prepare the briefing

   Prepare the briefing and the FAQ per audience, so the questions you will get already have an answer.

   Skill: Stakeholder Alignment

• Find the problem worth solving

  Six steps, from a hunch to a validated problem

  1. 01The hunch as a problem
  2. 02Plan the interviews
  3. 03What's already out there
  4. +3 more steps

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• Weekly review without the slog

  Turn a week of scattered work into a clean 3P (Progress / Plans / Problems) update your team will actually read.

  1. 01Pull the week's issues
  2. 02Confirm what shipped
  3. 03Draft the review
  4. +2 more steps

  5 steps

• Write a doc your team finishes reading

  Go from a hazy topic to a doc your team will actually finish reading. Research-grounded, structured, ready to publish.

  1. 01Gather the sources
  2. 02Check the technical facts
  3. 03Write the draft
  4. +2 more steps

  5 steps