Nobody will argue that a successful release of any project depends on various factors, especially at the beginning of the project. If you want to achieve a high-quality result, you should think about it from the very beginning of the development process. For that purpose many companies use roadmaps. Why are they so important and how to make them up?
What is a roadmap?
A roadmap in mobile development is the document reflecting the strategy for the product development, that includes focus areas, goals, and deadlines. It’s not just a list of technical requirements of the project, it answers the question “Why do we do it?” Too much information will do it difficult to understand and visualize. That’s why the main purpose of a roadmap is to provide deep insight to the member of the core team.
In this way, a roadmap can accumulate priorities and plans in the long term. It should also include the influence of the current project on the target audience, purpose, and importance for the client.
What are the components of a roadmap? Usually, it consists of the purposes, timescale and steps, results, risks, and dependencies. It’s normal if a roadmap for one project will take just one page to visualize. But sometimes you’ll need more space to depict problems or hypotheses, synthesis of the facts approving of the chosen approach, logic and tools, etc.
You may choose any type of roadmaps. It can be commercial for an increase of your marketing rates, or technological for technical features.
What are the types of roadmaps?
There are 2 types of roadmaps: Waterfall and Agile. Waterfall models include clear and consequent stages, and you usually can’t change their order. It allows you to present your project in a logical way. Waterfall roadmaps are business-oriented and based on financial parameters. They are made up for 1–2 years.
Agile models let divide the development process into cycles and depict the result for each of them. You can see the parallel work over the project on this type of roadmaps. These models are client-oriented and are made up for several months.
How to make up a roadmap?
1. Study the context
You should put your project into the modern context so that you could answer the question “Why do I do it?” Gather your goals, make research with your client, assess the market, and analyze the business metrics. The general picture will help you to understand the future project.
2. Decide how to depict it on your map
You can use any task tracker or just a Gantt diagram, or even a chronological line.
3. Set the time periods
You should set the deadline and stimulate your work to be done by this moment. Discuss with your team what results should be achieved by this time.
4. Predict main risks and consider the strategies for their minimization
A roadmap should as well include possible risks of your project and the strategies on how to minimize or eliminate them.
5. Describe all the steps
A roadmap should not only contain steps of the current development but also represent its influence on the global market. Include here the possibilities for the project scaling.
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