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Roadmap management isn’t about maintaining a plan. That’s the mistake. It’s about managing product decisions over time as priorities collide, information changes, and assumptions get challenged. If teams don’t treat this as a decision discipline, roadmaps quietly turn into theater. They look aligned, but real trade-offs happen elsewhere, in side conversations, spreadsheets, or escalation meetings. Strategy drifts. Delivery keeps moving. No one can quite explain why. When roadmap management is done properly, it gives teams a shared way to surface trade-offs, respond to learning, and keep strategy, delivery, and outcomes connected as conditions change. This piece lays out what effective roadmap management actually looks like in modern product teams, and why so many roadmaps fail in predictable ways: 👉 https://lnkd.in/eGiA6gfd

OKRs get talked about a lot. Usually in planning decks and kickoff meetings. Much less attention goes to what happens afterwards. When priorities collide. When delivery pressure ramps up. When someone asks why this work matters. This piece looks at how OKRs hold up under those conditions, and what it takes for them to stay useful once the real work starts. Worth a read if OKRs currently feel more ceremonial than practical. 👉 https://lnkd.in/ej2YtqrK

Alignment means different things to different teams. Sometimes that’s the problem.

 Today’s the day! 🚨 Join us live for How to Balance Discovery and Delivery Without Becoming an Agency. Janna Bastow will dive into: ✔ Why teams drift into agency mode ✔ How to protect discovery time ✔ What a strategic roadmap actually looks like ✔ How to rebuild product-led habits for 2026 We go live soon.  Grab your spot here 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q03WQ6Wx0

“It’s just one small change” has killed more projects than bad strategy ever did. Scope creep isn’t about discipline. It’s about missing systems for making trade-offs visible. We unpack what’s really going on, and how product teams can say “not now” without shutting innovation down. Full breakdown here: https://lnkd.in/eSQhtxiG

📣 One day left to register! If your product team is navigating misalignment, delivery chaos, or roadmap drift, this session will be a game-changer. Janna Bastow will share how to diagnose the drift and rebuild a healthy, product-led roadmap for 2026. Save your spot 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q03WQ6Wx0

AI is already changing how product teams work. The biggest impact isn’t where many expected.

Product-led growth isn’t a tactic. It’s a way of running your business. We break down what Product Led Growth (PLG) actually means, how it works in real teams, what it gets right, and where it breaks down when misunderstood. 🤓 If PLG feels over-simplified or over-hyped, this will help reset the conversation. Read the full breakdown here 👇 https://lnkd.in/erh4MmPA

Your roadmap shouldn’t require an apology. Most product managers get stuck defending timelines they never believed in, because dates create false certainty and everyone knows it. A Now–Next–Later roadmap gives teams a way to show direction and priority without pretending the future is fixed. Work is framed around outcomes, initiatives are ordered by confidence, and priorities can move as reality changes. This is how teams keep stakeholders informed without overcommitting, and keep trust intact when plans evolve. 👉 If roadmap conversations keep getting tense, this is a better way to run them.

Custom work doesn’t scale. Yet many product teams find themselves drowning in one-off features, enterprise demands, and commitments that crowd out strategic progress. Join us on Jan 28 to learn how to get your team back to solving problems, not selling time. Janna Bastow will share real-world patterns, practical steps, and a better way to balance discovery + delivery. Save your spot 👉 https://hubs.ly/Q03WQ6Wx0