The Product Roadmap vs. the Release Plan

Product managers are the navigation system of a company. Think about it like GPS. When you enter an address into GPS, you get the final destination — as well as a list of the turns you need to make in order to get there. Product managers essentially do the same thing for an organization.

You set a high-level course for the product direction and then organize the actual work needed to make the vision a reality.

You do this with a strategic product roadmap with corresponding release plans. T...