roadmaps have existed for so long because they serve two purposes, and these needs don't go away: The first purpose is because the management of the company wants to make sure that teams are working on the highest‐business‐value items first. The second purpose is because—since they're trying to run a business—there are cases where they need to make date‐based commitments, and the roadmap is where they see and track those commitments (even though in most companies, they rarely trust the dates anymore).