Timeline and Roadmap Template

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Timeline & Roadmap

[Project or product] · [Year] · [Owner]

Edit: every bar, milestone and label is a shape — drag it to a new date or type over it.

Slide 2

[Year] timeline: 12 months at a glance

Edit: move a milestone card and its dot together; months are 0.73 in apart.

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Jul

Aug

Sep

Oct

Nov

Dec

[Kick-off] [Team and goals agreed]

[Research done] [20 customer interviews]

[Prototype] [First version tested]

[Launch] [Public release]

[Scale] [Second market]

[Review] [Results and next plan]

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Slide 3

Quarterly roadmap by team

Edit: rename the lanes; stretch a bar across quarters by dragging its side handle.

Q1 [Year]

Q2 [Year]

Q3 [Year]

Q4 [Year]

[Product]

[Discovery]

[Build v1 and beta]

[Marketing]

[Brand and site]

[Launch campaign]

[Sales]

[Pricing]

[First 20 customers]

[Operations]

[Hiring and tools]

[Support desk]

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Slide 4

Key milestones

Edit: status words are Done, On track, At risk or Late — change the cell colour to match.

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Slide 5

Product roadmap: now, next, later

Edit: no dates here on purpose — move a card between columns when priorities change.

Now building this quarter

[Feature or fix 1] [Why: customer need or metric]

[Feature or fix 2] [Why: customer need or metric]

[Feature or fix 3] [Why: customer need or metric]

Next 1–2 quarters out

[Idea with evidence 1] [Why: customer need or metric]

[Idea with evidence 2] [Why: customer need or metric]

[Idea with evidence 3] [Why: customer need or metric]

Later worth exploring

[Bet 1] [Why: customer need or metric]

[Bet 2] [Why: customer need or metric]

[Bet 3] [Why: customer need or metric]

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Phases and deliverables

Edit: one chevron per phase; list three to five deliverables under each.

Phase 1 [Discover]

[Dates: ___ – ___] [Interviews] [Problem brief] [Go / no-go]

Gate: [what must be true to move on]

Phase 2 [Design]

[Dates: ___ – ___] [Prototype] [User tests] [Spec]

Gate: [what must be true to move on]

Phase 3 [Build]

[Dates: ___ – ___] [Version 1] [Beta group] [Fixes]

Gate: [what must be true to move on]

Phase 4 [Launch]

[Dates: ___ – ___] [Release] [Campaign] [Review]

Gate: [what must be true to move on]

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Slide 7

Risks and dependencies

Edit: list what can move a date; give every risk one owner and a next step.

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