Product Roadmap

A product roadmap built around Now, Next, Later, and Exploring so teams can show direction without pretending every idea has a fixed date.

Product Roadmap

Template facts

Screen

Roadmap

Primary action

Plan product work across horizons

Pattern

Board

State

Default

Design system

Calm Editorial

What this screen helps users do

Product teams need to show what they are doing now, what may come next, and what they are still exploring without turning the roadmap into a task tracker.

Key elements

  • Now, Next, Later, Exploring lanes
  • Outcome or initiative cards
  • Owner and confidence
  • Lightweight status
  • Filters by team or product area

States worth designing

  • No initiatives in a horizon
  • Archived initiative
  • Blocked initiative
  • Low-confidence idea
  • Read-only roadmap

Where this screen sits in the flow

Product Home → Roadmap → Initiative Detail → Evidence / Scope → Delivery View

Patterns used

Board, horizon lanes, filters, confidence labels, initiative cards

Why these choices work

Use horizons instead of generic task stages. Keep dates secondary unless the team has made a real commitment. Let evidence and scope live inside each initiative.

Start from this in Figr

Create a high-fidelity product roadmap for a software product team. Use Now, Next, Later, and Exploring. Show realistic initiatives, owners, confidence, product areas, and a clear path into initiative detail.

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