In this chapter, we've looked at how roadmaps play an essential part in creating alignment with our organization's purpose and strategic intent.

We discussed the Product Discovery phase, which we use to ascertain which direction our product is going to take.

We looked at two techniques for Product Discovery: User Story Mapping and Impact Mapping. These methods are both centered on user outcomes and help us determine how we'll solve the business problem with our customer in mind.

Next, we looked at why it's important to include the development team and stakeholders in the product discovery phase. Each group will have a valuable contribution regarding what we should build; one group represents the problem (business) domain and the other represents the solution (technical) domain. Most importantly, having both groups present will hopefully bring to the...