PIC Product Lifecycle & Roadmap Development 3

Question 1

A product manager keeps one internal roadmap and makes a separate version for customers. Why?

Accepted Answer

Different audiences need different detail, and external roadmaps should avoid firm commitments

Answer

External roadmaps leave out sensitive detail and firm dates to avoid binding commitments, while internal ones guide execution.

Question 2

Which approach best decides whether to sunset a mature product line?

Accepted Answer

Weigh profitability, strategic fit, customer impact, and support costs

Answer

Retirement decisions should rest on business and market evidence, including customer and revenue impact.

Question 3

What is a key risk of a roadmap built mostly on feature requests from current customers?

Accepted Answer

It may ignore the problems of new markets and prospects, leading to incremental products

Answer

Over-relying on existing customers can trap the product in incremental changes and miss larger market opportunities.

Question 4

Which practice helps extend a product's maturity stage?

Accepted Answer

Finding new market segments or new uses for the product

Answer

Entering new segments or uses can renew growth and extend maturity.

Question 5

A roadmap built around themes such as "reduce onboarding time" instead of specific features is called what?

Accepted Answer

An outcome- or theme-based roadmap

Answer

Theme-based roadmaps put problems and outcomes first and keep solutions flexible.

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