deliveryroadmap
Create a delivery roadmap that translates strategy into sequenced releases with milestones and dependencies.
When & Why to Use This Skill
This Claude skill empowers Product and Program Managers to bridge the gap between high-level strategy and execution. By automating the creation of sequenced delivery roadmaps, it provides a structured framework for defining milestones, managing cross-team dependencies, and establishing clear communication plans, ensuring project transparency and delivery realism.
Use Cases
- Strategic Alignment: Translating annual product themes and OKRs into a concrete, time-bound release schedule for the upcoming quarters.
- Dependency Mapping: Identifying and documenting critical technical or resource dependencies between multiple teams to prevent bottlenecks and ensure smooth sequencing.
- Risk Management: Proactively identifying delivery risks and creating structured mitigation strategies to maintain project momentum and manage stakeholder expectations.
- Stakeholder Communication: Generating professional roadmap overviews and communication plans tailored for executive reviews and cross-functional alignment.
| name | delivery.roadmap |
|---|---|
| phase | delivery |
| description | Known cross-team or platform dependencies. |
| - name | dependencies |
Purpose
Provide a roadmap artifact that balances ambition with delivery realism and gives stakeholders visibility into upcoming milestones.
Pre-run Checklist
- ✅ Align on strategic themes and investment mix with leadership.
- ✅ Confirm engineering capacity and velocity assumptions.
- ✅ Collect known dependencies, risks, and sequencing constraints.
Invocation Guidance
codex run --skill delivery.roadmap \
--vars "product={{product}}" \
"horizon={{horizon}}" \
"themes={{themes}}" \
"dependencies={{dependencies}}"
Recommended Input Attachments
- OKR drafts or strategic plans.
- Engineering capacity plans.
- Dependency tracker or RAID log.
Claude Workflow Outline
- Summarize product vision, horizon, and strategic themes.
- Map releases or increments across the horizon with objectives, metrics, and target dates.
- Identify dependencies, risks, and mitigation strategies per increment.
- Provide stakeholder communication plan and review cadence.
- Suggest visualization tips for slides or shared docs.
Output Template
## Roadmap Overview — {{product}} ({{horizon}})
| Increment | Target Date | Theme | Objective | Success Metric | Key Dependencies |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
## Risks & Mitigations
| Risk | Impact | Likelihood | Mitigation | Owner | Review Date |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
## Stakeholder Communication Plan
- Audience:
- Channel:
- Cadence:
Follow-up Actions
- Socialize roadmap with core stakeholders for feedback and sign-off.
- Integrate roadmap milestones into project tracking tools.
- Review and update monthly based on delivery progress and learnings.