Like so many of the tools used by Product Managers to make the software product successful – the Requirements documents come to mind – the Product Road Map takes many different forms at different companies, and needs to be customized to suit each company. While it may seem that no two of these are alike, in every case the Product Manager struggles to balance the ideal with the real in putting together a road map.
In addition, the Product Road Map deals with information at different levels of detail. And what looks realistic from 30,000 feet may seem a little idealistic once you get down to ground level.
How do you balance the real and the ideal in your product’s road map? Read on for a look at the types of content to include.

We all heard people, during the dot-com era, bypass tried and true business concepts to champion untried - and untrue - concepts such as "The Internet changes everything" and "The company with first mover advantage wins." While there is some truth to these concepts (and I think we will learn where to apply them correctly) ...