This article provides a free product roadmap template together with an introduction to product roadamps and usage tips. The free template can be used to display a product roadmap. Just copy the template, adjust content and styling to your needs, then publish.
Recommended reading: for managing and building a roadmap our articles on product roadmap voting, product backlog prioritization and tips for running a user group may also be of interest.
Intro: what is a product roadmap?
Productific is a SaaS to prioritize items on a product roadmap and to collect user feedback. Besides running the roadmap and voting online, sometimes it may be necessary to use a stored document - a presentation or a spreadsheet. For this purpose Productific also provides document templates. You are free to use and change the templates provided here, also when usage is not related to Productific. Just remember to remove any yellow text which is included to explain the template.
The following templates are provided:
2-column layout, 3 column layout
For most products the 2-column layout will work best. When there is increased certainty in planning, e.g. for B2B products, the 3-column layout can provide additional details
A version-specific roadmap with 4 columns
In enterprise environments with a high degree of customer engagement, committments and detailed release planning this version specific layout can be beneficial. It comes with three or four columns.
Additional info
In case you're using Productific you can link the online feedback page and individual feature listings, to increase feedback engagement. You can also work without links.
Roadmap templates are provided for the following tools:
Recommendation
Our recommendation for creating a good product roadmap:
Template for Google Presentations:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1bPI0xHswHaVCqtYnK2lBrgH42OjTk73tVFItk6iV8Y8
Download for Microsoft Powerpoint:
Product_Roadmap_Template.pptx
Roadmaps can also be displayed in spreadsheet/table formatting or with gantt charts. Due to the complexity we recommend avoiding this, though sometimes enterprise stakeholders may require such layout. A spreadsheet is helpful for internal planning because development periods can be visualized appropriately.
Template for Google Sheets:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/103lRVImvVY1b7sywmA_4I2NOWT8HC5B7Baq3QXBKd80
Download for Microsoft Excel:
Product_Roadmap_Template.xlsx