Product people, what are your best practices for managing a backlog or roadmap?

Avoid having a long backlog of things. Keep it simple and review it, if it won't be done in the next 2 quarters, get rid of it. Be aggressive and review tasks weekly/every sprint. Review tasks every quarter on bigger things.

Map your ideas with customer feedback/requests, this helped us to weigh the impact and urgency as well as evaluate how we're solving customer needs and if that fits the strategic direction. But first you do need some customer insights, which you can check out this tool for collecting different types of feedback http://usersnap.com/

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Focus on goals, not features, Think product strategy first, Create a narrative your team buys into, Leave the details for the product backlog, Stay flexible and many more.

Write everything that comes to mind, let it sit for a couple of days, get rid of what doesn't make sense anymore, talk about the remaining ideas with someone else and narrow it down

The best practice is to have a system that allows work to flow in the right direction towards an impactful outcome. Let me share with you an outline of what this system looks like. It is broken down into three parts. It’s based on an OKR (Objectives and Key Results) system that is widely used amongst tech companies in Silicon Valley like Google. Top-level Goals Key Results Tasks List Then go by the following cadence. Top-level Goals are created yearly. Key Results are reviewed quarterly. Tasks List is updated monthly. Tasks List, therefore, serves as your To-Do list while making sure that you are only putting an effort into activities that are aligned with my top-level goals. You may check out the system I’ve personally used here on Product Hunt - I name it the Creator System but it's good for businesses too https://www.producthunt.com/post... I’ve populated the system with relatable goals, key results and tasks, as well as great resources for creators. You can see the outcome of the system by checking out my social media and website.

Oh, this question is really interesting for me too. Personnaly I wait for answers

The Basecamp strategy of not have a backlog (https://basecamp.com/shapeup/2.1...) is intriguing to me. I agree with the book that backlogs get stale and your team ends of spending a tremendous amount of time keeping things organized that may be out of date. Do others follow this methodology?

I think FigJam is a great tool for this

A roadmap in product management serves as a visual bridge connecting the company’s vision with the tasks required to lead that brand to the market. With its help, your development team will be able to better understand how their work contributes to the bigger picture, helps to make more intelligent prioritization decisions, and assists in persuading stakeholders. A well-prepared roadmap will demonstrate all your initiatives related to launching a new software solution. If you are looking for a intuitive roadmap template, consider GanttPRO template https://ganttpro.com/roadmap-tem.... It will help you to organize different components that go into your software solution launch.