A roadmap that updates faster than a slide deck. Quarter-by-quarter view, RAG status per workstream, dependency callouts. Built for PMs who hate maintaining a roadmap in PowerPoint.
Workstreams down, quarters across, RAG status per cell. Auto-formats so the visual updates the moment you change a status.
Mark a deliverable as blocked-by another, the matrix surfaces the dependency. No more "oh, that thing depends on the other thing" surprises in the QBR.
How to keep the roadmap honest: the monthly review, the quarterly reset, and what to do when leadership wants to add things mid-quarter without removing anything.
One purchase, yours to keep. Use it on every program, customize for your team. Works in Excel and Google Sheets.
The roadmap-as-PowerPoint problem: every change requires opening the deck, fighting with the SmartArt, breaking the alignment, and re-exporting. So the roadmap gets updated for the QBR and then ignored for the next 11 weeks. By the time the next QBR rolls around, half of it is wrong.
An Excel roadmap is faster to update because it's table-driven. Status changes are dropdown clicks. The visual updates instantly. You can keep it honest in 5 minutes a week instead of 5 hours a quarter.
"A roadmap is a forecast, not a contract. Treat it like one."
This template gives you the format and the cadence. Pair it with the Prioritization Matrix when the inevitable "can we add this?" requests come in.
No. It is a Now/Next/Later roadmap with milestone tracking and dependency callouts. A Gantt chart schedules tasks; a roadmap communicates sequence and trade-offs. If you need day-level scheduling, use a project tool; if you need one artifact that tells leadership what is moving and what you refused, this is it.
The OKR tracker defines what success measures this quarter. The roadmap holds the sequence of work that claims to move those measures. Different questions, different artifacts; they pair.
Both. The template is .xlsx and opens cleanly in Google Sheets, conditional formatting included.
One page, no cost. The exact status format I use to brief leadership in under five minutes. It is the fastest way to see how these tools read before you spend anything.