Why interactive beats Excel for live planning
The Excel roadmap is great for archival and async editing. But in a live planning session, whether that's annual planning, sprint commit, or a quarterly reset, Excel is the wrong tool. People can't watch a roadmap re-render in real time. The conversation gets stuck waiting for someone to update the cells.
This version is built for the room. Drag a deliverable to Q3 and the room sees it move. Mark something at risk and the dependency chain re-colors. Conversation moves at the speed of decisions instead of the speed of spreadsheet operations.
"Planning meetings should generate decisions, not formatting work."
Pair with the Excel version for the archival hand-off after the workshop ends.
Questions PMs ask
How is this different from the Excel roadmap tracker?
Same Now/Next/Later discipline, but it runs in the browser like an app: drag items between horizons, update status inline, and it autosaves to your device. The Excel version ($29) is better if the roadmap has to live in a shared drive.
Does it need an install or a login?
Neither. Single HTML file, opens in any modern browser, saves locally on your device. Nothing is sent to a server.
Can I share the roadmap with my team?
Yes: export or share the file itself. Each person's edits save to their own browser, so treat one copy as the source of truth and share snapshots for review.