Free Lesson
Building a Product Roadmap That "Sticks"
45 min
Aug 11, 2025 12:00 PM
Virtual (Zoom)
In this video
What you'll learn
Why roadmap creation is a team sport
Learn to co-create roadmaps with stakeholders so everyone feels ownership while maintaining your role as decision-maker
How to avoid alignment decay
Melissa will share tactics to check in with stakeholders, reinforce shared goals, and avoid "alternate reality" roadmaps
How to say no, as a team
By involving stakeholders early and transparently, you’ll shift from reactive request-handling to collaborative decision
Why this topic matters
Many product teams spend most of their days reacting to stakeholder demands, often having to feverishly shift priorities and struggling to stick to a clear path.
This conversation with Melissa will help you shift from reactive to strategic. You’ll learn how to build a collaborative process that aligns stakeholders, earns trust, and prevents last-minute derailments.
You'll learn from

Melissa Appel
MelissaAppel.com

Christine Perfetti
Founder, Lift Up Connections
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