Staging environment
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

Melissa Appel

MelissaAppel.com

Christine Perfetti

Christine Perfetti

Founder, Lift Up Connections

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