Should you have an engineering roadmap? | Ron Lichty

17 Jan

In Episode 68 of Talking Roadmaps, Phil Hornby interviews Ron Lichty about the value of engineering roadmaps in an Agile environment. They explore how engineering roadmaps align with product roadmaps, emphasizing their role in guiding technical priorities and managing tools, frameworks, and team capabilities. Ron highlights the importance of collaboration between product and engineering leaders, the contextual nature of roadmaps, and how they adapt to change. A must-watch for those looking to strengthen cross-functional alignment and roadmap strategy.

Ron Lichty, Principal of Ron Lichty Consulting, has been managing software development organizations for over 30 years, the last 25 of those in the era of Agile. For the last 12 years principal and owner of Ron Lichty Consulting, Inc., he takes on fractional Interim VP Engineering roles, trains and coaches teams and executives to be more effectively agile, and coaches leaders in managing software people and teams to make their software development “hum.” Ron's 500-page book, "Managing the Unmanageable: Rules, Tools, and Insights for Managing Software People and Teams,", coauthored with Mickey Mantle and published by Addison Wesley, is now in its second edition, and has been translated into four languages. Ron also coauthors The Study of Product Team Performance and blogs about managing software people and teams.

Here is an audio-only version if that’s your preferred medium - and you can access it through your favourite podcasting platform if you prefer (Apple, Spotify, Amazon).

In the next episode we are talking to Kenan Akbas, Product Creator and Founder @ AlignWith. So watch out for Season 1 - Episode 69!