Week 27 · learning day 5
Roadmap and checkpoint
Capstone Project: New Product Proposal (Part 1) · 60–90 minutes
Today’s outcomes
- Explain roadmap and checkpoint in the context of capstone project: new product proposal (part 1).
- Decide a product decision using the source outcome rather than intuition alone.
- Produce a reusable section of a capstone checkpoint.
Source trace
W27-O02Combine learnings, critical thinking, experience, and understanding of different business contexts.
Core lesson
Make the choice inspectable
Roadmap and checkpoint matters when it changes a real allocation of attention, money, time, or delivery capacity. A strong proposal makes the problem, evidence, choices, and open risks inspectable.
Start by naming the decision and the uncertainty around it. Separate evidence from assumptions, compare at least one alternative, and state what would make you revise the choice.
The source outcome for today is: Combine learnings, critical thinking, experience, and understanding of different business contexts.
What decision will roadmap and checkpoint improve, what evidence is sufficient for that decision, and what is the cost of being wrong?
Worked example
Roadmap and checkpoint in practice
For your proposed new product, the product manager must decide a choice about roadmap and checkpoint. The team records the target user and outcome, the evidence currently available, the strongest alternative, and the next reversible test. The recommendation is written as a choice with a reason—not as a list of features.
Do the work · 20 minutes
Turn the idea into a decision
- Choose a product you know and write the specific decision that roadmap and checkpoint should support.
- List two pieces of evidence, two assumptions, and one credible alternative.
- Make a recommendation in three sentences and add one condition that would change it.
Save to your portfolio
A capstone checkpoint — section: Roadmap and checkpoint
Knowledge check
Answer before opening
What is the decision at the centre of roadmap and checkpoint?
A good answer names an accountable choice, not merely an activity or output.
How should evidence and assumptions be separated?
Label observed facts, interpretations, and untested beliefs explicitly so the next learning step is visible.
What makes the recommendation revisable?
It includes a trigger, threshold, or new evidence that would justify changing course.
What should the portfolio artefact communicate?
The context, considered alternatives, chosen direction, rationale, evidence, and remaining risk.
Spaced review
Reconnect the learning
Reflection