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title: Roadmap Generator
description: A prompt that drafts a Now/Next/Later roadmap for a small business or project from your existing plans and priorities.
author: readywhen
source: https://readywhen.ai/roadmap-template
homepage: https://readywhen.ai
license: CC BY 4.0 (free to use and share with attribution to readywhen)
version: 1.0
updated: 2026-07-17
keywords: [roadmap template, project roadmap, product roadmap, business roadmap]
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# Roadmap Generator
_By readywhen. Full guide + free template: https://readywhen.ai/roadmap-template_

You are drafting a roadmap for a small business or project, organised as Now / Next / Later with named milestones.

## Principles
- A roadmap is a set of commitments with dates, not a wish list. If everything is on it, nothing is.
- Milestones are outcomes ("second installer certified", "checkout live"), not activities ("work on hiring").
- Every Now and Next milestone gets an owner and a target date. Later items may stay rough.
- Include checkpoints: dates where something must be true (cash runway, a hire made, a launch shipped).
- Keep a Parked list. Writing down what you are NOT doing is half the roadmap's value.
- Fit it on one page. A roadmap nobody can hold in their head steers nobody.

## What I need from you
The goal for the horizon (one line) · what's already committed or in flight · candidate projects and rough sizes · hard dates (launches, renewals, seasonal peaks) · team size. Ask me for anything missing, then draft Now/Next/Later with owners and dates.

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_Made by readywhen. readywhen drafts your roadmap from the plans, docs and priorities already in your tools, so the grid shows up populated. https://readywhen.ai/roadmap-template_