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Product Development Roadmaps with OnePager

This roadmap, outlined in OnePager Pro, is based on a Microsoft Project plan. It looks at a long-range product development plan's key milestones and cost to create an easy-to-understand roadmap for use with both internal and external stakeholders.

This product roadmap shows the launch, revision and sunset timeline for different manufactured products.


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OnePager Product Development Roadmap Features

This roadmap features:

  • Grouping of products into swimlanes based on major categories
  • Conditional formatting by product category.
  • Use of endpoints to show milestones within a product lifecycle, such as design, launch, revisions, and sunset.
  • Customizable timeline showing years and quarters for long-range product planning
  • Graph* of product development costs over time

This Product Development Roadmap was outlined using OnePager Pro, visual roadmapping software from Chronicle Graphics that integrates with Microsoft Project. If you use Smartsheet, Primavera P6, or Excel, you can create a similar chart with OnePager Bundle.

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Sample Files

This Product Development Roadmap was built using the following files, which you can download if you'd like to create something similar:

Smartsheet Samples

Product Development Roadmap (Smartsheet).xlsx (Excel for import into Smartsheet)

Product Development Roadmap (Smartsheet).tat (OnePager Template for Smartsheet)


Smartsheet Instructions

To build a Product Development Roadmap like the example above, follow these instructions:

  1. Download the sample files above. The Excel file contains all of the different phases of the product development process, and will be imported into your Smartsheet account, while the OnePager template will help define the layout of the timeline itself. Save both files to your desktop.

  2. To import the Excel file into Smartsheet, first log into your Smartsheet account.

  3. In Smartsheet, click on + Start a New Project, and then from the Import tile, choose Microsoft Excel:

    Import from Excel into Smartsheet

  4. Point Smartsheet to the Excel file that you downloaded above and press Continue. On the Import Settings, review the name of your sheet, and then click Import::

    Finish importing from Excel into Smartsheet

  5. Now that the sample project has been imported into your Smartsheet account, go to your desktop, and click the OnePager button.

  6. On the OnePager start screen, click NEW to build a new timeline.

  7. Go to Select > BROWSE Smartsheet, log into your Smartsheet account, and then point OnePager to the example project.

  8. We need to change OnePager's default template to the one downloaded above. To do this, click on Change, and then BROWSE FILES to the OnePager template (*.tat) file. This OnePager template contains all of the data-driven formatting (styles, layout, etc.) that make the timeline look the way that it does.

  9. Once the custom OnePager template is selected, click on Create New Chart to build your timeline. It should look like the example at the top of this article.

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Microsoft Project Samples

Product Development Roadmap.mpp (Microsoft Project Plan)

Product Development Roadmap (Project).tat (OnePager Template for Project)


Microsoft Project Instructions

To build a Product Development Roadmap timeline like the example above, follow these instructions:

  1. Download the sample files above. The Microsoft Project file contains all of the different phases of the product development process, while the OnePager template will help define the layout of the timeline itself. Save both files to your desktop.

  2. Open the Microsoft Project file

  3. Now that the sample project has been imported into Microsoft Project, go to your Add-Ins tab, and click the OnePager button.

  4. On the OnePager start screen, click NEW to build a new timeline.

  5. We need to change OnePager's default template to the one downloaded above. To do this, click on Change, and then BROWSE FILES to the OnePager template (*.tat) file. This OnePager template contains all of the data-driven formatting (styles, layout, etc.) that make the timeline look the way that it does.

  6. Once the custom OnePager template is selected, click on Create New Chart to build your timeline. It should look like the example at the top of this article.

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Primavera P6 Samples

Product Development Roadmap.xml (Primavera P6 Schedule)

Product Development Roadmap (Primavera P6).tat (OnePager Template for Primavera P6)


Primavera P6 Instructions

To build a Product Development Roadmap timeline like the example above, follow these instructions:

  1. Download the sample files above. The Primavera P6 file contains all of the different phases of the product development process, while the OnePager template will help define the layout of the timeline itself. Save both files to your desktop.

  2. Go to your desktop, and double-click the OnePager button.

  3. On the OnePager start screen, click NEW to build a new timeline.

  4. Go to Select > BROWSE Primavera P6 Files, and select the XML file that you downloaded in the first step.

  5. We need to change OnePager's default template to the one downloaded above. To do this, click on Change, and then BROWSE FILES to the OnePager template (*.tat) file. This OnePager template contains all of the data-driven formatting (styles, layout, etc.) that make the timeline look the way that it does.

  6. Once the custom OnePager template is selected, click on Create New Chart to build your timeline. It should resemble the example at the top of this article.

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Excel Samples

Product Development Roadmap.xlsx (Excel Plan)

Product Development Roadmap (Excel).tat (OnePager Template for Excel)


Excel Instructions

To build a Product Development Roadmap like the example above, follow these instructions:

  1. Download the sample files listed above. The Excel files contains the product development activities themselves, and the matching OnePager template file has most of the settings that drive the look and feel of the timeline based on the data from or Excel. Save both files to your desktop.

  2. Open the Excel plan.

  3. Once the project plan is open, go to Add-Ins and click the OnePager button.

  4. When the start screen appears, click NEW to build a new chart.

  5. Change OnePager's default template to the one downloaded above, making sure that you pick the template that matches the Excel plan that you downloaded. To do this, click on Change, and then BROWSE FILES to the OnePager template (*.tat) file. This OnePager template contains most of the data-driven formatting (colors, layout, etc.) that give this Product Development Roadmap its specific look.

  6. With the template loaded, click on Create New Chart. It should closely match the example at the top of this article.

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* Graphing is an optional feature, purchased separately from the standard OnePager license.