Product Vision Statement
Effort on product vision creation will depend on how innovative and complex the product will be. Even though the Product Owner is the one who is responsible for the product vision, it is best to involve the team in the creation process. If the product is simple or if the updates are minor, a workshop that lasts for a few hours or days will do.
For newer products or existing products with major changes, the team will need to carry out market research and prototyping activities to test out ideas. Testers can take from their experience in formulating the questions for market research. They can also help test or facilitate prototype testing and note any result from the tests to help in improving the prototype and idea. Involvement in the product vision creation process will also help testers understand the product better and therefore test it better once development commences.
Product Roadmap
The product roadmap is a high-level timeline that lays out the direction and planned steps to reach the project goals. It reconciles short term goals and long term goals with technological solutions by laying out the project initiatives, features, and enhancements that are planned for the product.
The product roadmap may change as the project progresses and as the product gets more refined. There could be major issues from a previous release that need to be plotted out along the product roadmap. Testers can help the product owner prioritise and schedule the fixes for these issues by identifying the severity and impact of these issues on the product.
Recommended Further Reading
The following materials may assist you in order to get the most out of this course: