Introduction

The Model Definition app in the Product Manager (PDM) role allows product managers to define and maintain the enterprise variability, constraints and product configurations with complete traceability and agility. Starting from the R2023x FD01 release, you can now use the new “Roadmap” feature to easily prioritize existing product requirements using qualitative scoring methods and assign them to the required model version. These product requirements can represent a proposal of product enhancements or fixes to improve the product offering.

Product Roadmap Management

The new “Roadmap” tab is now provided in the Information panel of the Model Definition app. This tab shows the committed and backlog requirements for a given model. You can search for existing requirement and add them in this tab. This tab contains following two sections:

• Committed: All the requirements that are assigned to the opened model version are shown in this section.
• Backlog: All the outstanding requirements that are not yet assigned to any model version are shown in this section.

                         Image 1: Roadmap Tab with Committed and Backlog Requirements

You can select the “Full View” icon to get a full-screen view of the committed and backlog and their associated model version.

                                     Image 2: Full-screen view of the Model Roadmap

You can use the action bar commands to search, add, remove, and sort the requirements. The following two qualitative scoring methods are also provided to prioritize and plan your product requirements backlog. You can sort your backlog requirements based on their scores and assign them to the required model version.

                                                   Image 3: Requirement Scoring Models

• Value-Effort Criteria: The score for this criterion is calculated based on the following two variables.
  1. Value: You can select the number in between 1-5 to represent the value this feature can bring to your product or your business. 1 = Low Value | 5 = High Value
  2. Effort: You can select the number in between 1-5 to represent the overall efforts and cost associated with the requirement.
• RICE Criteria: The score for this criterion is calculated based on the following four variables.
  1. Reach: You can select the number that represents the number of people or events affected by this requirement.
  2. Impact: You can select the number in between 0.25-3 to represent the impact of delivering this requirement. 0.25 = Minimal Impact | 3 = Massive Impact
  3. Confidence: You can select the number in between 1-100 to represent your confidence on executing the requirement.
  4. Effort: You can select the number to represent the overall efforts and cost associated with the requirement.

Please refer to the following video for more information on this functionality.