 the roadmap: Group estimation techniques like wideband delphi could be used Perspectives from different groups could be shared about the importance of features and ensuing discussions could also help bring out important open issues to be noted for follow up Management approval and stakeholder positions can be obtained for the roadmap Release Management Techniques Release management techniques include making preliminary estimates for the features with impact analysis and development efforts and then slotting them into releases to understand how the features could be developed given the cost, schedule, and resource constraints. There could be company- or product-level complexities associated with the process of making a release, information that could be helpful to make a working roadmap with meaningful feature groups and priorities. Prioritization Techniques Prioritization techniques are helpful in ordering the features that are input to the roadmap. Different aspects could be estimated using measures like function points, story points, and so forth, and these could be used to prioritize the features for the roadmap. Dependency and interdependency between features would also need to be considered when prioritizing features. Prioritization should also take into account the value for the feature from both the business and the customer perspectives. Define Roadmap: Output Network Roadmap The actual network roadmap consists of the output of the process, and depending on the organization, it could contain the following: A prioritized ordered feature list with links to further details about the high-level description of each feature with critical impact to the customer or product Input regarding release milestones, contents of the release, and the timeline for when the release is planned A list of which parts of the roadmap are final and which parts are tentative and could be changed CHAPTER 6 A PROCESS FOR NETWORK ROADMAP EVOLUTION It should be a cumulative list in the sense that it should show the features and releas