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Engineering Strategy & Roadmap Creation: From Vision to Execution

January 18, 2025•By Steve Winter•1 min read•
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A comprehensive framework for creating engineering strategy and roadmaps that align technical work with business outcomes. Includes templates for strategy documents, roadmap formats, and prioritization frameworks.

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The Strategy Gap

You're three months into a CTO role. Product wants features. Sales wants enterprise capabilities. Infrastructure is on fire. Tech debt is crushing velocity. Your team is building... something. But is it the right thing?

Without clear engineering strategy, you're reactive—chasing whoever yells loudest. Product ships features that don't scale. Infrastructure work gets deprioritized until production breaks. Tech debt compounds until rewrites become inevitable. Teams lose faith because priorities change weekly.

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