How it works

From backlog item to board-approved bet

Seven steps. About twelve minutes the first time, sixty seconds after that — the math, the matrix, and the slide, all wired together.

01Role

Sign up & pick your role

Create an account and tell Road map roi whether you're a CPO, Head of Product, or PM lead. The wizard, defaults, and the pitch language all adapt to your altitude — so the math you see is the math your audience expects.

CPOHead of ProductPM Lead
02Intake

Bring an initiative into the Wizard

Type a fresh idea, score one of your team's stakeholder requests from the inbox, or jump in from a framework page. Every entry point lands in the same Wizard with the same five inputs.

IdeaRequestFrameworkWizard5 inputs
03Score

Score it: NPV, FVI, confidence

Dev cost, expected lift, time horizon, confidence. Road map roi computes 3-year NPV at your discount rate and a Forced-Value Index you can rank the whole backlog against. The formula is visible — no black box.

80Value60Conf40EffortFVI · €184k/wk
04Decide

Decide build vs buy

For any AI or platform bet, run the 5-factor framework: strategic differentiation, time-to-market, total cost of ownership, switching cost, and the maintenance tail. Get a defendable recommendation, not a gut call.

DifferentiationSpeedTCOSwitchingMaintenance
05Narrative

Frame the story (SCQA + Minto)

The math is necessary; the story is what gets approved. Road map roi drafts a Situation → Complication → Question → Answer narrative and groups your initiatives into a Minto pyramid that ladders up to one governing claim.

AnswerQuestionComplicationSituation
06Pitch

Generate the board-ready pitch

One click assembles the slide stack: cover, SCQA narrative, NPV number, FVI matrix, and the ask. Edit inline. Export when you're ready. The pitch is regenerated whenever the underlying scenario changes.

01Cover02NPV03FVI matrix04Ask
07Share

Share, invite, iterate

Invite your PMs, engineering leads, and finance partner. They can drop stakeholder requests into your inbox, comment on scenarios, and watch the FVI rank re-shuffle as inputs change. The roadmap stays live between board reviews.

YouPMEngFin

NPV

A number you can defend

FVI

A rank for the whole backlog

1 slide

Board-ready, every time

Quick answers

Common questions

Walk into your next review with the math already done.