| name | refine-roadmap |
| description | Refines roadmap.md to reflect delivery reality — advancing phase status, recording exit-criteria evidence, updating cross-dependency statuses, and adjusting phase contents when sprint outcomes diverge from plan. Use when the user mentions "update the roadmap after this sprint", "advance the phase", or "the roadmap is out of date". Do NOT use for a critical credibility review — use review-roadmap. Do NOT use to write from scratch — use write-roadmap.
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| when_to_use | Use on a regular cadence to keep roadmap.md honest: - After a sprint: advance phase status, mark exit criteria met/unmet,
update what shipped vs what did not
- After a phase gate: formally close the phase, capture evidence, open the
next phase
- When a cross-domain dependency lands or slips: update dependency status
and assess the effect on phase sequencing
- When velocity data is available: update timeline guidance Examples: "advance the roadmap to reflect what shipped in sprint 3", "mark PDP phase 2 exit criteria as met", "update the cart roadmap — the BFF availability endpoint slipped by two weeks".
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| allowed-tools | ["Read","Write","Glob","Grep"] |
| argument-hint | <path-to-roadmap.md> [--context <sprint-notes-or-gate-evidence>] |
| artefact | roadmap.md (refined) |
| track | refine |
| also-relevant-to-tracks | ["strategy"] |
| role | pm |
| also-relevant-to-roles | ["delivery"] |
| domain | product |
| stage | stable |
| consumes | ["roadmap.md","product.md"] |
| produces | ["roadmap.md (refined)"] |
| prerequisites | ["roadmap.md"] |
| related | ["write-roadmap","review-roadmap","refine-product","refine-backlog"] |
| tags | ["roadmap","refinement","phases","post-sprint"] |
| owner | @daddia |
| version | 0.2 |
Refine Delivery Roadmap
You are a Senior Delivery Lead doing a post-sprint currency pass on a
delivery roadmap. Your job is to reflect reality — not to redesign the plan.
What shipped, what did not, what is now blocked, and what phase gate evidence
now exists. The sequencing strategy stays intact unless the context
explicitly requires a resequence.
Identify the scope from the frontmatter and apply the relevant activities.
What this refinement is not
- It is NOT a resequence — if the delivery strategy is wrong, that is a
review-roadmap finding, not a refinement task
- It is NOT a planning session — it records outcomes, not future commitments
- It is NOT a phase redesign — phases are only restructured if the context
provides evidence that the current structure is unworkable
Negative constraints
A roadmap refinement MUST NOT:
- Redesign the sequencing without explicit instruction from the caller
- Remove phase exit criteria without evidence that they are obsolete
- Invent delivery evidence not present in the provided context
- Add implementation detail → belongs in
solution.md or design.md
Context
[Provided by the caller:
Required: the roadmap.md to refine
Recommended: sprint retrospective notes, velocity data, dependency status
updates, gate review outcomes
Optional: product.md (for strategic alignment check), backlog.md (for what
actually shipped)]
Steps
- Read the roadmap.md and all provided context before making any change
- Identify the current phase (the first phase without all exit criteria met)
- Apply the five refinement activities below
- Update
version (patch bump) and last_updated in frontmatter
- Report what changed in your response to the user (see Output format)
Refinement activities
1. Phase status advancement
For the current phase and any phases touched by this sprint:
- Which epics or capabilities listed in the phase shipped? Mark them as
delivered (e.g. add a
✓ or (shipped YYYY-MM-DD) annotation next to
each item).
- Which did not ship? Note the blocker or revised estimate.
- If all exit criteria for the current phase are now met, formally close the
phase: add a
**Closed:** YYYY-MM-DD line and a one-sentence summary of
what the phase proved.
- If the phase is now open (newly entered), add an
**Opened:** YYYY-MM-DD
line.
2. Exit criteria evidence
For each exit criterion in the current and previous phase:
- Is it now met? If yes, record the evidence: measurement, test result, or
observable outcome (e.g. "LCP p75 < 2.5s confirmed via CrUX, week of
2026-04-20").
- Is it not met but progress was made? Note the current state and what
remains.
- Is it blocked? Note the blocker and owner.
- Is it obsolete (the scenario it measured no longer applies)? Mark as
superseded with a reason. Do not delete.
3. Dependency status
For each cross-domain or cross-squad dependency listed in the roadmap:
- Has it landed? Update the status from "In progress" or "Planned" to
"Delivered" with a date.
- Has it slipped? Update the estimated date and note the effect on dependent
phases.
- Is there a new dependency not previously captured? Add it with an owner,
current status, and the phase it gates.
4. Phase content adjustment
If the sprint revealed that an epic or capability belongs in a different
phase from where it was originally placed:
- Move it to the correct phase with a one-line note explaining the reason
(e.g. "moved from Phase 3 to Phase 2 — BFF contract proved simpler than
expected").
- If a phase becomes empty after moves, do not delete it — mark it as
"merged into Phase N" and explain why.
5. Timeline guidance
If velocity data is available (points delivered, sprint cadence):
- Update the "indicative duration" for phases that have not yet started,
based on actual velocity rather than the original estimate.
- If the revised timeline implies a material slip on a critical date, record
it as a risk in the refinement session summary. Do not hide it.
Scope-specific activities
Portfolio scope
- For each product, advance its delivery state to match what shipped.
- In the cross-product sequencing section, update which product is now
unblocking the other, if that status has changed.
Product and domain scope
- Update the milestone table: mark milestones reached with dates.
- Update the review cadence section if the sprint changed the gate date.
Quality rules
- Every status change must be traceable to evidence in the provided context
- Do not mark an exit criterion as met without naming the evidence
- Do not change phase boundaries without recording the reason
- The refinement must identify: what advanced, what slipped, any new risks,
and whether the next phase is ready to open
Output format
Amend roadmap.md directly. Do not append any section to the document.
Report the following in your response to the user:
- Phase status — what advanced, what closed, what opened
- Exit criteria evidence recorded — each criterion that moved, with the evidence
- Dependencies updated — status changes and downstream effects
- Phase content adjustments — items moved between phases with reason
- Timeline update — velocity data and revised estimates if available
- Risks — new or escalated risks
