{"id":111891,"date":"2020-03-11T09:22:32","date_gmt":"2020-03-11T09:22:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.wingify.com\/blog\/books-read-product-roadmaps\/"},"modified":"2026-09-03T15:10:57","modified_gmt":"2026-09-03T09:40:57","slug":"books-read-product-roadmaps","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wingify.com\/blog\/books-read-product-roadmaps\/","title":{"rendered":"Top Books You Must Read to Build Amazing Product Roadmaps"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve played any role in a product development team, you\u2019re probably very familiar with the tricky question of the product roadmap. To build a functioning roadmap, timing, priorities, company goals\/vision, customer expectations\/feedback, technology, competitive benchmarks, and much more need to be taken into consideration. No easy task!<\/p>\n<p>Luckily, there are a multitude of books that can help you keep on top of all these factors. Here are our favorites, in no particular order.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crossing-Chasm-Marketing-Technology-Mainstream\/dp\/B00A2ZHMKY\/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Crossing the Chasm: Marketing and Selling High-Tech Products to Mainstream Customers<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Authors: Geoffrey A. Moore and Regis McKenna<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Crossing-Chasm-Marketing-Technology-Mainstream\/dp\/B00A2ZHMKY\/ref=cm_cr_arp_d_product_top?ie=UTF8\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-43968 aligncenter size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wingify.com\/gcp\/uploads\/abtasty\/Crossing-the-Chasm-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"Crossing the Chasm\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In this book, Moore proposes the \u201ccrossing the chasm\u201d marketing theory. He segments customers into five groups, namely innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If you look close enough, you\u2019ll learn to form a blueprint to market your products that win over not only the visionaries and early adopters, but also the mainstream customers. But the key to succeeding according to Moore is to focus on one group at a time, using each group as a base to market to the next one.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Innovators-Dilemma-Technologies-Management-Innovation\/dp\/1633691780\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Innovator%27s+Dilemma%3A+When+New+Technologies+Cause+Great+Firms+to+Fail+%28Management+of+Innovation+and+Change%29&amp;qid=1582023419&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Innovator&#8217;s Dilemma: When New Technologies Cause Great Firms to Fail (Management of Innovation and Change)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Author: Clayton M. Christensen<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Innovators-Dilemma-Technologies-Management-Innovation\/dp\/1633691780\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=The+Innovator%27s+Dilemma%3A+When+New+Technologies+Cause+Great+Firms+to+Fail+%28Management+of+Innovation+and+Change%29&amp;qid=1582023419&amp;s=books&amp;sr=1-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43969 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wingify.com\/gcp\/uploads\/abtasty\/Innovators-Dilemma-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Innovator&apos;s Dilemma\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you want in on how your company can recognize and use disruptive technology, then this is the book for you. Citing examples from across various sectors, Christensen defines the innovator\u2019s dilemma and why they fall short of disrupting the market. It\u2019s from his careful analysis that you learn how to become a product manager with a vision and also gain confidence to make tough decisions.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>There are lessons for entrepreneurs too who want to overtake the big, established companies leading with sustainable technology and disrupt their hold over their market.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lean-Startup-Entrepreneurs-Continuous-Innovation\/dp\/0307887898\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HXIRZKRW2KGR&amp;keywords=the+lean+startup+eric+ries&amp;qid=1582019050&amp;sprefix=The+Lean+Startup%2Caps%2C263&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Lean Startup: How Today&#8217;s Entrepreneurs Use Continuous Innovation to Create Radically Successful Businesses<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Author: Eric Reis<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Lean-Startup-Entrepreneurs-Continuous-Innovation\/dp\/0307887898\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1HXIRZKRW2KGR&amp;keywords=the+lean+startup+eric+ries&amp;qid=1582019050&amp;sprefix=The+Lean+Startup%2Caps%2C263&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43970 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wingify.com\/gcp\/uploads\/abtasty\/Lean-StartUp-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"Lean StartUp\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>According to Reis, startup founders think they already know what people want and spend a lot of time trying to perfect a business plan for a product which no one actually wants or wants to pay to use. And this overconfidence is exactly the reason they fail.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>To reset this failure-driven mindset, Reis teaches <a href=\"http:\/\/theleanstartup.com\/principles\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">the Lean Startup approach<\/a> which helps entrepreneurs become agile and \u2018grow a business with maximum acceleration\u2019. Surely you\u2019ll find his advice practical and build a product that already has a solid customer base.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Art-Product-Management-Lessons-Innovator-ebook\/dp\/B00347AIDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">The Art of Product Management: Lessons from a Silicon Valley Innovator<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Author: Rich Mironov<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Art-Product-Management-Lessons-Innovator-ebook\/dp\/B00347AIDA\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43971 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wingify.com\/gcp\/uploads\/abtasty\/art-of-product-management-201x300.jpg\" alt=\"art of product management\" width=\"201\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mironov\u2019s book is a compilation of some of his most popular articles from the column, Product Bytes, that he wrote between 2002 and 2008. Divided into five sections, there\u2019s plenty of advice on how to get into customers\u2019 heads, price products, and build and maintain product organizations. Reading it, you\u2019ll find everything Minrov says resonates with you, because it\u2019s the same struggle for everyone in product management, except no one quite writes about it the way he does.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Value-Proposition-Design-Customers-Strategyzer\/dp\/1118968050\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3UOTY7YY6ENK1&amp;keywords=value+proposition+design&amp;qid=1582019083&amp;sprefix=Value+Proposition+Design%2Caps%2C229&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Value Proposition Design: How to Create Products and Services Customers Want<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Authors: Alexander Osterwalder, Yves Pigneur, Patricia Papadakos, Gregory Bernarda, and Alan Smith<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Value-Proposition-Design-Customers-Strategyzer\/dp\/1118968050\/ref=sr_1_1?crid=3UOTY7YY6ENK1&amp;keywords=value+proposition+design&amp;qid=1582019083&amp;sprefix=Value+Proposition+Design%2Caps%2C229&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43983 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wingify.com\/gcp\/uploads\/abtasty\/value-proposition-design-300x232.jpg\" alt=\"value proposition design\" width=\"300\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Value Proposition Design<\/em> is the second book by the same team of authors that published <em>Business Model Generation<\/em>. Which is also why many readers consider this as a sequel. Overall, in the book the authors explain the oft-misunderstood concept of value proposition, and give people practical tools they can use to discover what customers find valuable, and then design, test, create, and manage products and\/or services.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Start-End-Products-Create-Change\/dp\/B07S389VL1\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Start+at+the+End&amp;qid=1582019105&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Start at the End: How to Build Products That Create Change<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Author: Matt Wallaert<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Start-End-Products-Create-Change\/dp\/B07S389VL1\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Start+at+the+End&amp;qid=1582019105&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43984 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wingify.com\/gcp\/uploads\/abtasty\/start-at-the-end-300x298.jpg\" alt=\"start at the end\" width=\"300\" height=\"298\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Start at the End<\/em> offers a framework of designing products that\u2019s grounded in behavioral science. The author\u2019s argument in the book is based on the \u2018Intervention Design Process\u2019, by which you create a product with the goal of behavior change in mind. He breaks down complex ideas in the easiest manner possible and packs a punch with his humorous writing style and numerous case studies.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In fact, those who\u2019ve followed the framework have been able to shift the culture in their organization, mainly because they firmly believed in what the author says: \u2018creating behavior change is messy, but that\u2019s not the reason not to do it.\u2019<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Obviously-Awesome-Product-Positioning-Customers\/dp\/1999023005\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Obviously+Awesome&amp;qid=1582019120&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Obviously Awesome: How to Nail Product Positioning so Customers Get It, Buy It, Love It<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Author: April Dunford<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Obviously-Awesome-Product-Positioning-Customers\/dp\/1999023005\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Obviously+Awesome&amp;qid=1582019120&amp;s=audible&amp;sr=1-1-catcorr\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43985 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wingify.com\/gcp\/uploads\/abtasty\/Obviously-awesome-193x300.jpg\" alt=\"Obviously awesome\" width=\"193\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Dunford is a positioning consultant and in her 25-year old career worked with 6 successful startups and launched 16 products. Clearly, she knows why some products click with their customers in a market where every product seems to claim they\u2019re innovation personified.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>So do yourself a favor and pick this book, especially if you\u2019re someone who thinks their product is \u2018obviously awesome\u2019, but can\u2019t figure out why it isn\u2019t a rage in the super crowded marketplace. Even if you think you\u2019ve figured it all out, you\u2019ll learn how you can <a href=\"https:\/\/aprildunford.com\/positioning\/what-is-positioning-and-why-should-you-care\/\">use positioning to know what people know<\/a> and \u2018help them understand what they don\u2019t\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Product-Roadmaps-Relaunched-Direction-Uncertainty\/dp\/149197172X\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Product+Roadmaps+Relaunched&amp;qid=1582019136&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Product Roadmaps Relaunched: How to Set Direction while Embracing Uncertainty<\/a>\u00a0<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><em><strong>Authors: C. Todd Lombardo, Bruce McCarthy, Evan Ryan, and Michael Connors<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Product-Roadmaps-Relaunched-Direction-Uncertainty\/dp\/149197172X\/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=Product+Roadmaps+Relaunched&amp;qid=1582019136&amp;sr=8-1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43986 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wingify.com\/gcp\/uploads\/abtasty\/product-roadmaps-300x245.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"245\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA good roadmap is not so much a project plan as a strategic communication tool, a statement of intent and direction.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>If your definition of a roadmap is any different, you must read this book right away and reboot for success. It comprehensively covers the whys, hows and the whats of product roadmapping alongside giving examples and practical advice to help you come up with your own functional roadmap.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Product-Leadership-Managers-Products-Successful\/dp\/1491960604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Product Leadership: How Top Product Managers Launch Awesome Products and Build Successful Teams<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><strong><em>Authors: Richard Banfield, Martin Eriksson, and Nate Walkingshaw<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.ca\/Product-Leadership-Managers-Products-Successful\/dp\/1491960604\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-43987 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/static.wingify.com\/gcp\/uploads\/abtasty\/product-leadership-199x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"199\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Want to pick the brain of the who\u2019s who in the product management world? Get this book. The authors with decades of their combined experience of creating products come together to compile interviews with nearly 100 leading product managers from around the world. Overall, you\u2019ll find actionable tips on becoming not just better product managers, but better product leaders.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Are your favorites in the list? If not, we\u2019d love you to know which books you&#8217;d recommend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If you\u2019ve played any role in a product development team, you\u2019re probably very familiar with the tricky question of the product roadmap.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1389,"featured_media":115611,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"post_read_time":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[10875],"tags":[10830],"feature":[],"industry-type":[],"product":[],"role":[],"region":[],"class_list":["post-111891","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-product-optimization","tag-product-management"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Top Books You Must Read to Build Amazing Product Roadmaps - Wingify Blog<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"If you\u2019ve played any role in a product development team, you\u2019re probably very familiar with the tricky question of the product roadmap.\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/wingify.com\/blog\/books-read-product-roadmaps\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Top Books You Must Read to Build Amazing Product Roadmaps - 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