ROADMAP · EVIDENCE-BACKED

A roadmap you can defend in any room.

Every card carries the signal evidence behind it — signal count, sentiment, customer quotes, competitive context. Two-stage flow: Intelligence Hub → Roadmap. Jira sync built in (LIVE).

ROADMAP · NOW · Q3
Search filtersRICE 892
47 signals · 4 channels · ↑40%
Bulk exportRICE 540
12 signals · Portal, Email, Widget
Onboarding fixRICE 410
23 signals · stable trend
WHAT AN EVIDENCE-BACKED ROADMAP IS

Every card carries its own receipts.

Signal count, sentiment, RICE breakdown, Living PRD link — on the card itself, not buried in a linked doc.

TWO-STAGE FLOW

Intelligence Hub → Roadmap. No middle bucket.

No "Ideas" stage to re-tag. The Hub clusters signals into trending themes; promising clusters promote directly to Roadmap with their evidence intact. Synthesis upstream, execution downstream.

EVIDENCE ON EVERY CARD

Signal count, sentiment, RICE breakdown, Living PRD link.

Distinct signals. Channel diversity. Sentiment trend. RICE drill-in. Cited Living PRD. The Friday review stops being a memory test — every card defends itself.

MULTIPLE VIEWS + JIRA

Kanban, Gantt, list. Jira sync LIVE bidirectional.

Switch views without re-entering data. Status changes in Jira flow back to the roadmap card. The engineering team works where they already work; the PM keeps one source of truth.

A roadmap you can defend in any room — because every priority has receipts.

THE PROBLEM

The roadmap defense lives in the PM's head — and that's the bug.

Friday afternoon. The roadmap is up on the screen. Leadership asks why search filters is ranked above the SSO feature sales has been pushing. The PM starts talking — quotes a customer name, references a Slack thread, claims sentiment is trending down. None of it is on the roadmap card. None of it is verifiable in real time. The room either trusts the PM or it doesn't. If it doesn't, the priority moves. Three reviews later the original reasoning is lost and the cards have been shuffled by whoever was loudest. The roadmap is not the problem. The empty cards are.

HOW MINDBACKLOG SOLVES IT

Receipts on every card. Defense in two clicks.

The evidence is on the roadmap — not in a separate doc, not in the PM's head.

Signal evidence on every card

Every card shows signal count, channels touched, sentiment trend, customer accounts cited. Search filters: 47 signals, 4 channels, sentiment ↓18%, 3 enterprise accounts. The card answers "did customers ask for this?" in one glance — no clicks, no linked docs, no hunting for the original Slack thread.

RICE breakdown with drill-in

Click the score to see the Reach/Impact/Confidence/Effort breakdown. Click any component to see the source signals that produced it. Search filters RICE 892: Reach 4,200 (47 signals counted), Impact 3 (sentiment intensity), Confidence 85% (4 channels), Effort 2 weeks. Auditable end-to-end.

Living PRD link on every card

Every roadmap card links to its Living PRD — six sections, cited signals, competitive context, RICE breakdown, goal alignment. Engineers click through before refinement. Stakeholders click through before reviews. The PRD updates as new signals arrive, so the document is never stale.

Jira sync — LIVE, bidirectional, real-time

Features, user stories, and bugs flow both ways. Status changes in Jira reflect in the Roadmap. Promotions in the Roadmap push to Jira. Every synced ticket carries the signal evidence and RICE breakdown in its description — engineering sees the "why" without leaving the tool they already work in.

A TYPICAL WEEK

Four moments where the roadmap holds the line.

Concrete scenes from a PM operating with evidence on every card.

MONDAY · CLUSTER PROMOTION

Intelligence Hub surfaces a new cluster.

Overnight, the Hub clusters 12 new signals under "scheduled exports." The morning brief flags it. The PM clicks Accept — the cluster becomes a Roadmap card with all 12 signals, 3 channels, RICE 410 already attached. From "noticed a pattern" to "on the roadmap with evidence" in two clicks. No manual re-tagging.

WEDNESDAY · SPRINT PLANNING

"Why are we doing search filters this sprint?"

Engineering lead asks at planning. The PM opens the card. 47 signals across 4 channels, sentiment ↓18%, 3 enterprise accounts cited, Competitor X shipped in May. The Living PRD link opens the six-section doc with all 47 signals cited inline. Engineering refines the AC without a follow-up meeting.

THURSDAY · LEADERSHIP REVIEW

Defend the top 5 priorities in 15 minutes.

The PM shares the Gantt view. Every card shows RICE, signal count, channel mix. Leadership challenges one priority; the PM clicks the card, the evidence drill-in opens, the room sees the receipts. The meeting ends at minute 14. The PM leaves without a single "I think" on the record.

FRIDAY · ENGINEERING HANDOFF

Engineering picks up the next 3 cards in Jira.

The Jira sync pushed the 3 promoted cards as user stories overnight — each with the signal evidence and RICE breakdown in the description. Engineering reads the "why" inside Jira, never opens MindBacklog, ships the work. Status updates flow back to the Roadmap as the team progresses.

HOW IT CONNECTS

Intelligence Hub feeds it. Jira ships it. The intelligence layer ties it together.

Two stages of flow, evidence preserved end-to-end.

PULLS FROM · INTELLIGENCE HUB

Clusters promote to Roadmap with evidence intact.

Signals from the Signal Pipeline cluster in the Intelligence Hub. Promising clusters become Roadmap cards in two clicks — signal count, channel diversity, sentiment trend, customer accounts all come along.

PULLS FROM · RICE SCORING

Every card sorts and groups by score.

Evidence-based RICE is the default sort. Components are drillable directly from any card — click Reach to see the 47 source signals, click Confidence to see the 4 channels. Auditable end-to-end.

PUSHES TO · JIRA + LIVING PRD

Engineering and stakeholders read the receipts.

Jira sync (LIVE) pushes features, user stories, and bugs bidirectionally with the signal evidence in every description. Every card links to its Living PRD — engineering reads it before refinement, stakeholders before reviews.

VIEWS & SYNC

Multiple views. One source of truth.

Pick the surface that matches the audience — Kanban for sprint, Gantt for leadership, list for portfolio.

Kanban

Status-based board for sprint reviews.

Gantt & Timeline

When ships when. For leadership.

List view

Sortable, filterable, portfolio-ready.

Jira sync LIVE

Bidirectional, real-time.

MindBacklog roadmap board with evidence-carrying feature cards in Kanban columns
The roadmap board — every card carries its evidence. Open this screen in the live demo →
CONNECTED TO THE INTELLIGENCE LAYER

Your engineering team stays in Jira. Your product intelligence stays here.

Every card draws its evidence from the MIND engine and carries it into every synced Jira ticket. The more signals a card accumulates, the harder it is to argue with.

FAQ

Questions PMs ask about the Roadmap.

An evidence-backed roadmap is one where every card carries the signal evidence behind it — signal count, channel diversity, sentiment trend, RICE breakdown, Living PRD link. Click any number and the source signals open in a drill-down. The roadmap becomes a queryable surface onto customer intelligence.
Signals flow from 9+ channels into the Intelligence Hub, where they cluster into trending themes. Promising clusters are promoted to Roadmap items — the evidence comes with them automatically. No middle bucket, no "Ideas" stage, no manual re-tagging. Intelligence Hub for synthesis, Roadmap for execution.
Three primary views — Kanban (status-based board), Gantt/Timeline (when ships when), and list (sortable, filterable). All three read from the same source of truth and carry the same evidence chips. Kanban for sprint, Gantt for leadership, list for cross-product portfolio rollups.
Yes — bidirectional and real-time. Features, user stories, and bugs flow both ways. Every synced ticket carries the signal evidence and RICE breakdown in its description, so engineering sees the "why" without leaving Jira.
Every card has its receipts attached. Signal count, channel diversity, sentiment trend, RICE breakdown (click any component to see source signals), Living PRD link. When leadership asks "why is this here?" the answer is two clicks away — no spreadsheets, no memory.
Yes. You decide which Roadmap cards go public and how much each one reveals — account names, sentiment trends, and RICE breakdowns stay private by default. Portal votes land back on the card as new signals, so the public roadmap keeps sharpening the evidence on the private one.
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