Ocado's Roadmap Fix: Why the Real Problem Was Never the Slides
Understand how to diagnose a broken planning process by finding the upstream data/taxonomy problem instead of fixing the visible symptom, using Ocado's roadmap overhaul as the working example.
3 sections ยท 6 lessons
Course outline
The Symptom vs. the Root Cause
- Two Months Per Quarter Spent Recreating Slides: What Was Actually Broken
- Why Inconsistent Jira Epics Were the Real Problem
Fixing the Upstream Problem
- Standardizing the Taxonomy: Design Was Easy, Adoption Was Hard
- Replacing Slide Decks with Data-Driven Apps Built on Jira
Making the Fix Durable and Legible
- Translating Product Metrics into Financial Value
- How One Function's Fix Became an Org-Wide Standard