Great post! Only recently grabbed productboard myself, and I'm glad I wasn't the only one slightly thrown off by how opinionated some of the features.
I tend to agree on the roadmap front. I've set up two roadmaps
1. Timeline
2. Releases
I only really use the releases roadmap. The timeline one, I use when discussing high-level with my mgmt team. In fact, I also use it at the start of our sprint retro meetings with the dev team. It provides a bit of context to everyone.
I've only been using this for about a month, so opinion might change. I think collaboration could be easier (or cheaper, it's so expensive to bring another 'maker'), but all in all this is a fantastic tool.
Great post! Only recently grabbed productboard myself, and I'm glad I wasn't the only one slightly thrown off by how opinionated some of the features.
I tend to agree on the roadmap front. I've set up two roadmaps
1. Timeline
2. Releases
I only really use the releases roadmap. The timeline one, I use when discussing high-level with my mgmt team. In fact, I also use it at the start of our sprint retro meetings with the dev team. It provides a bit of context to everyone.
In my post, https://alexdebecker.substack.com/p/008-finding-an-adequate-product-management?r=9b182, I talk about what made me pick Productboard and I think you hit the nail on the head in your 'cool value adds' section. I LOVE the prioritisation (value vs. effort) feature and the insights.
I've only been using this for about a month, so opinion might change. I think collaboration could be easier (or cheaper, it's so expensive to bring another 'maker'), but all in all this is a fantastic tool.