Evolution Roadmap Builder

Evolution Builder is a domain-focused planning tool that converts strategic product goals into a concrete evolution roadmap across versions. It targets product managers, program managers, startup founders, and engineering leaders who need repeatable roadmaps that honor budget, team capacity, and risk constraints. The tool translates high level objectives into a sequenced set of releases, assigns features to iterations, and creates auditable rationale for decisions, supporting stakeholder alignment and governance. It accommodates multi version planning, prioritization within each release, and optional risk notes or dependency hints to improve realism.\n\nConceptually, the tool collects inputs such as current_version, target_version, horizon_months, budget_usd, team_size, constraints, and a backlog of features, with optional dependencies and risk flags. It then applies a prioritization model to score candidate features and assigns them to release windows according to estimated velocity. The default scoring uses importance, impact, confidence, and effort; scheduling uses capacity per month to place features into feasible releases within the horizon. Dependencies and gating rules ensure prerequisites are scheduled before dependents; scenario modeling lets users adjust budgets or deadlines and immediately re-run calculations.\n\nOutputs include a structured roadmap: a sequence of releases with dates, version tags, and the features included per release, plus a total_cost_usd estimate and a concise summary. The roadmap can incorporate gating rules and dependency notes. Optional exports to JSON or CSV enable integration with downstream planning tools and presentations, while a human readable summary supports executive reviews.\n\nUnique value, domain-aware scoring and version-aware scheduling grounded in practical roadmapping practices, auditable inputs, clear trade-off reasoning, and scalable reuse across teams. Use cases include new features, platform migrations, and iterative enhancements aligned to corporate strategy, with fast scenario comparisons for leadership reviews.