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Engineering Roadmap Deck

Presentation template for Google Slides and PowerPoint

Make a copy in Google Slides
Price
Free
Slides
11
Style
Minimal
Difficulty
Beginner
Updated
November 1, 2026

Every slide (11)

Overview

Engineering roadmaps usually list features and hide the work that keeps the product running. This deck makes the trade-off visible. It starts with who the engineers are and how capacity is split between features, reliability and debt, then shows the now, next and later view, the platform migration, the debt trend, a reliability scorecard and the risks.

The sample follows Dunlinn Cloud, with 42 engineers and a 60 / 20 / 20 split of 1,680 engineer-days a quarter. It shows four initiatives with a target metric each, a platform migration in four steps, debt falling from 62 to 38 items and an honest amber and red scorecard. Replace the split, initiatives, metrics and risks with your own, and defend the split with last quarter's actuals.

Useful for

  • A quarterly planning review where engineering managers agree the capacity split with product
  • An update to executives that explains why reliability and debt work displaces some feature work
  • A kickoff for a platform migration that shows the steps, savings and risks to stakeholders

What's included

  • Team slide with six stream leads and a capacity slide with the 60 / 20 / 20 split and last quarter's actuals
  • Feature work in now, next and later columns, then four initiatives with confidence and a target metric each
  • Platform migration in four steps, from inventory to retiring the old tooling
  • Tech debt chart by quarter with insights, and a six-measure reliability scorecard with status
  • Risk table with impact, odds and an action for each risk
  • Make-it-yours guide slide and a closing slide with contact details

How to use it

  1. 1

    Click Make a copy in Google Slides, then confirm on the Google page. The copy is saved to your own Google Drive.

  2. 2

    Replace the team and the capacity split with your real allocation, and back it with last quarter's actuals.

  3. 3

    Rename the initiatives and give each one an outcome, a metric and a confidence of high, medium or low.

  4. 4

    Update the debt chart, reliability scorecard and risk table with your own numbers and owners.

  5. 5

    Delete the guide slide, then share or present the deck.

What you need

Requirements

  • A Google account with access to Google Slides

Works with

  • Google Slides
  • Microsoft PowerPoint (File → Download → .pptx)

Questions

Why show capacity before features?

Because the feature list is only credible if it fits the time engineers really have. Showing the split first stops reliability and debt work surprising stakeholders later.

Should the roadmap include dates?

Only for now, which is committed. Keep next as intent and later as exploration, and label each item with a confidence of high, medium or low rather than promising dates for unscoped work.

Are Dunlinn Cloud and its people real?

No. The organisation, the people and every figure in the sample are fictional. They are there to show what a finished engineering roadmap deck looks like.

  • #engineering-roadmap
  • #product-roadmap
  • #now-next-later
  • #tech-debt
  • #capacity-planning
  • #google-slides
  • #engineering-managers
  • #reliability

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