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Research before roadmap: a two-week reset
When a roadmap is full but confidence is low, a short research reset can reveal which decisions are evidence-backed and which are only momentum.
Farhan Rahman·22 July 2026·3 min read

A roadmap is a set of bets
Teams often treat a busy roadmap as certainty. We begin by naming the assumptions underneath it, finding the few with the greatest cost of being wrong, and gathering just enough evidence to change a decision.
Make the output operational
Research should end with ownership, priorities, and the next smallest useful experiment—not a report that disappears into a drive.