# Build an integrated program roadmap across workstreams

Combines several workstream plans into one roadmap showing milestones, cross-workstream dependencies, and integration points.

- Topic: Projects & Operations
- Framework: Few-Shot
- Level: Standard
- Tags: Product, Plan, Code, Fill-in Template
- Source: https://www.thinkwithprompt.com/prompts/build-an-integrated-program-roadmap-across-workstreams

## Prompt

```text
Help me build an integrated roadmap for a program with several workstreams.

**Program goal:** [OUTCOME and target date]
**Workstreams:** [LIST each with its lead, scope, and key milestones with dates]
**Known dependencies between workstreams:** [e.g. "Training can't start until the system is configured"]
**External dates:** [regulatory deadlines, contract dates, business calendar events, freeze periods]
**Planning horizon and granularity:** [e.g. "18 months, by month"]

Steps:
1. Lay out each workstream's milestones on a common timeline.
2. Map cross-workstream dependencies and check each one: does the provider's date land before the consumer needs it? Flag conflicts and tight handoffs (less than 2 weeks of buffer).
3. Identify integration points - moments where outputs from several workstreams must come together (e.g. end-to-end testing, launch readiness) - and treat these as program-level milestones.
4. Find periods of overload where several workstreams peak at once and compete for the same people or approvals.
5. Suggest program-level checkpoints for leadership review.

Rules: keep each workstream's dates as given; flag problems rather than silently moving dates. Mark any assumption as [ASSUMED].

Return:
1. A roadmap table: period | workstream | milestone | depends on | integration point?
2. A dependency list with status: OK / tight / conflict.
3. The top 5 program-level risks from the roadmap.
4. A one-page summary view for executives: phases, major milestones, and decision points.
5. A description of how to draw it as a swimlane chart.
```

## What to fill in

- OUTCOME and target date
- LIST each with its lead, scope, and key milestones with dates
- e.g. "Training can't start until the system is configured"
- e.g. "18 months, by month"
- ASSUMED

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