From Chat to Roadmap: Turning Conversations into Shippable Work

Chat is where ideas start—roadmaps are where shipping begins. Here’s a lightweight loop that converts conversations into outcomes without losing context.

1) Capture: One Thread, One Goal

• Name the intent (“Migrate billing”, “Beta launch plan”).
• Keep all prompts in one thread until you extract artifacts.

2) Extract: Tasks, Docs, Events

• Tasks: ask for a minimal backlog with owners and acceptance criteria.
• Docs: request a single source (README.md, brief, checklist) and save it.
• Events: add review/launch dates with reminders.

3) Commit: Prioritize and Time‑box

• Mark only the next 3 tasks as “Now”. Everything else is “Later”.
• Put a date on the review. No date → it won’t happen.

Talk is cheap until you extract artifacts. The trick is to end every good chat with a tiny backlog, a doc, and a date.