The Forem Product Roadmap — with Lisa Sy & Vaidehi Joshi
Tags: discuss, podcast, forem, opensource
Published: 2021-05-12 18:55:00

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title: The Forem Product Roadmap — with Lisa Sy & Vaidehi Joshi 
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description: Listen to S5E1 of DevDiscuss!
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We're kicking off the new season of the DevDiscuss podcast with a topic one could say is near and dear to my heart — and very relevant to all of us here on DEV.

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We're talking Forem — the open-source software that powers DEV and a [growing number of online communities](forem.com/discover) interested in transparency, accessibility, and authentic connection. 

More specifically, this episode is dedicated to the Forem product roadmap — the plan we're following to accomplish critical goals as a community-building tool and business. Our product roadmap is two things in one: a 10 thousand foot view to help us arrive at the bigger picture _and_ a 50-foot view to help us identify the granular details required to make it all happen. 

### In this episode, I was joined by two brilliant guests from the Forem team...
- **[Lisa Sy](dev.to/lisasy)**, Lead Product Designer 
- **[Vaidehi Joshi](dev.to/vaidehijoshi)**, Lead Software Engineer

@lisasy, @vaidehijoshi, and I also dove into the differences between a product roadmap, vision, and strategy — and talked about the various audiences for this roadmap.  


### Whether you are active in [our codebase](https://github.com/forem/forem) or you're brand new to DEV, I hope that this episode helps you contextualize where Forem is headed and how your participation here is helping us drive the future of connection online. 
  

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- _@levisharpe for producing & mixing the show_
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