Super flexible roadmap customization.

There is no single standard for a roadmap, but we still recognize one when we see it. While freehand drawing can represent anything, it is not practical for efficient editing or for keeping roadmap information as structured data that can integrate with other systems.

Roadmap provides powerful configuration options to customize document appearance and make the interface more business-friendly. Most options are document-specific, affect only the open document, and are stored inside that document. The same options apply when opening the document on other devices.

• 15 Section Lane Display Styles.
• 6 Task Shapes (available when displaying tasks in small display size).
• 16 Milestone Shapes (available when displaying tasks in small display size).
• Taskbar Display Content Customization (available when displaying tasks in large display size).
• Customize Milestone Shapes (replace existing milestone shapes).
• Undefined fields. Additional 6 single-line text fields, 2 multiple-line text fields, and 3 URL fields.
• Task Fields Visibility.
• Task fields TITLE customization.
• “Automatic Bullet” option for Multiple-Lines Text Fields.

The options above are document-based and affect only the open roadmap document. They are stored in the roadmap file (.rdmap) and take effect the same way on other devices when you open that file.

Section Lane Display Style

• Right-click a section lane, then choose the lane display style in the context menu.

• Alternatively, customize chart display from the app menu.

  

Task Shape and Content

You can switch taskbars between large and small display sizes.

When taskbars are displayed in large size, you can customize the displayed content.

Right-click a task and choose the menu option to customize display content.

In small size, you can set the shape of the selected task or milestone in the updating panel.

Milestone Icons Customization

Roadmap for macOS provides 16 milestone shapes. If the built-in shapes do not meet your needs, you can easily customize them with PNG files.

The PNG file must include a transparent part. The Roadmap app replaces the non-transparent part with the color of the milestone and leaves the transparent part the same.

Click the image on the left to watch a video that demonstrates:

• Open milestone shapes customization dialog.
• Download a PNG file to the desktop.
• Replace the default shape with the downloaded PNG file.

Additional Task Fields

In addition to task fields with predefined purposes (such as title, date, and cost), there are extra fields without predefined meanings. You decide how to use these additional fields.

By default, additional task fields are hidden. (The next section explains how to change task field visibility.)

• 6 single-line text fields
• 3 multi-line text fields (with automatic bullet support)
• 3 URL fields. By default, clicking a URL field in the updating panel opens the sub-panel for editing the URL. To open the URL directly, hold the "Command" key while clicking the URL field.

"Roadmap for macOS" does not know how you use additional task fields. Because of that, the app cannot automatically infer how to convert them when exporting to other formats, or how to interpret them for direct actions. For example, you might use a single-line text field to store a related requirement file ID. Even if you expect that field to open the related requirement, the app cannot infer that behavior automatically.

Title & Visibility of Task Fields

• Show the fields needed for your business scenario.
• Customize fields by assigning suitable titles.
• Localize field titles to your preferred language.

(Although the user interface is English-only, roadmap content can be in any language. By customizing task field titles in your local language, exported output can also be fully localized.)