A published document or official plan outlining the planned features, timeline milestones, and strategic direction for a product or software platform.

Dropping "a stated roadmap" in sales calls to promise missing software features that do not actually exist yet, using future intentions to close present-day deals.

• Vaporware Shield: Using non-binding future promises to close deals on incomplete software today.
• Corporate Gravitas: Giving a basic slide list of planned software updates a formal, authoritative title.
• House-Cleaning Reality Check: Like writing down "clean the garage next year" and calling it "a stated roadmap."

The Founder (2010s) scene where Ray Kroc pitches prospective franchisees using grandiose expansion maps and future store blueprints while existing locations are struggling with supply issues.

A formal plan listing features a company intends to build in the future.

“According to our stated roadmap, custom API integrations will launch in the third quarter.”

“We showed the prospective client our feature plan for next year to reassure them that offline search was being developed.”