How does the generator decide what to build first?

Within each priority bucket it ranks by impact, then by how automatable the work is, then puts smaller tasks earlier so wins land sooner. It schedules round-robin across teams so no single team's backlog starves the others.

How is build time estimated?

From the complexity band you assign each opportunity. Low, Medium, and High map to a number of weeks (which you can tune), and one week equals five developer-days. The schedule then fits that demand into your stated weekly capacity, splitting large tasks across months.

What's a sensible split between quick wins and strategic bets?

A common starting point is roughly 60% quick wins, 30% strategic bets, and a 10% buffer — enough early wins to build momentum and credibility while still funding the harder, higher-ceiling work. Tune it to your appetite; the buffer is reallocated to priority work if unused.

Where does the complexity rating come from?

Score it with the AI Workflow Complexity Score tool — it rates a workflow across 17 build dimensions and returns the Low / Medium / High band this roadmap uses as its scheduling weight. Scoring first means the timeline reflects real build effort, not optimism.

AI Roadmap Generator — schedule your AI backlog into a Gantt

Opportunity backlog

Opportunity	Team	Impact	Complexity	Bucket	Automation

Automation accepts a fraction (0.8) or a percentage (80%). Complexity bands match the companion AI Workflow Complexity Score tool.

Capacity & cadence

Dev days / week

Weeks · Low

Weeks · Medium

Weeks · High

Roadmap split (share of monthly capacity per bucket)

Quick Win

Strategic Bet

Foundational

Splits sum to 0.9. The remaining 10% is a reallocatable buffer — leftover bucket capacity flows into it and is re-spent across the whole backlog by priority.

Total required

50 dev-days

Monthly capacity

20.83 dev-days

Estimated duration

3 months

Monthly allocation (dev-days)

Opportunity	Jun 2026	Jul 2026	Aug 2026
After-call follow-up + CRM update Sales · Quick Win	5	—	—
Lead qualification agent Sales · Strategic Bet	—	2.5	7.5
Invoice coding Finance · Quick Win	5	—	—
Shift-plan forecasting Operations · Foundational	4.58	14.58	0.83
Support deflection bot Support · Strategic Bet	6.25	3.75	—

Roadmap (Gantt)

Opportunity

Jun 2026

Jul 2026

Aug 2026

After-call follow-up + CRM update

Quick Win

Lead qualification agent

Strategic Bet

Invoice coding

Quick Win

Shift-plan forecasting

Foundational

Support deflection bot

Strategic Bet

Quick WinStrategic BetFoundational

How to use it.

1. List your opportunities

Add each candidate AI project with its impact (High / Medium / Low), complexity (Low / Medium / High), priority bucket (Quick Win, Strategic Bet, and so on), and team. Keep only the ones you've decided are worth building — this is a plan, not a brainstorm.

2. Set your capacity

Enter total developer days available per week and how many weeks each complexity band takes. The generator converts complexity into required days, so the schedule reflects what your team can actually deliver — not a wish list.

3. Choose your roadmap split

Decide how much capacity goes to each bucket — for example 60% quick wins, 30% strategic bets, 10% buffer. The scheduler honors the split, then reallocates any unused capacity to the next-highest-priority work so no developer-day is wasted.

4. Read the schedule and Gantt

You get a month-by-month allocation table and a Gantt view showing when each project starts, runs, and finishes. Tasks split across months when they're large, and the highest-impact, most-automatable work lands first. Export it as a one-pager to share with your team.

Frequently asked questions.

How does the generator decide what to build first?: Within each priority bucket it ranks by impact, then by how automatable the work is, then puts smaller tasks earlier so wins land sooner. It schedules round-robin across teams so no single team's backlog starves the others.
How is build time estimated?: From the complexity band you assign each opportunity. Low, Medium, and High map to a number of weeks (which you can tune), and one week equals five developer-days. The schedule then fits that demand into your stated weekly capacity, splitting large tasks across months.
What's a sensible split between quick wins and strategic bets?: A common starting point is roughly 60% quick wins, 30% strategic bets, and a 10% buffer — enough early wins to build momentum and credibility while still funding the harder, higher-ceiling work. Tune it to your appetite; the buffer is reallocated to priority work if unused.
Where does the complexity rating come from?: Score it with the AI Workflow Complexity Score tool — it rates a workflow across 17 build dimensions and returns the Low / Medium / High band this roadmap uses as its scheduling weight. Scoring first means the timeline reflects real build effort, not optimism.