Leveraging EDD to Optimize Your Solution Roadmap
Many teams practice Evaluation Driven Development, but fail to operationalize it as a continuous signal that shapes sequencing, prioritization, and delivery decisions. This workshop focuses on using EDD as a control system for roadmap optimization, not a retrospective reporting exercise.
To win, your team must use EDD insights to define improvement opportunities, form testable optimization hypotheses, sequence work, and make progress visible as part of ongoing roadmap reviews.
When EDD is not embedded into roadmap planning and governance, teams struggle to:
• Revisit evaluation signals effectively: Treat EDD results as static artifacts instead of decision-driving inputs that surface where the solution is failing to meet defined thresholds.
• Translate signals into action: Lack a disciplined way to turn evaluation outcomes into clear optimization hypotheses that guide investment and effort.
• Operationalize sequencing and visibility: Make roadmap changes without a clear sequence or shared view of how improvements affect evaluation outcomes over time.
This disconnect leads to misaligned investments, delayed quality gains, and roadmaps that drift from what evaluation evidence demands.
In this hands-on workshop, your team applies Evaluation Driven Development as a continuous roadmap signal through structured analysis and applied planning.
• Revisit EDD results to identify concrete opportunity areas tied to unmet acceptance criteria.
• Create explicit optimization hypotheses grounded in evaluation signals across the solution lifecycle.
• Sequence solution improvements based on evaluation impact, dependencies, and risk.
• Design dashboards that visualize evaluation-driven progress and decision thresholds.
• Embed EDD checkpoints into roadmap reviews to sustain evidence-based planning and delivery.
- Revisiting EDD Results for Opportunity Areas
- Creating Optimization Hypotheses from EDD Insights
- Sequencing Solution Improvements
- Visualizing Progress with Dashboards
- Embedding EDD in Roadmap Reviews
Use EDD results to identify where the solution is failing to meet defined quality, safety, or performance thresholds.
• Convert evaluation outcomes into structured optimization hypotheses that inform roadmap decisions.
• Sequence roadmap improvements using evaluation impact rather than intuition or urgency.
• Establish dashboards that make evaluation progress and tradeoffs visible to stakeholders.
• Integrate EDD as a repeatable input into roadmap reviews and delivery governance.
Who Should Attend:
Solution Essentials
Virtual or in-person
4 Hours
Intermediate; familiarity with GenAI delivery and evaluation concepts recommended
EDD artifacts, roadmap planning frameworks, and dashboarding tools