--- title: Roadmaps Backlog description: "One place to manage all of your roadmap items: initiatives, epics, and stories." --- [Skip to content](https://support.productplan.com/roadmaps-backlog#main-content) English Show submenu for translations [![ProductPlan\_Logo\_Positive 1](https://support.productplan.com/hubfs/ProductPlan_Logo_Positive%201.svg)](https://www.productplan.com/) Open main navigation Close main navigation - English Show submenu for translations - [https://www.productplan.com/](https://www.productplan.com/) [https://www.productplan.com/](https://www.productplan.com/) Find best practices and answers to common questions in ProductPlan - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. 1. [Support Center](https://support.productplan.com/?hsLang=en) 2. [Roadmapping](https://support.productplan.com/roadmapping?hsLang=en) # Roadmaps Backlog ## One place to manage all of your roadmap items: initiatives, epics, and stories. Each product has a Backlog index. It holds every initiative, epic and story in the product. Items from your backlog can be added to a roadmap at any time via the Backlog Items drawer. [Creating Roadmap Items](https://support.productplan.com/roadmaps-backlog#create-from-backlog) [Managing Roadmap Items](https://support.productplan.com/roadmaps-backlog#manage-item) [Overview](https://support.productplan.com/roadmaps-backlog#roadmap-item-overview) [Hierarchy](https://support.productplan.com/roadmaps-backlog#roadmap-item-hierarchy) [Objectives](https://support.productplan.com/roadmaps-backlog#roadmap-item-objective) [Dependencies](https://support.productplan.com/roadmaps-backlog#roadmap-item-dependencies) [Integration](https://support.productplan.com/roadmaps-backlog#roadmap-item-integration) [Resources](https://support.productplan.com/roadmaps-backlog#roadmap-item-resources) The backlog table will include all viable field values. At least one roadmap item will have to have a populated value in order for the field to appear as a column in the index. If no initiatives, epics or stories have populated that field, it will not appear in the column structure. Initiatives, epics and containers all show in a nested format in the backlog. The backlog will default to highest level items, sorted by most recently updated. Expand the initiative to see the epics, and expand the epic to see the stories beneath. ![roadmap-backlog](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/roadmap-backlog.png?width=670&height=318&name=roadmap-backlog.png) Typing in the search bar will search the current backlog view for roadmap items matching your search. ![backlog-search](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/backlog-search.png?width=670&height=226&name=backlog-search.png) The backlog index can be filtered in order to list only roadmap items that match the selected conditions. ![backlog-filtertable](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/backlog-filtertable.png?width=670&height=404&name=backlog-filtertable.png) --- ### **Create a New Item** New roadmap items can be created by any editor within the product. A newly created item will automatically assign to the currently selected product. Click on the Product selector in order to switch products, or to switch to the 'All Products' view. ![backlog-productselection](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/backlog-productselection.png?width=670&height=314&name=backlog-productselection.png) Initiatives, epics, and stories can all be created from within the Backlog. A title is required in order to fully edit the roadmap item. ![backlog-create-new](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/backlog-create-new.png?width=670&height=426&name=backlog-create-new.png) --- ### **Edit/View a Roadmap Item** Clicking on any initiative, epic, or story will open the item menu. In the item toolbar, click on the circle arrow icon to initiate a sync for an integrated item: ![initiative-pullintegration](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/initiative-pullintegration.png?width=670&height=255&name=initiative-pullintegration.png) Click on the three dots to open up the deletion menu: ![initiative-delete](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/initiative-delete.png?width=670&height=254&name=initiative-delete.png) #### **Overview** The first tab of the item menu will include Title, Description, Product (uneditable), Start + End Date, Effort, Progress, and Custom Fields. ![initiative-overview](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/initiative-overview.png?width=670&height=427&name=initiative-overview.png) The hierarchy of a roadmap item is viewable in the overview section. ![initiative-hierarchy](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/initiative-hierarchy.png?width=670&height=216&name=initiative-hierarchy.png) Epics and stories can be assigned to other parent items from the Hierarchy section. ![epic-hierarchy](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/epic-hierarchy.png?width=670&height=305&name=epic-hierarchy.png) Scroll further to assign the roadmap item to an Objective. You can assign an item to multiple Objectives. Objectives are created in the Strategy section of ProductPlan. ![initiative-strategy](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/initiative-strategy.png?width=670&height=219&name=initiative-strategy.png) A dependency can be created between two roadmap items in the overview section. Multiple dependencies can be created for a single item. ![initiative-dependencies](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/initiative-dependencies.png?width=670&height=427&name=initiative-dependencies.png) --- #### **Integration** The second tab of the roadmap item will include information related to Integrations. If utilized, it will display what item this roadmap item is integrated to and include a link to open up the item in the integrated platform. ![initiative-integration](https://support.productplan.com/hs-fs/hubfs/initiative-integration.png?width=670&height=176&name=initiative-integration.png) --- #### **Resources** The third tab of the roadmap item will include any additional linked resources attached to the item. 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