# Roadmap & Prioritization Charts in Confluence with Mermaid

September 24, 2026 ·

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The quarter plan is a spreadsheet with thirty rows, color-coded by priority, sorted by a column half the team doesn't trust. The kickoff asks "what are we doing when — and why this first?" and the answer requires parsing three tabs. Planning outputs are *shapes*: schedules stack as bars, priorities sit on a 2x2, flows bundle as ribbons. The spreadsheet stores them poorly; Mermaid draws them as text.

**Quick answer:** put the quarter plan in Confluence as Mermaid — `gantt` for when things happen, `quadrantChart` for which gets built first, `sankey-beta` for where the budget goes — rendered by [Mermaid Plus for Confluence](https://marketplace.atlassian.com/apps/1236814/mermaid-plus-diagrams-for-confluence/). Three charts, three planning questions, one editable page. This post gives you three copy-paste examples.

## Why planning needs shapes, not sorted rows[​](#why-planning-needs-shapes-not-sorted-rows "Direct link to Why planning needs shapes, not sorted rows")

Plans fail in the *distribution* — where the bars overlap, which item is top-left on effort/impact, how much flow is leaking to overrun. Three questions need three chart shapes:

* **When?** → **Gantt.** Bars, sections, dependencies, milestones. The schedule is the answer.
* **Which first?** → **Quadrant.** Every item plotted on effort vs impact. The top-left block is the shortlist.
* **Where does it go?** → **Sankey.** Quantities flowing from source to use. The leak is the answer.

All three are wrung out of the same planning input — items, dates or effort, and amounts — which means all three live on one roadmap page and update in the same pass.

## Copy-paste 1: the quarter's Gantt[​](#copy-paste-1-the-quarters-gantt "Direct link to Copy-paste 1: the quarter's Gantt")

Sections group the workstreams; task lines carry durations; `after` links the blockers. Dates in the `YYYY-MM-DD` format Mermaid expects:

```
gantt

  title Q3 Roadmap

  dateFormat YYYY-MM-DD

  section Platform

    Orders API      :a1, 2026-10-01, 15d

    Payments revamp :after a1, 20d

  section Data

    Reporting dash  :b1, 2026-10-08, 18d

    Export refresh  :after b1, 12d

  section Release

    Q3 launch       :milestone, 2026-11-14, 0d
```

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The Gantt answers "when" at the planning kickoff: the API bars flow into release, the data track shares the same end-date window, and the `milestone` marks the drop-dead. When a date moves, the review changes one number and the bar redraws.

## Copy-paste 2: which first — effort impact quadrant[​](#copy-paste-2-which-first--effort-impact-quadrant "Direct link to Copy-paste 2: which first — effort impact quadrant")

The 2x2 that replaces the color-coded column. Plot each candidate against effort (x) and impact (y); the top-left is the obvious first slice:

```
quadrantChart

  title Prioritize

  x-axis Low Effort --> High Effort

  y-axis Low Impact --> High Impact

  quadrant-1 Do now

  quadrant-2 Big bets

  quadrant-3 Fill-ins

  quadrant-4 Cut

  "Payment revamp": [0.65, 0.45]

  "Orders API": [0.55, 0.35]

  "Reporting dash": [0.4, 0.25]

  "Export refresh": [0.2, 0.15]
```

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Unread the labels for now — the *positions* are the decision: two items cluster low-effort (bottom half), one rides the borderline, and "Payment revamp" sits firmly in Do-now territory. The quadrant is the tie-breaker the sorted spreadsheet cannot provide, because it shows the *relationship* between effort and impact, not a ranking.

## Copy-paste 3: where the budget goes — Sankey[​](#copy-paste-3-where-the-budget-goes--sankey "Direct link to Copy-paste 3: where the budget goes — Sankey")

Sankey ribbons show quantities moving from source to use, and the width of a ribbon is the magnitude — the leak is visually loud:

```
sankey-beta

Budget,Engineering,120

Budget,Infra,80

Budget,Marketing,40

Infra,Hardware,30

Infra,Cloud,50
```

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Follow the widths: Engineering takes the largest slice, Infra splits into Hardware and Cloud, and the single thin Marketing ribbon is the whole marketing story. Sankey answers "where does the budget go without a legend" — the flow is sized by value, the way a pie chart shows proportion per slice.

## Building the roadmap page[​](#building-the-roadmap-page "Direct link to Building the roadmap page")

The three charts are one planning cycle rendered three ways:

1. **Gantt from the calendar.** Sections = workstreams, bars = items, `after` = blockers. Update dates in the planning meeting.
2. **Quadrant from the debate.** Every item gets coordinates; the argument happens *over the plot*, not over a ranked list.
3. **Sankey from the ledger.** Amounts per line; the ribbons expose where priority-money actually flows.

Keep the roadmap page's siblings close: the **decision records** behind the priorities as a [requirement traceability](/blog/mermaid-requirement-diagram-confluence.md) and the **sprint view** of the same work as a [Kanban board](/blog/mermaid-kanban-board-workflow-confluence.md).

## FAQ[​](#faq "Direct link to FAQ")

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**Gantt, quadrant or Sankey — which does this decision need?** Gantt = when (schedule, dependencies, milestones). Quadrant = which first (effort vs impact). Sankey = where it goes (quantity flows). One roadmap page holds all three.

**How do I show dependencies in a Mermaid Gantt?** Reference an earlier task with `after <column>` or mark the critical path with `crit`. The dependency is drawn, not just implied by dates.

**How do I keep the roadmap chart from going stale?** Edit it in the same meeting that changes the plan — text means the diff *is* the plan update, and the chart survives as the wiki's living record.

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