A roadmap should not become a second project tracker. Use it to show sequence, dependencies, target windows, and confidence while keeping execution attached to the underlying projects.
When priorities move, update the relationship between the initiative and its projects rather than copying status into a presentation-only layer.
The best roadmap review asks what changed, which dependency moved, and what the change means for the work already in motion.
Use one source of work truth.
Planning, execution, context, and reporting are easier to reason about when they point to the same underlying objects.