I find that in many situations when coming up with a roadmap you are going through iterations and different options on how you can tackle the next period of planning. it would be nice to have a lighter way of doing that didn't actually create releases and feature within the workflow.
there could maybe be a stage that they start in like that and then are promoted to being "real."
starter roadmap looks good all in all, but this would make me more inclined to use it.
Thank you for the note. There is a workaround which might help with your use case.
You could create a "test" product and add releases, features and other records to that product. Once you are ready for the items to be "real," you can then easily move them to your "real" product via drag and drop.