Roadmaps

Business Plans fail to capture the versatility needed to

maneuver through uncertainty. Roadmaps are a faster,
more practical and more useful approach that leads to
results and avoids waste of time and resources.

I am yet to know a successful- entrepreneur that followed a business plan Alicia

Castillo
 What is a Roadmap
Systematic view of a process from thought to
implementation
Flexible
Holistic
Breakable
Originated in the Software Industry
To be evaluated, not just to be followed (it is very
adaptable)
Manages uncertainty (more than risk)
 Roadmap Process Part I
Time

Group participation Individual feedback Evaluation in time

Identify wanted and unwanted outcomes
 Roadmap Process Part II
Time
Time 1 Time 2 Time Time Time n
A KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI
B KPI KPI KPI KPI
C KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI
D KPI KPI KPI KPI
E KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI

KPI From end to present

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 Roadmap Process Part III
Time
Time 1 Time 2 Time Time Time n
A KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI
B KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI
C KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI
D KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI
E KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI

Milestones ( ) Relationships ( ) (Responsible)

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 Roadmap Process Evaluation
Time n (1, 2, 3, 4, n)

Keep Drop Change Recuperate Incorporate

Working Irrelevant, Working Dropped Didnt think
well, useless, badly, previously, about,
needed not needed needed now needed needed
A KPI
B KPI
C KPI
D KPI
E KPI
Roadmap Revised (time _)
Time
Time 1 Time 2 Time Time Time n
A KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI
B KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI
C KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI
D KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI
E KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI KPI
NEW KPI KPI

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