DIGITAL MANUFACTURING & DESIGN

ROADMAP PROJECT
STEP 5: FUTURE STATE AND RISKS INVOLVED

For your final 4.0 Roadmap to Success in Digital Manufacturing and Design Technology project, you will be asked to develop a written
“roadmap” that outlines how you will transition your career from its current state to the future desired state in the Digital
Manufacturing & Design paradigm, using concepts gleaned in this specialization. Your Roadmap will be submitted in Course 10, as a
Peer Review task, which will allow you to get a sense of how others intend to transition their own careers as well.

By completing each of the Roadmap steps (in Courses 1-9 of the Specialization), you will be prepared to submit your final 4.0
Roadmap to Success Project. In the final course you will be asked to submit your final project as a single document. Please be sure to
save your work, as your responses to each of these steps will contribute to your final 4.0 Roadmap to Success project.

STEP 5: FUTURE STATE AND RISKS INVOLVED

For this step you will think about what you know about DMD and how you can make an impact in this field. What do you need to
consider in order to get there? Start by documenting the following:

 At least one future goal related to the Digital Manufacturing and Design paradigm
 The steps required to achieve your goal or goals
 The obstacles you may have to overcome in order to achieve your objectives.
You may use this form to document your response. To do so, just place your cursor on the document and start typing. You may also
use the forms on pages 3 and 4 of this document. Don’t forget to save your work! We recommend that you create a folder on your
computer to store your Roadmap assignments, as well as any other material from the course that will be useful towards your career in
DMD.

An example template to document your desired future state and plan to achieve it.
DESIRED FUTURE STATE: ACHIEVE XXX (FUTURE STATE) BY YYY (TIMELINE).

Your DMD ROADMAP | Step 1

Actions/steps Responsibility Target Status
What needs to be done to achieve the future state? Who is best suited to implement this action What is a Periodically review the
effectively? (this could be you or an outside reasonable timeline status of this action
help like a bank or a mentor, etc.). to complete this (open within target,
action? past due, complete)
(note: the following two lessons on project
resources can help you complete this
column)

Step 1

Step 2

Step 3

An example template to document your project risks and mitigation plan.

DESIRED FUTURE STATE: ACHIEVE XXX (FUTURE STATE) BY YYY (TIMELINE).

Your DMD ROADMAP | Step 1

Potential risks Probability Severity of Action to mitigate Responsibility Target Status
Describe what could go wrong of occurrence risk
occurrence If this risk occurs,
What are the what is the worst
chances this case impact on
risk could achieving project
occur objective?
(high/low) (High/low)

Risk 1

Risk 2

Risk 3

Your DMD ROADMAP | Step 1