An IT roadmap is a type of technology roadmap that a business uses to develop and share a strategic-level plan for IT initiatives at the organization, such as migrating the company’s data to a new cloud system or upgrading the organization to a new enterprise software platform.
Technology roadmaps commonly include a mix of these key components:
- Goals and initiatives.
- New system capabilities.
- Release plans.
- Milestones.
- Resources.
- Training.
- Risk factors.
- Status reports.
Here are six steps you can follow to build your technology roadmap.
- Identify your strategic objectives. What are your strategic priorities? …
- Plan for the future. …
- Define your functional needs and priorities. …
- Measure the cost. …
- Establish realistic timelines. …
- Appoint an IT steering committee.