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Roadmapping

The Roadmapping capability supports the translation of strategy into a timeline of business outcomes and deliverables. Each capability within the Planview Capability Framework has a distinct set of features and functionality, business processes, best practices, and analytics and reports that deliver value to customers in the form of specific business outcomes.

Definition and Business Outcomes

Definition

Roadmapping allows program and product managers, agile leaders, and other business planners to translate strategy into a timeline of business outcomes and deliverables. Roadmapping can be used to set direction and expectations, as well as maintain clear communication throughout delivery.

Business Outcome

We can translate strategic ideas into an interactive timeline of business outcomes and deliverables.

Business Outcome

We can define the vision and set expectations for the organization and teams by scheduling activities and defining key milestones.

Business Outcome

We can monitor and evaluate the progress of work connected to or aligned to the roadmap, and update the roadmap based on delivery changes.

Business Outcome

We can publish, share, or export the roadmap for cross-functional alignment.

Best Practices

Ensure the right people have access

Ensure that all stakeholders involved in the roadmap deliverables and outcomes have access to your roadmap so they can view up-to-date changes and align across all levels of the organization. This will help you break down silos during the planning process, and bring together the right expertise across business units, teams, and geographies.

Review your roadmap regularly

Review your roadmap on an ongoing basis (such as quarterly) and maintain an adaptive and responsive mindset as you learn new information or receive customer feedback. Reassess, adapt, and communicate changes to stakeholders as your roadmap evolves – but to maintain stakeholder confidence in your strategic decision-making process, avoid continuously updating or never updating your roadmap.

Tailor the level of detail

To gain stakeholder buy-in, your roadmap should have just enough detail to communicate the strategic vision, but not so much that it overwhelms viewers. Tailor the level of detail on your roadmap to your audience. For example, a portfolio roadmap for executives may have a monthly or quarterly planning horizon that covers multiple products with very few detailed activities, whereas a development roadmap may include just one product over a shorter, two-week planning sprint, broken down into detailed development stories and tasks.

Use your roadmap as a collaboration tool

Collaboration is at the heart of every successful roadmap. Engage with stakeholders throughout the entire process. Not only does this keep them in the loop so they have a better idea of needs and expectations, but it also ensures that everyone’s priorities are aligned and that all executives and department heads are working together to achieve the same strategic business goals.

Processes and Reports

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The roadmapping capability allows business leaders to communicate their strategic programs and business outcomes to stakeholders through a visual timeline of deliverables. Roadmaps can be reviewed, evaluated, and updated based on changes in planning and delivery activities, and shared with stakeholders for collaboration.

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Roadmapping Process Steps

           

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Roadmapping process flow

           

Process Step Description

Create program

The purpose of this step is to create new strategic programs. Add a new program at the lowest level of the strategy structure.

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Create outcome/product

Outcomes are the deliverables of your investments (projects and programs). These deliverables are typically products, applications, and services.

The purpose of this step is to create new a new outcome or product.

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Plan roadmap dates and milestones

The purpose of this step is to define the target dates and milestones of the program. This allows the program manager to align the program schedule and the schedule of the associated entities that will deliver the program.

Baseline roadmap

Roadmap baselines are snapshots of the strategy or outcome roadmap, including target dates and the actual or schedule dates of associated entities. 

The purpose of this step is to capture a baseline of the strategy or outcome which represents a record of the roadmap dates and associated entities as of this time. 

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Roadmapping Process Steps           

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Roadmapping process flow

           

Process Step Description
Create the project

Roadmaps exist on project, programs, and portfolios, and provide managers and executives with an interactive visualization tool to review and assess their strategies

Create the project.
Create the program  Create the program.
Create the portfolio

Create the portfolio.

The Portfolio roadmap can group related projects by a selected criteria – such as product name – for the review and approval process.
Create the Roadmap

Create the roadmap from the Roadmap panel for projects, programs, or portfolios. Enter in the name and grouping, if desired.

           

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Create the roadmap

           

           

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View roadmaps

           

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Add key milestones and key dates

For projects and programs, interact with the roadmap to see project or program information by hovering over a project or clicking on a project bar, add key dates, and adjust settings as needed. The roadmap may be filtered to only show the level of information needed, manually scaled, and cross-project dependencies may also be displayed to help provide the full picture.

           

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Example of roadmap by investment type

           

For portfolios, add key milestones, key dates, and adjust settings as needed. As projects are added or removed from the portfolio, the roadmap will be updated automatically. It can also be manually refreshed using the refresh action in the three-dot menu. 

           

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Roadmapping for Teams Process Steps

           

NOTE

Customers need to onboard to Planview Admin to gain access to Planview Roadmaps. Planview Roadmaps is a shared service accessible through Planview Admin Overview. To request Planview Admin for your organization, contact Planview Customer Care.

           

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Roadmapping for Teams process flow

           

Create roadmap Create a new roadmap with a name and description.
Add items

Add items to the roadmap such as epics, initiatives, programs, or features. Give each item a name and description.

Planned start and finish dates can be assigned manually, or drag items to the interactive timeline to automatically assign dates.

Dates can be adjusted on items by clicking and dragging an item directly across the timeline, or by clicking and dragging the end of the item.
Add items from connected AgilePlace

Roadmap items connected to cards in AgilePlace will automatically update with real-time data as work progresses in AgilePlace.

Add items to the roadmap from AgilePlace. Filter by board and search for card titles and headers.

Items added from AgilePlace with assigned planned start and finish dates are automatically plotted on the roadmap. For items without planned start and finish dates, drag items to the interactive timeline to automatically assign dates, or manually assign dates to the items.

Dates can be adjusted on items by clicking and dragging an item directly across the timeline, or by clicking and dragging the end of the item.
Add milestones Add visual milestones to the roadmap to communicate important dates. Assign colors to milestones to visually organize the information on your roadmap.
Review and manage roadmap

Configure your roadmap to be visually appealing by assigning colors to AgilePlace status, card type, or custom roadmap attributes, then use Group By and Color By to visually organize and present information on your roadmap.

To present a conceptual roadmap view, hide all dates, or choose to show only planned start or finish dates. Adjust timeframe intervals depending on the level of detail needed.

Review, evaluate, and update roadmap items based on changes in planning and delivery activities.

Use Date Difference Mode to visualize and compare the planned start and finish dates on roadmap items to the actual start and finish dates captured from AgilePlace. This feature gives you the option to refresh and update the roadmap with the actual dates.

Share the roadmap for collaboration by granting view-only or editor access.
Teams update cards in AgilePlace

As teams update cards in AgilePlace, roadmap items connected to cards in AgilePlace automatically update with real-time data.

Date Difference Mode visualizes the difference between planned start and finish dates on the roadmap to actual start and finish dates on connected work in AgilePlace. This feature gives you the option to refresh and update the roadmap with the actual dates.
Export roadmap Publish and export the roadmap as an image to share with cross-functional stakeholders and communicate the vision and expectations with teams and the organization.

           

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