The world’s changing. Fast. And organizations have to keep up, or risk falling behind and losing out to their competitors. That need to evolve rapidly is driving a lot of activity – agile transformations, organizational agility, digital transformations and so on. But even as things change rapidly, they have to change in accordance with a plan. Organizations have to know what they need to do and how they need to do it.
The challenge is, keeping that plan up to date in this fast-paced environment. Annual planning doesn’t work anymore, and many organizations are accelerating beyond a quarterly planning approach. And it’s not just the plan itself. Updates and changes have to be communicated effectively to keep execution aligned with the ever-evolving needs and priorities, and that communication has to be clear, concise, accurate and timely.
Enter the roadmap. An increasingly popular tool in organizations today that supports comprehensive planning easily. It is easy to adjust, simple to understand and fast to update. It can be communicated to all stakeholders without the need for a detailed explanation, and it can support everything from the current goals and objectives to the long-term vision.
Roadmaps can identify dependencies, they can be consolidated into an enterprise view or drilled into to see the plans for a department, product line or individual business asset. They can reflect macro level investment funding or micro level asset lifecycles. They drive clearer planning approaches; easier modeling of options; faster, less disruptive adjustments; and clearer understanding. In short, they’re awesome! Then, when the world changes and new threats and opportunities emerge, they stay awesome by allowing further adjustments to be made with absolute clarity.
It’s no wonder more and more organizations are embracing roadmaps, and its why our upcoming webinar this Thursday, Oct. 7 at 9:00 am PDT/ 12:00 noon EST (register here) on the subject is proving so popular. But not all roadmapping tools are created equal. You need a tool that will work with you to manage your strategic priorities, your investment decisions and allocations. You need a tool that can be updated from the execution work that is carried out to deliver roadmap items, and you need total transparency into what’s happening. What you don’t need is a glorified PowerPoint like tool that doesn’t integrate with anything!
Here at ServiceNow we recognize that and it’s why we have introduced with Alignment Planner Workspace with Roadmap Planning. Be sure to join us this October 7th to learn about better dynamic strategy management with roadmaps.
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