Getting a seat at the table is your first objective in
building a strategic roadmap. Knowing what the business wants to do and
understanding what it will need in the future is a challenge for most IT departments.
This could be a challenge such as:
- Understanding the business vision
- Clear communications on business planning
- Insight into what the future state should look like
- Understanding what the IT team is spending its time on day to day
Our Advice
Critical Insight
- Having a clear vision of what the future state is and knowing that creating an IT Infrastructure roadmap is never finished will give your IT team an understanding of priorities, goals, business vision, and risks associated with not planning.
- Understand what you are currently paying for and why.
Impact and Result
- Understanding of the business priorities, and vision of the future
- Know what your budget is spent on: running the business, growth, or innovation
- Increased communication with the right stakeholders
- Better planning based on analysis of time study, priorities, and business goals
Member Testimonials
After each Info-Tech experience, we ask our members to quantify the real-time savings, monetary impact, and project improvements our research helped them achieve. See our top member experiences for this blueprint and what our clients have to say.
9.5/10
Overall Impact
$91,847
Average $ Saved
18
Average Days Saved
Client
Experience
Impact
$ Saved
Days Saved
Marion County Information Technology
Workshop
10/10
$34,250
10
Best part was the interactions I had with Jeremy. This was hands down the best interaction I have had with regards to any workshop I have attended ... Read More
Fernco Inc
Guided Implementation
8/10
$2,740
2
Unity Homes, Inc
Guided Implementation
10/10
$5,000
20
Anytime I have had a consultation with Scott, he has been fantastic. Knowledgeable, professional, approachable, and contextual. What I mean by cont... Read More
JFK International Air Terminal
Guided Implementation
8/10
$5,000
20
John provided valuable experience and knowledge to this engagement that will allow my team to improve in the development of IT infrastructure moder... Read More
Ontario Legislative Assembly
Guided Implementation
10/10
$95,000
9
Zebra Technologies Corporation
Workshop
10/10
$137K
10
Best - effective facilitation - keeping the discussion constructive, capturing relevant notes, guiding us through when we got stuck. Best - buildi... Read More
HSS Enterprises Ltd c/o IKO
Guided Implementation
10/10
$100K
10
Government of the United States Virgin Islands
Workshop
10/10
$685K
N/A
The agency participants engaging in positive dialogue and having an open mind to the consolidation effort was the highlight of the workshop in my h... Read More
Government of Bermuda
Guided Implementation
10/10
$68,500
5
University of Johannesburg
Guided Implementation
9/10
$12,024
10
Sanlam Life Insurance Limited
Guided Implementation
10/10
$10,000
10
Capacity analysis, overall bird's eye view of all the projects and initiatives within the department with clear timelines and overlaps between the ... Read More
Unity Homes, Inc
Guided Implementation
10/10
$7,000
10
Scott is an outstanding sounding board of support. He allowed me to talk about my concept of where I wanted to go with our infrastructure and then ... Read More
Albuquerque Public Schools
Workshop
9/10
$32,499
105
* Coming together as an executive with a great workshop lead. * We didn't complete the plan by the end of the wokrshop.
Debswana
Guided Implementation
10/10
$129K
N/A
- Service discontinuation and during account manager transition and the overhead during the turn of the year.
LPL Financial
Guided Implementation
10/10
$3,899
10
The suggestions and being open to review drafted processes and provide feedback
Turners and Growers
Guided Implementation
9/10
$85,999
35
Great to expose our team to this methodology, very clearly explained. I don't know if there is a way to get more engagement from the team members ... Read More
Wabtec Corp
Guided Implementation
9/10
$12,999
5
Overall guidance from experience with past use of the tools.
American Honda Motor Co., Inc
Guided Implementation
9/10
$2,599
5
expedient and easy to understand review of tool and how to use - quick process and more in-depth.
Workshop: Build a Strategic Infrastructure Roadmap
Workshops offer an easy way to accelerate your project. If you are unable to do the project yourself, and a Guided Implementation isn't enough, we offer low-cost delivery of our project workshops. We take you through every phase of your project and ensure that you have a roadmap in place to complete your project successfully.
Module 1: Pre-workshop: Elicit business context
The Purpose
- Understand the business goals to align with IT goals.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Have a clear understanding of business priorities.
- Align vision and mission.
Activities
Outputs
Complete recommended diagnostic programs.
- SWOT analysis of current state
Interview key business stakeholders as needed to identify business context: business goals, initiatives, and the organization’s mission and vision.
- Goals cascade
(Optional) CIO to compile and prioritize IT success stories.
- Persona analysis
Module 2: Align strategy and goals
The Purpose
- Develop the infrastructure strategy.
- Define your goals.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Create a vision and mission statement.
- Create a list of goals to achieve.
Activities
Outputs
Infrastructure strategy.
Review/validate the business context.
Construct your mission and vision statements.
- Vision statement, mission statement, and guiding principles
Elicit your guiding principles and finalize IT strategy scope.
Intake identification and analysis.
Survey results analysis.
Brainstorm goals.
- List of goals
Perform goal association and analysis.
Module 3: Envision future and analyze constraints
The Purpose
- Define your future state and analyze your constraints.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Have a clear understanding of what can prevent you from being successful in building your roadmap.
Activities
Outputs
Define the future state.
Conduct an emerging technology discussion.
Document desired future state.
Develop a new technology identification process.
Compete SWOT analysis.
Analyze your constraints.
Perform a historical spend analysis.
- Spend analysis document
Conduct a time study.
- Domain time study
Identify roadblocks.
- Prioritized list of roadblocks
- Future-state vision document
Module 4: Align and build the roadmap
The Purpose
- Drive business alignment.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Identify platforms that have higher business and IT risk and prioritize initiatives.
- Create roadmaps for both the short and long term that are aligned to your goals.
Activities
Outputs
Align the roadmap.
Develop a risk framework.
- IT and business risk frameworks
Evaluate technical debt.
- Technical debt assessment
Build the roadmap.
Build effective initiative templates.
Visualize.
- New technology analysis
Generate new initiatives.
- Initiative templates
Repatriate shadow IT initiatives.
Finalize initiative candidates.
- Initiative candidates
Module 5: Communicate and improve the process
The Purpose
- Communicate and present C-suite presentation on your roadmap.
Key Benefits Achieved
- Complete a visual representation of your roadmap and a strategy of when to communicate and what.
Activities
Outputs
Identify the audience.
Identify required authors and target audiences.
- Roadmap visualization
Plan the process.
- Process schedule
Identify supporters and blockers.
- Communications strategy
Improve the process.
Evaluate the value of each process output.
- Process map
Brainstorm improvements.
Set realistic measures.