Roadmap Initiatives
Sequence strategic initiatives across horizons and dependencies.
Roadmap initiatives sequence strategic bets across horizons (now/next/later) with dependencies, outcomes, and owners — not a Gantt of every ticket.
Strategy dies in backlogs. Initiative roadmaps make trade-offs visible and tie work to TOWS and OKRs.
After OKRs or TOWS, before detailed sprint planning. Update monthly.
- Collect initiatives from strategy outputs.
- Bucket horizons by impact and uncertainty.
- Mark dependencies and capacity.
- Assign outcomes per initiative.
- Kill or defer low-fit settlers.
- Outcomes per initiative.
- Horizons honest about capacity.
- Dependencies explicit.
- Feature laundry list.
- Everything in "now."
- No owner or success metric.
Northvale Systems roadmap: H1 supplier mobile upload; H2 ERP sync; H3 automated risk scoring — sequenced by audit deadline.
PulseWell now: manager nudges; next: ROI calculator; later: EU localization — sequenced by pilot conversion OKR.
Harbor Consulting now: webinar diagnostics; next: IoT partner pilot; later: digital course — tied to utilisation OKR.
Clearwater Initiative roadmap: Q1 SMS reporting; Q2 repair fund; Q3 district dashboard — sequenced by rainy season before peak contamination risk.
/road roadmap-initiatives, IDs ROAD-01. Links OKRs, impact map, strategy pack road phase.
Related techniques
Sources & further reading
- Moore, G. A. (1991). Crossing the Chasm. HarperBusiness.