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Development Roadmapping

Few things are more important to a new development initiative than the roadmap.  Its where you are, where you’re going, and – hopefully – where you’ve been; all at once.  Its significance at a vital communication tool is difficult to overstate.

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Roadmapping

Development roadmapping may sound vague or ‘generalist’ but in fact refers to the very specific – and important – process of defining and communicating a project’s development initiatives and milestones.  And, in contrast to Product Roadmap that is focuses on defining strategic priorities over long time intervals, Development Roadmapping is calibrated to provide executable tasks across shorter, more tactical periods of time.

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We start by working with our clients to clearly define both the goals for the development campaign and the various resources that are available or will be needed to achieve each goal.   Our team then conducts an optimization to create a task workflow complete with task ownership and resource assignments.  Customized progress monitoring tools and processes are included as part of this delivery.

Each plan is designed and delivered to integrate seamlessly with the client’s existing project management tools whether they utilize an off-the-shelf industry standard, custom in-house solution, or simple ‘home brew’ datafile.

Key Benefits

Bolt On Expertise. Allows technical teams and organizations to inject important, value add perspective into their planning without having to sacrifice financial resources or upset the chemistry of an existing development team.

Ensure You’ve Got The Best Plan Possible.  None of us are capable of being current on every aspect of every variable that impacts our work, and certainly not on a perpetual basis.  And so even the most curious team of technologists often benefit from supplemental perspective.  We often add value to these clients through adding awareness of recent trends, capabilities, or market conditions that, while impactful to the success of the project, understandably may go unknown to a budget accountable development team.  

More Reliable Budgeting Process.  A better, more reliable development roadmap generally yields more reliable cost estimates for successful completion.  This reduces the potential for unanticipated development costs and potentially uncomfortable situations between stakeholders.

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