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An IT roadmap is a strategic tool that can help graphically illustrate both long-term and short-term plans. In short, it says where you are and where you plan on going within the next few years. There are several different types of roadmaps depending on what area you want to chart a course for.  \nLet's take a look at:  \n Service roadmaps  \n Infrastructure hardware roadmaps  \n Strategy roadmaps  \n Technology roadmaps  \nService Roadmap  \nThe service roadmap is focused on the IT Services that you provide the organization. These can be especially useful when explaining what services you plan on retiring or spinning up over the next few years. The service roadmap contains a list of all your services. It allows you show at a glance:  \n The services you are spinning up  \n The services you are maintaining  \n Which services are in preparation for retirement  \n The services that will replace any services that may be scheduled for retirement Let's look at some great examples of service roadmaps.  \nUniversity of Michigan  \nOne excellent example is from University of Michigan. They have developed a concept called a Michigan Enterprise Strategic Assessment (MESA) . This is one of the few examples I have seen that breaks the traditional graphical \"Gantt style\" representation of a roadmap. They instead plot services on a curve that provides a lot of information at a quick glance.  \nTake a look at the U-M example.  \nUniversity of South Carolina  \nAnother great service roadmap example comes from the University of South Carolina, University Technology Services. They take a different approach in presenting their roadmap. This example shows three main areas of investment as well as what efforts they have deferred. It also provides a great example of what technologies they are retiring, and which ones will be taking their place (if any) .  \nThis example is great for CIOs to get a perspective on all of the systems they are responsible for. View the USC example.  \nInfrastructure Hardware Roadmap  \nAn infrastructure hardware roadmap is focused on the infrastructure equipment in service. This typeof roadmap is my favorite way to show senior IT leadership when specific models of gear will be retired.  \nThe infrastructure hardware roadmap is best used for areas where you have a large amount of equipment. This one also works great with any spreadsheet application.  \nOne Example  \nThe first column is a list of models of equipment. The second column is the number of that model you have in service. Then, there are additional columns for each fiscal year in which you want to show your intent for that model. Then you color code your intent for each fiscal year. I like using four different colors.  \nFor example:  \nThe technology roadmap lets you see a great deal of information at-a-glance. In our example above you can tell that the Model 5000 switches are being phased out in FY20 . However, we are going to keep buying the 7000’s until FY22 . For firewalls, we have a contract decision in FY21 and FY22 .  \nIn this example I used network switches and firewalls. However, it also works for servers, storage or any component of infrastructure that has a high item count and needs a defined lifecycle.  \nStrategy Roadmap  \nA strategy or sometimes called a strategic intent roadmap lays out the work ahead based on the strategic goals of the organization. This type of roadmap provides an excellent way to visualize your strategic plan.  \nIn most roadmaps of this style, the organizational goals are on the left side of the roadmap with a Gannt style timeline that describes the implementation timeline. If there are several supporting projects that role up into a larger strategi","cbCair27uijNRfTD","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCair27uijNRfTD","pdf",427580,"English","# What is an IT roadmap?\n## Service roadmaps\n## Infrastructure hardware roadmaps\n## Strategy roadmaps\n## Technology roadmaps\n## Wrapping up IT roadmaps","[{\"question\":\"What is an IT roadmap and what purpose does it serve?\",\"answer\":\"An IT roadmap is a strategic tool that graphically illustrates long-term and short-term plans. 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