Technology Roadmapping

This course introduces a fast track process of technology road mapping. The primary goal is to help IT and the business to prioritise and focus technology investment choices and budgets. The approach helps align technology trends and the results of technology horizon scanning with business goals, strategies, and initiatives and the resulting technology investment plans. The output provides IT and the organisation with a clear visual model of the likely future evolution of key technologies and the impacts, challenges, and opportunities they could create over time. The Road Mapping course can also be combined with the Technology Foresight and Horizon Scanning course to create an integrated and customised offering for organisations.

LEARNING OUTCOMES

• Purpose and benefits of technology road mapping
• Understanding of the technology and market landscape for the emergence and impact of current and expected technologies
• Understanding the vision, goals, timeframes, and key elements of the organization’s technology strategy
• Approaches to stakeholder engagement in the road mapping process
• Best practices and a step-by-step approach to developing the technology roadmap including mapping to business and IT function goals, prioritisation, risk evaluation, visualisation, and communication
• Scenario planning how technologies might combine with broader changes in society, the economy, and business and the implications for the roadmap
• Implementing the roadmap, embedding in operational IT decision making, measuring its success, and updating the roadmap.