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Roadmapping

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Roadmapping

IfM approach

Consultancy

Courses

Case studies

Resources

The IfM’s Strategic Plan (S-Plan) roadmapping approach is used to create business unit, corporate, sector or policy roadmaps.

The process is appropriate for application at a high level, with the ability to rapidly cover a broad scope (‘landscape’) identifying, prioritising and exploring key issues, strategic options and innovation opportunities, leading to decisions and actions.

The IfM’s Strategic Plan (S-Plan) roadmapping approach is used to create business unit, corporate, sector or policy roadmaps.

The process is appropriate for application at a high level, with the ability to rapidly cover a broad scope (‘landscape’) identifying, prioritising and exploring key issues, strategic options and innovation opportunities, leading to decisions and actions.

THE S-PLAN PROCESS

Typically, workshops will involve between 15-25 participants (although more are possible with careful design and a team of facilitators). The S-Plan is usually carried out in a one-day workshop and consists of four main steps:

Strategic landscape

Select value elements

Explore a topic

Agree a way forward

Consider the business as a whole and use the roadmap framework to capture information from all the process participants as well as the identification and prioritisation of value elements within the landscape.

Further explore areas such as innovation opportunities or strategic topics.

The roadmap framework is used in small groups to explore and define each value proposition (or innovation opportunity) in greater detail and map out how they can be achieved.

Topics are presented for discussion to identify and/or agree a way forward (e.g. regarding strategic actions emerging from the roadmaps).