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Technical Roadmap Planning

Table of Contents

• Overview
• When to Use
• Quick Start
• Reference Guides
• Best Practices

Overview

A technical roadmap provides a strategic plan for technology evolution, guiding architectural decisions, infrastructure investments, and capability development aligned with business objectives.

When to Use

• Multi-year technology planning
• Architecture modernization initiatives
• Platform scaling and reliability improvements
• Legacy system migration planning
• Infrastructure upgrade scheduling
• Technology stack standardization
• Innovation investment planning

Quick Start

Minimal working example:

Technical Roadmap Template:

Organization: [Company]
Planning Period: 2025-2027
Last Updated: January 2025
Owner: CTO / VP Engineering

---

Vision Statement: |
  Transform our technology platform to enable global scale, improve
  developer productivity, and deliver world-class customer experiences
  through modern, cloud-native architecture.

Strategic Goals:
  1. Reduce infrastructure costs by 40% through cloud optimization
  2. Improve deployment frequency from monthly to daily
  3. Achieve 99.99% availability (4 nines)
  4. Enable data-driven decision making across organization

---

## Q1 2025: Foundation & Planning

Theme: Infrastructure Foundation
// ... (see reference guides for full implementation)

Reference Guides

Detailed implementations in the references/ directory:

Best Practices

✅ DO

• Align technical roadmap with business strategy
• Include time for technical debt reduction
• Plan for buffer/contingency in critical paths
• Review and update roadmap quarterly
• Communicate roadmap transparently
• Involve team in planning for buy-in
• Prioritize based on business impact
• Plan major changes during slower periods
• Document rationale for technology choices
• Build in learning & experimentation time

❌ DON'T

• Pursue every new technology trend
• Plan at 100% utilization (no buffer)
• Ignore team capability and training needs
• Make major changes during peak usage
• Lock roadmap without flexibility
• Underestimate legacy system complexity
• Skip security considerations
• Plan without resource availability
• Ignore risk assessment
• Chase technologies without business value

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