Value and risk
Compare initiatives by the capability they create, the risk they address and the business value they support.
Advise / ICT Roadmaps
A roadmap built to survive a budget process.
We turn strategic direction into a sequenced, costed plan that finance will fund and your teams can realistically deliver.
The challenge
Turn competing priorities into a workable sequence.
A roadmap is the bridge between strategic intent and delivery. It shows what comes first, what depends on it, what it may cost and how the sequence fits the organisation’s capacity to deliver.
A strategy says what to do.
It rarely says what to do first, what it costs or who delivers it.
Without that, good direction dies in the next budget cycle and the same priorities are argued again every year.
When this service makes sense.
There are more initiatives than funding or delivery capacity.
Dependencies make the order of work unclear.
A funding cycle needs a coherent investment case.
From need to outcome
A clear line through the work.
Understand the starting point. Do the work that matters. Give your team something practical to carry forward.
Understand
Strategic priorities
Initiative candidates
Capacity and funding
Do the work
01Size the initiatives
02Resolve dependencies
03Sequence the investment
Carry it forward
A one to three year roadmap and investment case
Scope of work
The detail behind the delivery.
A prioritised, funded and sequenced technology plan leadership can approve. The scope reflects your priorities, the operating environment and what needs to be achieved.
Dependencies
Make enabling work visible. Sequencing needs to reflect the systems, information and capabilities each initiative relies on.
Capacity and approval
Connect indicative cost and resourcing to funding cycles and governance, rather than presenting an unaffordable wish list.
What we cover
ICT Roadmaps- Initiative identification and sizing
- Prioritisation by value, risk and dependency
- Sequencing against delivery capacity
- Funding cycle alignment
- Business case support
- Benefits and measures
- Governance and review cadence
Our approach
Structured work.
Purpose at every stage.
The method follows the work, not a generic playbook. Each stage connects to the decisions, capability or delivery your organisation needs.
Our approach / stage 1
Confirm the direction and constraints
Work from your existing strategy and the constraints on investment and delivery.
Your operating environment
Different pressures.
The same need for clarity.
Governance, obligations and delivery constraints differ. The engagement is shaped around the organisation you run, not an assumed environment.
Public sector
Agencies planning across funding and election cycles.
Commercial organisations
Enterprises coordinating investment across business units.
Intended outcomes
What this work is designed to change.
A plan finance will fund.
A sequence IT can deliver.
Less re-arguing of priorities each year.
Specialist expertise. Practical application.
Dependencies made visible. Investment put in order.
Start with the right conversation
Define the need.
Shape the engagement.
We begin with what needs to change and the decisions or work your team needs to support. These are useful starting points for a conversation about ict roadmaps.
Existing strategy or agreed direction
Initiative ideas and current project commitments
Funding cycles and known delivery constraints
The scope, people involved and expected outputs are agreed around your organisation’s needs.
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What you need to know.
Do we need a strategy first?
It helps, but we can work from direction you already have.
How often should it be refreshed?
At least annually, and after any major change such as an acquisition or restructure.
Does it account for delivery capacity?
Yes. Sequencing reflects what your people and suppliers can realistically deliver.
Connected expertise
Where the work goes next.
Let's move the work forward
Make the next decision with confidence.
Tell us what needs to change, what is at stake and where you need support. We will discuss the advice, delivery or specialist capability the work calls for.