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Hello attached both piers post please provide comments for both:

Post 1:

A technology roadmap can help you move forward with confidence and purpose while avoiding costly mistakes. It will help you align your IT projects with your strategic priorities, plan for the long term, and define your needs and priorities before making an investment. There are numerous steps an organization can take to develop a technology road made which can enable them to move forward with confidence.

1. Bold and innovative planning

It is important for firms to be bold and innovative while planning a roadmap. What a firm has done should not be the instrument by which they determine what should be done next. As a firm it is important for them to be innovative as Innovation is key. Invent the future while inspiring others to help build it.

1. Align technology with the business

Determining what role technology will play in satisfying the business vision and focusing on using technology to solve business problems and deliver business values is another important step to take. Firms should know when it is appropriate to choose leading-edge technology over being a late comer. It is also important to ensure that the roadmap is flexible, extensible, and attainable to change with the business (McKeen, J. D., & Smith, H. 2012).

1. Secure support for the roadmap.

Mckeen states that by ensuring that the funding model supports the technology roadmap of the business is another important step. A roadmap requires an executive sponsor, ownership, and accountability. Ensuring that strategic decisions are made at the right level will help the firm in staying on course (McKeen, J. D., & Smith, H. 2012).

1. The people.

Every technology change requires changes in people’s skills so firms must not forget the people involved. By mapping new technologies to require skill acquisition and/or development will enable firms to take steps to ensure that IT personnel understand the technology roadmap and its logic, complications, and time frame.

1. Control, measure, and communicate progress.

A successful roadmap must be measurable and updated in a timely manner. Communication of the roadmap is essential to success. So, by establishing a governance process to manage technology and vendor choices will enable the firms to implement a clear road map (Pastrikos, J. (n.d.).

References

· McKeen, J. D., & Smith, H. (2012). IT strategy: Issues and practices(2nded.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Prentice Hall. 

· Pastrikos, J. (n.d.). 6 steps to creating your technology roadmap. Retrieved from https://www.bdc.ca/en/blog/pages/it-strategy-6-steps-creating-your-technology-roadmap.aspx

Post 2:

Introduction          

            The ongoing process of defining key technical initiatives to address the needs of the company is a great technology roadmap. This cycle focusses on the business divisions on the top standard goals so that the organization can build the product roadmap and prepare to meet the objectives  (McKeen & Smith, 2015). The plan will also take note of any possible risk factors to help the team to identify and prepare possible roadblocks. This allows the entire team to see comprehensive plans and how assignments will depend on each person within the company. The creation of a roadmap for technologies is just part of the method. It is crucial for the organization to discuss it with key stakeholders, such that it is mindful of the practical steps for developing a technology roadmap. 

Be bold and innovative when planning the roadmap. This is the first and foremost step in the entire roadmap. Adapt the best innovations, capabilities, and operational frameworks to address the evolving demands and desires of clients at the right moment (McKeen & Smith, 2015). Be bold on investment in technology through targeting the possible technical tools to improve efficiency and investments in consolidating technological advancement strategies and the creation of continuity. 

Align technology with the business. Determine the role of technology to fulfill the business needs of the company. Concentrate on leveraging technologies to address market challenges and have value for capital. Learn about using new technology as a revenue increase tool. Make sure the plan is versatile, extensible, and business-oriented. Ensure a strategic plan is sponsored by the business framework. Involve business in making strategic decisions for the technological tools to understand the impact on business. 

Secure support for the roadmap. Connecting with the appropriate people in the early stages will ensure that the idea is funded and encouraged throughout the roadmap (Chrisos, 2019). It is necessary to make it transparent to those whose approval you need to obtain the measurable benefits of your company. It also includes the definition of the project mission and business goals makes the client recognize more thoroughly the ultimate strategy and performance metrics. 

Don’t forget the people. Project managers are responsible for notice hard work and give proper credits to the team members. This will sustain a healthy environment for future roadmap like support, new innovations, etc. Any technical transition needs improvements in the capabilities of people. Map emerging technologies to learn and improve skills (McKeen & Smith, 2015). Allow efforts to ensure that the team grasps the development plan and its meaning, implications, and timeline.

Control, measure and communicate progress. The assessment of the milestones of the project is a significant part of the technology road map (Uptmor, 2017). It encourages the team to stay concentrated and to accomplish goals and allows project managers to keep up on what is going on in the workplace. The first step to good leadership is to help others to continue to work, to include team partners, and to keep everyone responsible.

References

Chrisos, M. (2019). 6 techniques to secure funding for IT projects. Retrieved from https://www.techfunnel.com/information-technology/6-techniques-to-secure-funding-for-it-projects/

McKeen, J. D., & Smith, H. A. (2015). IT strategy: Issues and practices. Upper Saddle River, New Jersey: Pearson Education, Inc.

Uptmor, D. (2017). How to effectively measure progress on your project. Retrieved from https://www.clarizen.com/effectively-measure-progress-project/