aj-geddes/technical-roadmap-planning
skills/technical-roadmap-planning/SKILL.md
Create comprehensive technical roadmaps aligned with business goals. Plan technology investments, architecture evolution, and infrastructure improvements over quarters and years.
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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:
| Guide | Contents | |---|---| | Dependency Mapping | Dependency Mapping | | Technology Evaluation | Technology Evaluation | | Execution Planning | Execution Planning |
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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