Jeremy Thomas and Myron Weber dig into mental models that help prioritizing a realistic roadmap for the short term and long term.

• We are in the Prioritize stage of the Strategy to Execution Model
  • Hazards at this stage include assumptions, indecision and unresolved dependencies – financial, human and technological.

• The Multidimensional Roadmap incorporates some key insights for how to prioritize:

  • Informing and Including stakeholders in the prioritizing process increases buy-in and alignment of effort,
  • A proportional timescale let’s us plan the short term and long term together,
  • A TBD bucket let’s us get everything on the roadmap,
  • Showing the Demand, Capabilities, and Environment together gives a holistic perspective to help assure that the roadmap is realistic,
  • The roadmap is a living document to be continuously updated as new information becomes available.

• The Eisenhower Matrix is a great tool for quickly identifying relative priorities.