Introduction to strategic roadmaps

Mastering continuous testing, quality, security, and feedback within organizations requires strategic planning. This journey, marked by a shift toward more agile, responsive, and quality-focused development practices, requires not just vision but strategic roadmaps and plans, each serving unique but complementary purposes in the organizational transformation journey.

The difference between a roadmap and a plan

At its core, a roadmap is a high-level, visual representation that outlines the major steps an organization intends to take to achieve its strategic goals, such as those related to continuous testing, quality, security, and feedback.

Unlike a detailed plan, a roadmap provides a bird’s-eye view of activities for people, processes, and technologies and the key milestones toward transformation goals. A roadmap offers flexibility and allows for adjustments as the landscape evolves. Strategic roadmaps provide the big picture from...