ould help the organization in the following ways: Establish a process by which all key stakeholders can be involved to get a shared vision of the organization's future Enable envisioning such a future to be implemented using specific goals and services Incorporate inputs related to the latest trends as seen in the industry or domain Make meaningful actions to be taken to be able to change as needed CHAPTER 5 NETWORK ROADMAP EVOLUTION Much of this has been discussed in Chapter 4. Here we will discuss the aspect of requirements from a organizational perspective in more detail, and in the process, we will define the roadmap evolution that will be discussed in Chapter 6. Yet, for an organization to be able to implement the evolution process, there needs to be much thought given to certain organizational factors, including: What the maturity level of the organization is How contingency plans are put in place How the company plans to manage its service and business continuity requirements How open the organization is to new thoughts and nurturing an ability or culture to think openly about adapting to and embracing change The next section will discuss these areas in more depth. Organizational Factors So hopefully you now understand the process of planned evolution, including the models used to assess the resilience of the network, the frameworks available for evaluation, and how organizations can plan to put these processes in action to provide reactive evolution to sudden changes. You also should now know how important it is for organizations to learn to anticipate changes that come in the industry so new directions and goals can be set to help guide the organization to evolve in a planned manner and to provide a future that still holds relevance to the network, the product, and the company as a whole, which could help sustain success and ensure profitability and increase the chances for continued growth. As discussed previously, much of planned evolution starts with defining the acceptable levels of service and putti