ions Deployment Options Usage Models What Influences Network Roadmap Planning? Key Stakeholders for Roadmap Inputs Known Factors Disruptive (Risk) Factors Summary Chapter 5: Network Roadmap Evolution Planned Evolution Network Resilience Reactive Evolution to Sudden Changes A Generic Template A Specific Example Anticipation of Changes in Industry The Decline of BlackBerry Future Goals and Services from a Business or Organization Perspective Organizational Factors Response Team in Place Business Continuity Planning Cultural Encouragement to Embrace Futuristic and Even Fantastic Scenarios CONTENTS Roadmap Mutability Roadmap Agility Summary Chapter 6: A Process for Network Roadmap Evolution Aspects of Network Roadmap Management Roadmap Development Cycle Roadmap Execution: Programs, Projects, and Portfolios Factors Affecting Roadmap Development Project Management Processes Develop Roadmap Management Plan Develop Roadmap Management Plan: Tools and Techniques Define Roadmap Execute Roadmap Perform Roadmap Review Perform Roadmap Change Control Plan Resilience Management Define Service Levels Perform Challenge KPI Impact Analysis Define Resilience Strategy Perform Network Resilience Review Plan Operability Management Summary Index About the Authors T. V. Krishnamurthy has worked in the telecommunications industry for more than 15 years. He has been strongly involved in radio technologies for nearly a decade while working with Siemens communications and Nokia Siemens networks and now the Radisys Corporation. He has been involved in varying roles from software development to team leadership to feature specifications and architecture work and project management, with varied radio technologies like 3G-RNC, WCDMA BTS, WiMAX BTS, and now recently LTE. He has also worked in specifying and developing features for Internet HSPA. His interests include software engineering, requirements engineering, QoS, and scheduler implementations. He also has published papers in the areas of knowledge management and software engineering. He hold