ny proposals or studies done on the product roadmap Critical information regarding the domain or market Critical input with regard to chief competitors for the product and their strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, or threats analysis Input regarding key customers and their expectations Input regarding sponsors for the project and management expectations Stakeholder Management Plan Input about specific stakeholders and their communication requirements is needed as a basis for a roadmap management plan. Decisions need to be made about specific communication requirements from a roadmap management perspective, and these may need to override or augment the stakeholder management plan. For example, you may decide to limit roadmap communication to happen at fixed timelines in the year, while project communication may happen more regularly. Enterprise or Domain Factors Under enterprise or domain factors, you could consider: Standard input related to roadmaps as followed in the industry Competitor product roadmap input, if any Standards that could apply to the domain with respect to the roadmap under development Organization Input Under organizational input, you could consider: Processes and templates followed in the organization that could govern roadmap development Any specific organization level standards that could be constraining or applying to the roadmap, such as Capability Maturity Model Integration compliance Any other input from the organization's project management office Input and information from other past or current projects and their roadmaps CHAPTER 6 A PROCESS FOR NETWORK ROADMAP EVOLUTION Develop Roadmap Management Plan: Tools and Techniques You may find some tools and techniques are more commonly used than others. We will explain these in detail here and then only reference them in later sections when the same technique is used in other processes. Roadmap Development Workshops Roadmap development is a very important activity not just to decide upon the roadmap, but also to serve as a good team-buildi