Aligning Innovation Activities with Strategy Using Roadmaps

According to Gartner, innovation roadmaps can help align innovation efforts with business strategy. To achieve effective innovation roadmaps, executive leaders should identify strategic business objectives to initiate innovation roadmap development, establish clear business goals, and define scope elements. Gartner recommends selecting innovation activities that deliver valued business outcomes, address situational challenges, and use existing innovation resources effectively. The ITONICS Roadmap tool supports innovation roadmapping with features that allow correlation of emerging technologies and trends with innovation objectives, roadmaps across multiple departments, and improved cooperation of business stakeholders.