Product Insertion Roadmap
Shows timeline on X-axis and multi-year project continuations on Y-axis. Bars and milestones show development of product components over time. Adds an insertion row at the to communicate reuse of subsystems across product lines. Arrows indicate interdependencies and reuse of elements. Product Insertion Roadmap has many management uses:
- Encourage cross product-line design reuse
- Track and align maturity of reused R&D
- Guide resource allocation for common component development
- Provide context for R&D management decisions
To generate a Product Insertion Roadmap
- Enter the report generation window from the Product domain
- Select Product Insertion Roadmap from the first drop down
- Select the output type you desire, such as, PowerPoint in the second drop down
- Use the filter dialog box to select the projects you want to include in the roadmap
- Use the zoom buttons and scroll bar to fine-tune the Gantt panel.
- Show legend as required and use the customize button to optimize the grid portion of the view
- Click the PowerPoint button to generate a roadmap output