Roadmap

A Roadmap entity is a roadmap for an individual application/service, or a group of applications/services, including lifecycle statuses (roadmap phases) and milestones. You can create a roadmap entity for any other existing APM entity.

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Sections of Roadmap entity

The Roadmap entity includes the following sections. Enter or update information in these sections when creating, searching for, or editing a Roadmap.

• Identity
• Phases
• Milestones

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Identity

In the Identity section, enter the fundamental information that identifies the roadmap.

The table below describes the fields in the Identity section.

Field (*Required)	Description
Roadmap ID	ID of the roadmap
Roadmap Status	Read-only. Available roadmap statuses include: New. The roadmap is created but not submitted. Draft. The roadmap is submitted but not finalized. Proposed. The roadmap is finalized but not activated. Active. The roadmap is activated but not archived. Cancelled. The roadmap is cancelled. Archived. The roadmap is archived.
Roadmap Type*	The Portfolio roadmap type is available by default. Note: APM administrators can also create customized roadmap types in the PPM Workbench, by setting a request type as the roadmap type. For details, see Set request type as roadmap type.
Created On	Read-only. The date on which the roadmap was created.
Created By	Read-only. The full name of the user who created the roadmap.
Entity*	The entity for which the roadmap is created. If an entity has a roadmap that is in "Active" status, you are not able to create another roadmap for this entity.

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Phases

In the Phases section, enter the information of the phases the roadmap would go through.

The table below describes the Roadmap Phases fields.

Field (*Required)	Description
Seq	Sequence of the roadmap phase
Name	Name of the roadmap phase
Type	Type of the roadmap phase. The following types are available by default: Evaluation Planned Operational Archived Planned Decommissioned Note: APM administrator can create customized types of roadmap phases in the PPM Workbench to meet your organization's business needs and requirements.
Link	URL or any other kind of link of the roadmap phase
Start Date	Start date of the roadmap phase
End Date	End date of the roadmap phase
Active	Indicates whether the roadmap phase is active

Edit Roadmap Phases

To edit Roadmap Phases, click Edit. The Roadmap Phases section changes into the Edit view.

Under the Edit view, you can do the followings to edit the phases:

• Edit the existing phases information

• Add a new phase by clicking Add Row.

• Delete a phase by clicking Delete Row after selecting the phase you want to delete.

• Create a phase based on an existing phase by selecting the existing phase and then clicking Copy and Paste.

• Adjust the phases sequence by clicking Move Up or Move Down after selecting the desired phase.

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Milestones

In the Milestones section, enter the information of the milestones you set for the roadmap.

The table below describes the Roadmap Milestone fields.

Field (* Required)	Description
Seq	Sequence of the roadmap milestone
Code	Code of the roadmap milestone
Name	Name of the roadmap milestone
Type	Type of the roadmap milestone. The following types are available by default: Major Decision Point Minor Decision Point Release De-Investment Business Function/Business Capability Technology Capability Note: Operational Reporting administrators can create customized types of roadmap milestones in the PPM Workbench to meet your organization's business needs and requirements.
Date	Date of the roadmap milestone
Decision	Decision that has been made in this milestone
URL	URL of the milestone information

Edit Roadmap Milestones

To edit Roadmap Milestones, click Edit. The Roadmap Milestones section changes into the Edit view.

Under the Edit view, you can do the followings to edit the milestones:

• Edit the existing milestones information

• Add a new milestone by clicking Add Row

• Delete a milestone by clicking Delete Row after selecting the milestone you want to delete

• Create a milestone based on an existing milestone by selecting the existing milestone and then clicking Copy and Paste

• Adjust the milestones sequence by clicking Move Up or Move Down after selecting the desired milestone

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