Are you blindly sprinting forward where your technology is involved, picking things that sound good, hoping you have enough forward momentum to reach the next stop? Unfortunately, this approach is often an option that many businesses take, usually to their detriment.

We want to remind you that you there is a better way: creating an IT roadmap to strategically merge your technology with your more functional business goals, helping you progress with every dollar invested.

What Does a Good IT Roadmap Prioritize?

Generally speaking, a proper IT roadmap will address four critical questions around your business:

1. Where do we currently stand? Answering this will require a comprehensive assessment of the IT systems you are currently using, including hardware, software, network infrastructure, and security.
2. Where do we want to be? This will help you merge your business goals with your technology, whether you want to expand operations, grow your workforce, or achieve other objectives.
3. How can we get there? This question is what will bring about your step-by-step plan, determining which projects, specifically, will be most conducive to your goals.
4. What’s the cost? As you develop your roadmap, you should build a multi-year budget alongside it, allowing you to more effectively plan out your business’ finances.

How Does This Roadmap Benefit You?

There are quite a few benefits to be had from establishing a roadmap for your business technology:

• You’re able to make plans that inform your decisions, as compared to making decisions out of panic.
• It is easier to budget, helping to moderate your spending over time and avoid massive bills.
• The enhanced security that comes from planning ahead allows you to proactively address breaches and vulnerabilities.
• It becomes far simpler to provide your team with the tools they need.

Give Your Business Every Advantage

If you’re trying to operate your business without some idea of where your IT is going, you’re simply making things harder for yourself. We can help make things easier for you, instead.

Vertical IT Solutions can serve as your virtual Chief Information Officer (or vCIO). We’ll sit down with you to ensure that we understand your business, creating a roadmap to success and growth. Interested? Give us a call at (928) 889-8487 to get started.