Jibility supports the Jibility Steps method for creating a strategic roadmap. Jibility Steps was initially designed as a 6-Step capability-based planning approach. However, we also recognize that not all users are familiar with capability-based planning or may not have time to invest in a capability-based planning approach; therefore, we also support a simplified 4-Step approach for creating a strategic roadmap.

With a capability-based Jibility Steps approach, we create an understanding of why by capturing the challenges and objectives required to achieve the strategic vision or goals. After this, we identify and analyze the business capabilities and determine the actions necessary to make the capability changes to meet the objectives and solve the challenges. Based on the actions for each capability, we can formulate packages of work called Initiatives. Finally, we place the prioritized list of initiatives on a roadmap.

With capability-based Jibility Steps, initiatives are formulated based on the identified business capability changes, not vice versa. i.e. Business capability changes are not identified based on the list of dreamt up initiatives. This approach ensures that initiatives formulated are fully substantiated.

The following is an illustration of the capability-based Jibility Steps approach.

A capability-based approach has many advantages, such as ensuring that the formulated initiatives are substantiated based on the identified business capability change. However, a capability-based approach does require additional effort and an understanding of the business capabilities. Sometimes, there is a need to fast-track the creation of a strategic roadmap that is simply driven by the list of objectives.

A simplified objective-based Jibility Steps approach enables the formulation and substantiation of initiatives by linking these to the required objectives only.

The following is an illustration of the simplified objective-based Jibility Step approach.

Note, the further elaboration of an initiative with a list of actions is optional; therefore Actions is not a primary step in this method.