{"id":922,"date":"2025-11-11T13:08:06","date_gmt":"2025-11-11T11:08:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/?page_id=922"},"modified":"2025-11-28T18:47:04","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:47:04","slug":"mapping","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/online\/tech\/mapping\/","title":{"rendered":"Mapping dependencies, building roadmaps"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light wp-duotone-green\" style=\"margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--30);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);min-height:50px;aspect-ratio:unset;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1920\" height=\"931\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-782 size-full\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/office-table-with-cup-coffee-keyboard-notepad.jpg\" 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class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Dependencies<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/tech\/tooling\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Tooling<\/span><\/a><\/li><li class=\"wp-block-navigation-item wp-block-navigation-link\"><a class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__content\"  href=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/tech\/tools-people-process-progress\/\"><span class=\"wp-block-navigation-item__label\">Tech-conundrum<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n<h1 style=\"margin-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);margin-left:0;margin-right:0\" class=\"has-text-align-center has-link-color wp-elements-49031cb4b1744a129271dd1611534cc4 wp-block-post-title has-text-color has-contrast-color\">Mapping dependencies, building roadmaps<\/h1>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Banner-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1482\" srcset=\"https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Banner-2.jpg 900w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Banner-2-800x267.jpg 800w, https:\/\/th1nk.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/Banner-2-768x256.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Mapping dependencies and building roadmaps is almost impossible without a toolset designed to support this kind of work.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In practice, there is only so much space on a whiteboard, limited real estate on a wall for sticky notes before everything becomes cluttered, or only so many pages in a journal before keeping track of priorities becomes difficult.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Spreadsheets may for suffice for lists of limited sizes but come near impossible when mapping dependencies etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tools also provide additional functionality, such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Setting deadlines<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Managing states, including:<ul><li>To do<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Doing<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Awaiting feedback<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Blocked<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Done<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Mapping timelines into Gantt charts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Linking dependencies, such as:<ul><li>Blocked by<\/li><\/ul><ul><li>Relates to<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Tools also allow you to associate links to documents and whiteboards on cards, email directly to a card, and link chat groups to specific work items.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developer task hierarchies such as:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Roadmaps<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Goals<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Epics<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Features<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Stories\/Tasks<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sub-tasks<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2026enable portfolio management from the executive level right down to the day-to-day work being done on the ground.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Aligning company strategy with projects and everyday tasks helps ensure that the main things remain the main focus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Reporting capabilities within these tools also enable the monitoring of ways of working as well as the outcomes teams produce, offering real-time insight into how teams and individuals are performing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These insights can then feed back into process improvements or people-related interventions where required.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignwide tools is-layout-grid 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