Demand Management Decision Tree

CEB Corporate Leadership Council

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Introduction
What it does:
The Demand Management Decision Tree provides a framework for handling future business requests related to your HRIT
roadmap.

How to Use it:

Review each prompt on the decision tree to determine whether or not new requests should be added to your HRIT roadmap.
Make adjustments to your roadmap when appropriate.
Instructions:
Slide # 1- Managing Demand
- Walk through each step answering the subsequent question with a ‘yes’ or ‘no’. When you reach a ‘no’, do not add the
requested capability to your HRIT roadmap, when you reach a final ‘yes’, consider adding the request to your roadmap and work
with appropriate stakeholders to determine timelines, budget, and tradeoffs.

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No.

Yes.
Yes.
Review tradeoffs (what comes off/ gets
Adjust timing?
delayed?) and adjust roadmap.
Yes.
Forward?

No.

Business Already on
Request: New roadmap?
Imperative
No.

Yes.
No. No.
Include capability in roadmap, identify
Aligned Add capability?
solutions, make tradeoffs.
to strategy?

Yes.
Aligned to
Yes.
capability?
Yes.
Existing
solution?

No.
Review tradeoffs (what comes off/ gets
delayed?) and adjust roadmap.

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