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How to Make a Timeline Roadmap in Microsoft Excel
Most corporate offices use timeline roadmaps to finish their projects in the soonest time possible. It's an effective tool to lay out strategies that should be executed all throughout the duration of the project.
If you need some tips in making one, read ours below.
1. Define Goals
Determine the purpose for doing a roadmap. Make sure all the purposes are realistic and achievable. Once you have a purpose, you can establish objectives for a project or program you aim to accomplish.
2. Create a Strategy
Now that you have your goals, it's time to create your strategy for achieving them. Making a checklist helps you formulate these strategies. Don't forget to make your strategies reasonable for everyone who will execute it.
3. Assign a Timeline
A plan should always be put into action. Open a blank document in Microsoft Excel. Create a timeline that includes your strategies and milestones for each goal of the project. Put your main goal at the end of your timeline. Decide on a timeframe for the making of the project, so you can arrange the details of the timeline.
4. Arrange the Roadmap
Now that you have your timeline, you can label some of its elements to make a roadmap. Pick the most crucial parts of the timeline and align your strategies with it.
5. Map a Design
Unleash your creative skills. Enhance your roadmap design by adding images that represent each of your goals. Put colors when necessary to highlight each part of your template. You can put some infographics if there's a need for them.
