Roadmapping Case Study with General Dynamics

Challenge

Our roadmap was static, one dimensional and not easy to share or collaborate around. We needed to find a more collaborative tool so we could bring all our information together and easily share our roadmap internally and with the customer.

Cause

Most of our work was done in databases or Excel spreadsheets across different areas of the organization, making it difficult for team members and the customer to see or access. It was hard to focus on the relevant information for a particular product.

Solution

We can upload all our spreadsheets and data into the roadmap in SharpCloud and we have a simple picture telling us if and where we’ve got a problem, and how it’s going to be solved or where we need to find an alternative solution to avoid losing any capability.

Benefits

We've seen through the roadmap that the customer has been able to communicate more clearly what the issues are to senior management, sustainability working groups and to the Army, and as a result have received more cooperation and support.

“SharpCloud gives us better visibility of our data. It allows us to bring in data from different parts of the business, meaning the customer can see it more easily.”

Pamela Bland, Senior Systems Engineer

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Solution

SharpCloud is bringing in data from different areas of the business and making it easier for the customer to see it and understand it. We have a simple picture telling us if and where we’ve got a problem, and how it’s going to be solved or where we need to find an alternative solution to avoid losing any capability.

Using SharpCloud we can provide the evidence and detail supporting the need to purchase something, or why a task, an activity, or a project is so important and the impact on it. Anything the customer is challenged on; they can drill down to the evidence to justify why that decision is important.