Roadmap — ERP Rollout in Three Regional Waves
An operations roadmap for a fictional logistics group moving 2,550 users onto one ERP in three regional waves after a single global template: 13 items (2 done, 2 in progress, 8 planned, 1 at risk) and 5 milestones across six lanes over six quarters, status date 23 Aug 2027. All 20 dependencies finish before their dependents start — testing waits for the template build and the mock migrations, users are trained before each go-live, and waves 2 and 3 each wait for the go-live before them — and the longest chain, ten steps, runs from fit-gap workshops to programme close. Illustrative roadmap.
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title "Kestrel Freight — ERP programme roadmap"
subtitle "One global template, three regional go-lives · 1,150 users in wave 1 and 1,400 across waves 2 and 3"
note "Illustrative example: Kestrel Freight is a fictional logistics group; user numbers, scope and dates are invented for demonstration."
axis quarters 2027-Q1 .. 2028-Q2
today 2027-08-23
milestone design "Design authority sign-off" 2027-03-31 done after fitgap
milestone close "Programme close" 2028-06-30 planned after golive3
lane "Programme and design" color: slate
item fitgap "Fit-gap workshops and global template design" Q1 2027 done
item build "Global template build and integration" Q2 2027 .. Q3 2027 in progress 75% after design
lane "Data migration" color: violet
item cleanse "Master-data cleansing" 2027-02 .. 2027-06 done owner: "Data office"
item mocks "Three mock migrations with reconciliation" 2027-07 .. 2027-09 in progress 30% after cleanse
lane "Wave 1 — UK and Ireland" color: blue
item test1 "System and user acceptance testing" 2027-10-01 .. 2027-11-26 planned after build, mocks
milestone golive1 "Wave 1 go-live" 2027-12-06 planned after test1, training1
item hypercare1 "Hypercare, six weeks" 2027-12-07 .. 2028-01-17 planned after golive1
lane "Wave 2 — Benelux and Germany" color: teal
item local2 "E-invoicing (XRechnung) and Dutch VAT" 2027-10 .. 2027-12 planned after build
item test2 "Wave 2 testing and cutover rehearsal" 2028-01-10 .. 2028-02-25 planned after local2, golive1
milestone golive2 "Wave 2 go-live" 2028-03-06 planned after test2
lane "Wave 3 — Nordics" color: emerald
item local3 "SAF-T Norway and Nordic bank files" 2028-01 .. 2028-03 planned after local2
item test3 "Wave 3 testing" 2028-04-03 .. 2028-04-28 planned after local3, golive2
milestone golive3 "Wave 3 go-live" 2028-05-08 planned after test3, training23
lane "Change and training" color: amber
item champions "Super-user network: 60 champions" 2027-06 .. 2027-09 at risk owner: "Change lead"
item training1 "Wave 1 training, 1,150 users" 2027-11 planned after champions
item training23 "Waves 2 and 3 training, 1,400 users" 2028-02 .. 2028-04 planned after training1