Use this guide to turn a commerce objective into an evidence-based roadmap. The 90-day horizon is a planning aid, not a promise that every organization will launch in 90 days. Account approvals, integration readiness, product data, facilities, contracts and provider dependencies may change the timing.
You will finish with: a sequenced roadmap, named owners, visible dependencies and exit gates for progressing, holding or revising the plan.
1. State the outcome and scope
Write one observable outcome and list the included channels, assortment, facilities, systems and operating teams. Add out-of-scope items so they do not enter informally. Record current baseline evidence and unresolved assumptions.
2. Adapt the three phases
- Discover and design: validate identifiers, workflows, policies, economics, access and acceptance criteria.
- Configure and prove: prepare data and controls; test representative catalog, inventory, order, fulfillment, cancellation and return paths.
- Pilot and stabilize: release approved scope, monitor exceptions, reconcile records and make an expand/hold/remediate decision.
The downloadable rows are examples. Change the dates and sequence to match your dependencies. Do not advance because a calendar block ended; advance when the exit gate has evidence.
3. Complete every worksheet column
Phase groups work. Outcome describes the operational result, not an activity. Owner is accountable for acceptance. Dependency states what must be true first. Evidence names the artifact or test result. Exit gate describes the decision threshold.
Example: “Representative orders import once with correct SKU, quantity and promise; test evidence accepted by operations lead” is stronger than “finish OMS integration.” The supplied CSV includes one hypothetical example and blank rows. It contains no customer data, executable formulas or macros.
4. Run a weekly evidence review
Ask: What changed? Which gate passed? Which dependency is at risk? What decision is needed, by whom and when? Keep risks linked to roadmap rows. If a dependency fails, revise the sequence and preserve the original evidence rather than weakening the gate.
Use a decision log for scope additions. Parallel work may shorten elapsed time but increases rework when upstream definitions are unsettled.
5. Close with a decision
At the end of the horizon, record which outcomes are accepted, which remain conditional, and whether to expand, hold, remediate or stop. A partial pilot can be valuable when its evidence supports a clear decision; it should not be mislabeled as full launch.
Read how to scope the roadmap, use the marketplace launch checklist, or browse the managed commerce hub.
1Commerce can support platform and managed operations within an agreed scope. Discuss your roadmap with 1Commerce.