Development of a Strategic Roadmap Framework for Nonprofit Organizations: Literature Review

Today's small-to-medium nonprofit organizations (SMNOs) are focused on their immediate mission and due to limited resources and capability rarely address long-term strategic planning. A strategic roadmap (SRM) can provide the basis for a long-term strategy for such organizations. The roadmap can also be designed to operationalize the policies and procedures spanning multiple time periods, typically in years. As an initial step in the development of the roadmap framework, a literature review was performed to address: trends and priorities, gaps in research, applied methodologies, and future research requirements of organizations that address societal needs. This review analyzes three primary themes of interest: nonprofit market trends, nonprofit operations management, and roadmapping methodologies. It covers multiple perspectives, including social, technical, economic, environmental, and political (STEEP).