> This business unit has a pretty aggressive roadmap as management and HQ has no real understanding of these blockers. And post COVID, budget is really tight.

> This business unit has a pretty aggressive roadmap as management and HQ has no real understanding of these blockers. And post COVID, budget is really tight. Sounds like someone needs to push back against management first and foremost. Without this understanding the only thing you'll succeed in doing is denting that $20m revenue stream with very little appreciable benefit and the higher-ups will understand even less what you're up against. Get that message right first and small doors may open to better budget. Then approach as others have said, piece by piece, or as Martin Fowler describes as a StranglerFigApp (https://martinfowler.com/bliki/StranglerFigApplication.html https://martinfowler.com/bliki/StranglerFigApplication.html)