This document outlines the process for developing a technology roadmap. It defines a roadmap as a look at the future development of a field involving collective knowledge and imagination to achieve organizational goals. The roadmapping process involves identifying key relationships, enabling stakeholders, and communicating and distributing the roadmap. It should be integrated with business strategies and provide a framework to capture issues. The process has phases including defining needs, identifying technologies, selecting alternatives, developing the roadmap, and reviewing and updating it. Challenges include the broad scope, uncertainties, knowledge gaps, and organizational challenges of implementation.

1. ROADMAP
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2. DEFINITION
 A “road map” is extended look at the future of a chosen field of
inquiry involve from collective knowledge and imagination of
brightest drivers of change in that field.
 The roadmap provides an integrating framework that summarizes
at a high level (on one page) the various strategic elements that
must be aligned to achieve the overall organizational goals.
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11. Identify key relationship
Enable key
stakeholders to clear
their perspective
o Point of
arrangement and
replacement
o Communication
associated with the
development
o Distribution of
roadmaps.
BENEFITS OF ROADMAP
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12. ROADMAP USAGE
This tool can be used to manage three main TM activities.
o Identification
o Exploitation
o Learning
 Road mapping as a process should not separate from business process (strategy, innovation,
new product development) that is supported by development and deployment of roadmaps.
 The road mapping process should be simple systems-based organizing framework for enabling
capture, exploration, analysis, synthesis and reporting of strategic issues associated with
business process
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13. PHASES OF ROAD MAPPING PROCESS
.Validation of roadmap is
needed.
The development of an
implementation plan
requires activities and
projects to be planned,
resourced, coordinated and
managed
The review and update step
keeps the road map up to
date in order to reflect
changing circumstances
and learning.
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Follow up activity
The product needs and
focus should be agreed
Critical system
requirements need to be
defined,
The major technology area
contributes to critical
product or system
requirements need to be
specified.
The product or system
requirements and targets
need to be translated into
technology drives
Technology alternatives
need to be identified. The
most attractive
technologies need to be
selected to achieve the
desired targets
The information generated
from first six steps need to
be pulled together into an
integrated report
Development of
the technology
roadmap
Success factors should be
considered at the start of
process
Committed
leadership/sponsorship is
needed from key decision
makers in implementing the
roadmap because of the
effort required to develop a
roadmap.
The context of the roadmap
needs to be understood
Preliminary activity
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14. CHALLENGES OF ROAD MAPPING
 Road mapping can be challenging because:
o Broad scope
o Complexity of issues being addressed
o Uncertainties associated with the future
o Gaps in available knowledge
o Numbers of organizational challenges to address when implementing road mapping activities.
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