Technology roadmap

<p>A technology roadmap is a flexible <a href="/facts/Plan/jVP4MBhr">planning</a> schedule to support strategic and long-range planning, by matching short-term and long-term goals with specific <a href="/facts/Technology/9Uav5WVR">technology</a> solutions. It is a plan that applies to a new product or process and may include using <a href="/facts/Technology_forecasting/Lajn7I5l">technology forecasting</a> or <a href="/facts/Technology_scouting/rGtUleEe">technology scouting</a> to identify suitable <a href="/facts/Emerging_technologies/9Aoq6j9S">emerging technologies</a>. It is a known technique to help manage the <a href="/facts/Fuzzy_Front_End/ogcXTIco">fuzzy front-end</a> of innovation. It is also expected that roadmapping techniques may help companies to survive in turbulent environments and help them to plan in a more holistic way to include non-financial goals and drive towards a more sustainable development. Here roadmaps can be combined with other corporate foresight methods to facilitate <a href="/facts/Systemic_change/WXC5vebo">systemic change</a>.
</p><p>Developing a roadmap has three major uses. It helps reach a consensus about a set of needs and the technologies required to satisfy those needs, it provides a mechanism to help forecast technology developments, and it provides a framework to help plan and coordinate technology developments. It may also be used as an analysis tool to map the development and emergence from new industries.
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Technology roadmap