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Technology Roadmap Network

Technology roadmapping is a process for strategic planning in innovation.

Its importance lies in the fact that it plays a success-determining role at the front end of the innovation process. The front end of innovation is becoming recognized as critically important in determining the results organisations generate from their innovation efforts.

We have selected technology roadmapping as the nexus point for discussing the topics relevant to the front end of the innovation process because it supplies a great framework and supports an integrated approach.

A thoughtful approach to technology roadmapping can underpin the development of uncommon dimensions of quality in innovation.

It also provides an excellent forum for the emergence of leadership in innovation.

Above all it provides a knowledge base for evidence supported decision-making in innovation.

So the issues that we cover here include the following:

  • technology roadmapping
  • scenarios
  • visualisation of large data sets and what this tells us, technology landscapes, technology heatmaps
  • sense-making, interpreting weak signals
  • innovation leadership
  • the front end of innovation
  • making decisions and managing projects at the front end using venture capital thinking approaches such as those described as discovery driven growth
  • the role of technology roadmapping in facilitating open innovation and innovation in networks
Roadmapping Resources

This website brings together a range of resources, tools and support for technology roadmapping projects.

Sitting behind the site’s ability to add value to roadmapping is a collection of approaching 2000 technology roadmaps. Analysis of the roadmaps gives us a perspective on sound practices and the best way to define quality in innovation. The roadmaps have been developed for a multitude of industries and technology domains around the world.

The database is constantly updated as new roadmaps are  published. This constitutes the largest collection of technology roadmaps available in one place on the web.

TechnologyRoadmap.net also offers an introduction to technology roadmapping so you can identify the key concepts and apply them to help strategise and manage your innovation projects.

TechnologyRoadmap.net also shares perspectives about key techniques that help enhance decision making in innovation. We cover scenarios, open innovation, data mining and visualisation of large data sets and how such techniques can add value to roadmapping and the management and leadership of innovation.

This site is designed to assist people to take business decisions in innovation. It is about assisting the acquisition of practical knowledge, tools and insights to help improve innovation decision-making and the probability of success.

Innovation strategy should be directly connected to and inform corporate strategy. Technology roadmapping, effectively applied, can enable the expression of clear and effective innovation leadership – a vital component of success in today’s increasingly networked world.