About Roadmapping

Technology roadmapping (TRM) is a planning process driven by the projected need of tomorrow's markets. It helps companies to identify, select, and develop technology options to satisfy future service, product or operational needs. In today's fiercely competitive environment, companies must use effective tools to plan their future. Technology roadmapping is a way to identify product or service needs, map them onto technology alternatives, and develop plans to help ensure the required technologies will be available when needed.

Via the process, companies in a given sector can pool their resources and work together with academia and governments, to look from 2-10 years into the future and determine what their specific market will require. This process is led by industry, and facilitated by government.

• EM Science & Technology Roadmapping - U.S. Department of Energy
  
  
• Fundamentals of Technology Roadmapping [PDF Format, 63Kb]
  
  
• Ministerial Council on Energy - Government of Australia
  
  
• Strateva
  
  
• Technology Roadmapping: A Strategy For Success
  [HTML Format], [PDF Format, 767Kb]
  
  
• TRM Pamphlet
  [HTML Format], [PDF Format, 212Kb]
  
  
• Technology Roadmapping: A Guide for Government Employees
  [HTML Format], [PDF Format, 87Kb]
  
  
• The benefits of a good TRM, an example provided by: The Canadian Welding and Joining Industry 2006-2016 [PDF Format, 564Kb]