<strong>Technology</strong> roadmapping process<strong>Technology</strong> roadmapping is a technique that is used widely in industry to support strategic planning.<strong>Roadmap</strong>s generally take the <strong>for</strong>m of multi-layered time-based charts, linking technologydevelopments to future product and market requirements. Companies such as Motorola 59 and Philips 60have used the approach <strong>for</strong> many years. More recently roadmaps have been used <strong>for</strong> supportingindustry <strong>for</strong>esight initiatives, such as the Semiconductor Industry Association 58 and AluminumIndustry 9 technology roadmaps in the USA.<strong>Technology</strong> roadmapping is a flexible technique, and the roadmap architecture and process <strong>for</strong>developing the roadmap must generally be customised to meeting the particular aims and context 61 .The process developed <strong>for</strong> <strong>Foresight</strong> <strong>Vehicle</strong> roadmapping is shown in Fig. 2. A series of tenworkshops has been used to collect, structure and share in<strong>for</strong>mation and views, involving more than130 experts from more than 60 organisations:a) Planning, to review scope and aims, and to support process design.b) Exploration of industry and market trends and drivers.c) Consideration of per<strong>for</strong>mance measures and targets <strong>for</strong> the road transport system.d) Consultation to solicit views from industry, academia and other organisations.e) Assessment of technology evolution and research requirements in the five areas of engine andpowertrain; hybrid, electric and alternatively fuelled vehicles; software, sensors, electronics andtelematics; structures and materials; and design and manufacturing processes.f) Synthesis and review.Engine and powertrain (E&PT)PlanningMarketandindustrytrendsanddriversRoadtransportsystemper<strong>for</strong>mancemeasuresand targetsConsultationHybrid, electric and alternativelypowered vehicles (HEV)Advanced software, sensors,electronics and telematics (ASSET)Advanced structuresand materials (FASMAT)SynthesisReportingDesign and manufacturingProcesses (DMaP)Co-ordination, facilitation, data collection, analysis and structuring of in<strong>for</strong>mationFig. 2 – <strong>Foresight</strong> <strong>Vehicle</strong> technology roadmapping processThe roadmap architecture is shown in Fig. 1, which is based on a timeframe of 20 years and thefollowing thematic layers:Industry and market trends and drivers, which define the strategic context in terms of overallgoals and requirements, together with enablers and constraints, in terms of the following subthemesare: society, economy, environment, technology, policy and infrastructure..Road transport system per<strong>for</strong>mance measures and targets, in response to the trends and drivers:society, economy, environment, technology, policy and system.<strong>Technology</strong> solutions and options that can enable the per<strong>for</strong>mance targets to be achieved: engineand powertrain; hybrid, electric and alternatively fuelled vehicles; software, sensors, electronicsand telematics; structures and materials; design and manufacturing processes.7
The detailed roadmaps presented in this report (Appendices A to C) result largely from a creativeworkshop process, and reflect the expert opinion of a wide range of participants involved with the roadtransport sector. The in<strong>for</strong>mation does not represent official company or Government policy, butrather individual perspectives. The content of the top two layers (trends & drivers and per<strong>for</strong>mancemeasures & targets) has been supplemented with reference to published sources (Appendix D).8
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