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Welcome to MIT 16.887 - EM.427 Technology Roadmapping

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This short video summarizes what is Technology Roadmapping and Development and why it is useful

Technology Roadmapping and Development book by Olivier L. de Weck

A comprehensive book on technology roadmapping and development was published by Springer Nature in June 2022.

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This textbook explains Technology Roadmapping, in both its development and practice, and illustrates the underlying theory of, and empirical evidence for, technologic evolution over time afforded by this strategy. The book contains a rich set of examples and practical exercises from a wide array of domains in applied science and engineering such as transportation, energy, communications, and medicine. Professor de Weck gives a complete review of the principles, methods, and tools of technology management for organizations and technologically-enabled systems, including technology scouting, roadmapping, strategic planning, R&D project execution, intellectual property management, knowledge management, partnering and acquisition, technology transfer, innovation management, and financial technology valuation. Special topics also covered include Moore’s law, S-curves, the singularity and fundamental limits to technology. Ideal for university courses in engineering, management, and business programs, as well as self-study or online learning for professionals in a range of industries, readers of this book will learn how to develop and deploy comprehensive technology roadmaps and R&D portfolios on diverse topics of their choice. Introduces a unique framework, Advanced Technology Roadmap Architecture (ATRA), for developing quantitative technology roadmaps and competitive R&D portfolios through a lucid and rigorous step-by-step approach; Elucidates the ATRA framework through analysis which was validated on an actual $1 billion R&D portfolio at Airbus, leveraging a pedagogy significantly beyond typical university textbooks and problem sets; Reinforces concepts with in-depth case studies, practical exercises, examples, and thought experiments interwoven throughout the text; Maximizes reader competence on how to explicitly link strategy, finance, and technology.

Welcome and Greetings

Sara Kells

Technology Roadmaps

Welcome to Technology Roadmapping and Development at MIT. Technology roadmaps show the current state, targets and pathway to the future for technologies created by humans. The roadmaps shown here were created by students in 16.887-EM.427 starting in 2019 using a common approach and structure. This main page contains a list of the 37 existing roadmaps, their classification into a 5x5 taxonomy and a “how to” guide for getting started quickly. Roadmaps are presented in a Wikipedia style format which is easy to read and cross-reference

Getting Started

On-Campus Class | 16.887/EM.427 Course “Technology Roadmapping and Development”

MIT Professional Education Classes

| Part 1: Management of Technology - Roadmapping and Development

| Part 2: Management of Technology - Strategy and Portfolio Analysis

Technology Roadmap ID Codes and Link

Technology Roadmaps

[2SEA] - Solar Electric Aircraft

[3SB] - Space Booms

[2EOS] - Earth Observation Satellites

[3MIM] - Mars In-Situ Mining

[2LCNF] - Laser Confined Nuclear Fusion

[3BAS] - Building Automation System

[2PHA] - PHA Bioplastics Manufacturing

[2HDS] - Healthcare Data Security

[1SLV] - Small Launch Vehicles

[2EVL] - Electric Vertical take off and Landing

[2EVCT] - Electric Vehicle Charging Technology

[1PHROS] - Integrated and Co-located Pumped Hydro Reverse Osmosis System

[2SPA] - Solar Powered HALE Aircraft

[2RS] - Recommendation Systems

[3WEC] - Wave Energy Conversion

[3OSSA] - Optical Payload for Space Situational Awareness

[4AIX] - Adsorption and Ion Exchange

[2RPS] - Retail Payment Systems

[2AUV] - Autonomous Underwater Vehicles

[2BV] - Ballistic Vests

[2PLG] - Plant Genetics

[2SDC] - Satellite Data Communication

[2ZGAM] - Zero Gravity Additive Manufacturing

[2WTG] - Wind Turbine Generator

[2ASGT] - Autonomous System for Ground Transport

[2MRH] - Mixed Reality Headset

[3ESB] - Energy Storage via Battery

[1LV] - Orbital Launch Vehicles

[2HSR] - High Speed Rail Safety

[3RPM] - Reverse Procurement Markets

[2SASOT] - Sparse Aperture Space Optical Telescope

[5ROPP] - Remote Operated Processing Platform

[3RF] - Random Forest

[2RE] - Rocket Engines

[2AIAR] - Computer-Aided Detection Leveraging Machine Learning and Augmented Reality

[2CFTS] - Cryogenic Fuel Tanks in Space

[3S3DCAM] - Smart 3D Camera

[2SHSS] - Soil Health Sensing System

[2ACP] - Autonomy in the Corn Production System

[2NZEB] - Net Zero Energy Building

[2BaaS-SC] - Blockchain as a Service for Supply Chain

[3EAPA] - Electric Aircraft Propulsion Architectures

[3DAC] - Direct Air Capture

[2PEMEPG] - Proton Exchange_Membrane (PEM)_Electrolyzer Plant at Grid Scale#FOM_of PEM electrolyzer plants

[LPBF] - Laser Powder Bed Fusion - Metal

[2DTT] - Digital Twins in Supply Chain

[4DAA] Detect And Avoid Autonomous Augmentation System

Technology Matrix(5X5)

Technology Matrix(5X5)	Matter (M)	Energy (E)	Information (I)	Value (V)	Organisms (L)
Transform / Process (1)	[3MIM] [2PHA] [4AIX] [2ZGAM] [3DAC]	[2LCNF] [3WEC] [2WTG] [2RE] [3EAPA]	[2EOS] [3OSSA] [2SASOT] [3S3DCAM] [2SHSS] [2WHM]		[2PLG ]
Transport / Distribute (2)	[1SLV] [1LV]	[2EVCT]	[2SEA] [2SPA] [2AUV] [2SDC]		[2EVL ]
Store / House (3)	[2CFTS]	[1PHROS] [3ESB]	[3RF]		[2NZEB]
Exchange / Trade (4)			[2HDS]	[3RPM]
Control / Regulate (5)	[3SB] [2BV ]	[3BAS] [2HSR]	[2RS] [2ASGT] [2MRH] [5ROPP] [2AIAR]	[2RPS ]