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Roadmapping History and Policy

What is the history of roadmapping ?

The roadmapping process was first used in the semiconductor industry in the 1970’s to align technology investments with market and product needs. It is now widespread in industry, with technology companies such as Motorola and Vodaphone now dependent upon it.

What do the MOD use roadmapping for ?

Roadmaps are used to plan the technology needs of projects and identify at an early stage the actions needed to manage the associated technology and obsolescence risk.

Roadmapping is recognised as an important tool by the MOD. Its principle benefit is that it provides both a methodology and a tool to promote sound planning of technology development against capability needs between MOD organisations, and between MOD and Industry, across the entire Acquisition lifecycle.

The roadmapping approach is being adopted and developed widely in industry and throughout the Acquisition community.

The roadmapping community of practice

A roadmapping community of practice exists which has membership from across the MOD and aims to:

Provide the strategy for harmonising and joining-up roadmapping across Acquisition such that roadmaps generated in one area can be easily related to those produced elsewhere.
Promote a culture of embedding joint planning and roadmap development within the working practices across Acquisition.
Develop communications to achieve best practice.
Promote industry’s engagement in MODs roadmapping process at an appropriate time.
Determine a way forward on tools and data sharing to assist roadmapping.

If you want to find out more contact the Programmes and Technology Group or email DESPTG-TD-TM-Strat3@mod.uk.

Change History

1 September 2010: Contact information updated.
1 December 2009: Contact information updated to reflect the formation of Programmes and Technology Group (PTG).