R&D strategy: roadmaps and technology landscapes

This programme teaches participants to build an R&D strategy by connecting business objectives, technology signals, product needs, and internal capabilities.

Roadmaps and landscapes become decision tools for research themes, capability gaps, partners, and investment sequencing.

Who this is for

• R&D, technology, and innovation leaders

• Strategy, product, and business-development teams

• Universities, institutes, and research-programme managers

Core content

• Translating strategic objectives into R&D questions and themes

• Gathering patent, scientific, market, and competitor signals

• Building roadmaps across time, capabilities, platforms, and products

• Establishing project prioritization, review, and adjustment mechanisms

• Define R&D themes linked to organizational objectives

• Create a landscape framework for monitoring technology signals

• Outline a roadmap with milestones, dependencies, and capability needs

• Recommend research-portfolio governance criteria