ITPEC IP April 2023 Question 85
In the promotion of technology development, charts such as the one shown below are used for evaluating its progress or for checking its consistency with related technologies. What is the name of this sort of chart that shows on the time axis the route toward progress in required functions, underlying technology, etc. through research and development initiatives?
Explanation
Roadmap — a chart that lays out on a time axis how the required functions and underlying technologies are expected to progress.
The figure has periods along the top, from Present to After 5 years, and one row per technology area; arrows show which stage is planned for which period, for example text-centered analysis first and analysis through semantic information later. A technology roadmap like this lets R&D managers check progress against the plan and see whether related technologies will be ready at consistent times.
Answer (d)
Why not others:
- •(a) — a control chart plots a process measurement over time against upper and lower control limits to detect abnormal variation
- •(b) — a cause and effect (fishbone) diagram arranges the causes behind one problem; it has no time axis
- •(c) — a Pareto chart sorts categories in descending order with a cumulative-percentage line, to find the few items that matter most
Key rule: A roadmap is a planning tool of technology strategy, with time on one axis, technologies or products on the other and milestones between; control, fishbone and Pareto charts are QC tools for analysing what already happens.
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