{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"010 - Olivier de Weck \u2013 Technology Roadmapping and Quantitative Technology Management","description":"https:\/\/www.thesystemsengineeringpodcast.com\/podcast-010\/ Discussion with Prof. Olivier de Weck about Technology Roadmapping. Including his 2022 book &quot;Technology Roadmapping and Development: A Quantitative Approach to the Management of Technology&quot;&amp;nbsp; Olivier is Apollo Program Professor of Astronautics and Engineering Systems at MIT &amp;amp; the Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of Spacecraft and Rockets. Previously Olivier was Editor-in-Chief for INCOSE\u2019s Systems Engineering journal and Senior Vice President for Technology Planning and Roadmapping at Airbus.  Links from discussion:    1. MIT Professional Education courses (including Technology Roadmapping):  https:\/\/professional.mit.edu\/programs\/faculty-profiles\/olivier-de-weck  2. Olivier's 2022 Book: &quot;Technology Roadmapping and Development&quot;: https:\/\/link.springer.com\/book\/10.1007\/978-3-030-88346-1  3. MIT's Roadmaps Home Page: https:\/\/roadmaps.mit.edu\/index.php\/Main_Page     Time stamps:    00:00:00 Introduction  00:01:00 What is technology Rd mapping and why should their organisation be doing it?  00:02:10 1962 JFK speech \u201cWe choose to go to the Moon in this decade\u2026\u201d example of a roadmap?  00:05:55 Figures of Merit (FoM), Utopian points, unachievable roadmaps &amp;amp; solar powered aircraft  00:10:22 Multidisciplinary nature of roadmaps &amp;amp; CFOs Chief Financial Officer is perhaps the most powerful person in the company  00:13:54 Value of traceability. Strategic Drivers to Roadmaps to Figures of Merit to R&amp;amp;D Projects Portfolio  00:16:47 Size of organisations to use roadmaps. Airbus is very complicated company\u2026  00:19:03 Interfacing to suppliers of subsystems (e.g. aero engines)  00:23:36 Large amounts of information &amp;amp; keeping roadmaps updated  00:30:53 Disruptive innovation and Figure of Merit Changes  00:33:40 Handling disruptions from outside an industry (e.g. COVID-19, September 11th, Financial crisis of 2008)  00:36:51 MIT Online Course on Technology Roadmapping  00:38:14 Closing   ","author_name":"The Systems Engineering Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.thesystemsengineeringpodcast.com\/","html":"<iframe title=\"Libsyn Player\" style=\"border: none\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/25465020\/height\/90\/theme\/custom\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/forward\/render-playlist\/no\/custom-color\/88AA3C\/\" height=\"90\" width=\"600\" scrolling=\"no\"  allowfullscreen webkitallowfullscreen mozallowfullscreen oallowfullscreen msallowfullscreen><\/iframe>","thumbnail_url":"https:\/\/assets.libsyn.com\/secure\/content\/165845938"}