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The Concept of ‘Roadmapping Service’: Exploring Customer Perspectives of Roadmapping through the Service Lens

Part of: Product-Service-System (PSS) Design

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  26 July 2019

Maicon Gouvea Oliveira ,
Michele Routley ,
Robert Phaal  and
Glauco Henrique Sousa Mendes
Maicon Gouvea Oliveira*
Affiliation:
Federal University of Alfenas;
Michele Routley
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge;
Robert Phaal
Affiliation:
University of Cambridge;
Glauco Henrique Sousa Mendes
Affiliation:
Federal University of Sao Carlos
*
Contact: Oliveira, Maicon Gouvea University of Cambridge Institute for Manufacturing United Kingdom maicongdo@outlook.com

Abstract

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Roadmapping has been addressed as a management approach used to support strategic and innovation planning of organisations over recent decades. This paper introduces a new standpoint for addressing roadmapping through the application of service theories as a way for tackling the demand for the digitalisation of roadmapping. To this end, the concept of roadmapping as a service offer is developed and employed to analyse three customer perspectives of roadmapping: owners and sponsors, team members, and facilitators. Based on a literature review and interviews with roadmapping experts, customer jobs, pains, and gains are described for each of the perspectives. In the end, the paper provides insights for the understanding of the concept of roadmapping service and opens opportunities for further theoretical and empirical developments around this new path. These results are part of a broader research project exploring the digitalisation of roadmapping.

Keywords

RoadmappingService designInnovationDigitalisationDesign methods
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Article
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Proceedings of the Design Society: International Conference on Engineering Design , Volume 1 , Issue 1 , July 2019 , pp. 3101 - 3110
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