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Research Portfolio | Ongoing Research | Innovation Life Cycle | Roadmaps | Deployment Research and Technology Roadmaps (R&T Roadmaps)Multiyear plans or roadmaps are employed as a tool to define research and technology agendas. Roadmaps often are comprised of both text and a series of integrated graphics that illustrate key strategies and milestones against a timeline. Roadmaps effectively translate abstract needs and concepts into concrete strategies that specify stakeholder interests and the resources necessary to make progress in a timely fashion. The typical Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) R&T roadmap includes the following elements:
Roadmaps are useful in identifying specific barriers that are likely to be encountered during the various phases of the R&T development life cycle. Decisionmakers using the roadmaps are more likely then to be in a position to anticipate the types of "work around" strategies that may be needed to achieve agreed-upon goals and objectives within budget and on time. Roadmaps
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