Strategic Program Planning Lessons Learned in Developing the LTS S&T Roadmap

Conference · Tue Jul 01 00:00:00 EDT 2003

OSTI ID:911283

Hanson, Duane; Dixon, Brent; Matthern, Gretchen

Technology roadmapping is a strategic planning method used by companies to identify and plan the development of technologies necessary for new products. The U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of Environmental Management has used this same method to refine requirements and identify knowledge and tools needed for completion of defined missions. This paper describes the process of applying roadmapping to clarify mission requirements and identify enhancing technologies for the Long-Term Stewardship (LTS) of polluted sites after site cleanup has been completed. The nature of some contamination problems is such that full cleanup is not achievable with current technologies and some residual hazards remain. LTS maintains engineered contaminant barriers and land use restriction controls, and monitors residual contaminants until they no longer pose a risk to the public or the environment. Roadmapping was used to clarify the breadth of the LTS mission, to identify capability enhancements needed to improve mission effectiveness and efficiency, and to chart out the research and development efforts to provide those enhancements. This paper is a case study of the application of roadmapping for program planning and technical risk management. Differences between the planned and actual application of the roadmapping process are presented along with lessons learned. Both the process used and lessons learned should be of interest for anyone contemplating a similar technology based planning effort.

• Research Organization: Idaho National Laboratory (INL)
• Sponsoring Organization: DOE - EM
• DOE Contract Number: AC07-99ID13727
• OSTI ID: 911283
• Report Number(s): INEEL/CON-03-00538
• Conference Information: Portland International Conference on Management of Engineering and Technology,Portland, OR,07/20/2003,07/24/2003
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

99 GENERAL AND MISCELLANEOUS
CONTAMINATION
EFFICIENCY
LAND USE
lessons learned
MANAGEMENT
MONITORS
PLANNING
program planning
roadmapping