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Technology Management Tools: Generalization, Integration And Configuration

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  • ROBERT PHAAL

    (Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1RX, UK)

  • CLARE FARRUKH

    (Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1RX, UK)

  • DAVID PROBERT

    (Engineering Department, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, CB2 1RX, UK)

Abstract

Managers in technology-intensive businesses need to make decisions in complex and dynamic environments. Many tools, frameworks and processes have been developed to support managers in these situations, leading to a proliferation of such approaches, with little consistency in terminology or theoretical foundation, and a lack of understanding of how such tools can be linked together to tackle management challenges in an integrated way. As a step towards addressing these issues, this paper proposes the concept of an integrated 'toolkit', incorporating generalized forms of three core technology management tools that support strategic planning (roadmapping, portfolio analysis and linked analysis grids).

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  • Robert Phaal & Clare Farrukh & David Probert, 2006. "Technology Management Tools: Generalization, Integration And Configuration," International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management (IJITM), World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd., vol. 3(03), pages 321-339.
  • Handle: RePEc:wsi:ijitmx:v:03:y:2006:i:03:n:s021987700600082x
    DOI: 10.1142/S021987700600082X
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    1. Pierre Dussauge & Stuart Hart & Bernard Ramanantsoa, 1992. "Strategic Technology Management," Post-Print hal-00708987, HAL.
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