Founder and roadmapping practitioner
Dr Clemens Chaskel
Clemens works at the intersection of strategic technology management, innovation practice and roadmapping systems.
Practice and research
Clemens is an Industrial Associate affiliated with IfM Engage, part of the Institute for Manufacturing at the University of Cambridge. IfM Engage describes Industrial Associates as affiliated independent experts experienced in delivering projects with IfM tools and approaches. He has worked with the IfM since 2010 and supports organisations in innovation management and strategic planning.
His work focuses on strategic technology and innovation management. This includes helping organisations make dependencies visible, improve the transparency of innovation decisions, examine emerging technologies and business models, and make better-founded portfolio choices.
His background combines academic research, industry, consultancy, teaching and product development. He has 15+ years of roadmapping experience and supports organisations in Europe and internationally.
Credentials
- PhD, University of Cambridge, focused on strategic planning and the roles of roadmapping and portfolio management in large organisations
- MPhil in Industrial Systems, Manufacture and Management, University of Cambridge
- MEng in Aerospace Engineering, Kingston University
- Chartered Engineer and Member of the Royal Aeronautical Society
- Industrial Associate affiliated with IfM Engage, University of Cambridge
Selected work
Roadmapping Roadmapping: Strategic planning for roadmapping systems
Co-authored with Robert Phaal, Ricardo Gonzalez Nakazawa and Jonathan Ross. Frontiers of Engineering Management, 2024.
InnovationFlow on IfM Engage
IfM Engage describes InnovationFlow as strategic planning software developed in collaboration with IfM Engage, Part of the Institute for Manufacturing, University of Cambridge.
Strategic roadmapping with the RNLI and its partners
Lead consultant on an IfM Engage project focused on strategic planning and capability building. The project predates InnovationFlow.
Energy-management roadmapping with ABB and IfM Engage
Lead consultant on a roadmapping engagement connecting customer value, technology, process, people and capability. The project predates InnovationFlow.
Articles for InnovationFlow Learn
Case note · 9 min read
The roadmap is not the result
What the RNLI case teaches about convening distributed expertise, making choices and building strategic capability that survives beyond one workshop.
Case note · 8 min read
Digital transformation is not a technology shopping list
The ABB/IfM energy-management work illustrates how roadmapping can connect customer value, technology, process, people and capability before solutions are selected.
Research note · 15 min read
Why roadmaps die after the workshop, and how to keep them alive
A practical operating model for keeping roadmapping alive through ownership, review triggers, decision history, resource reconciliation and governed AI support.
Practice note · 7 min read
Innovation roadmapping: from opportunities to commitment
How innovation roadmapping connects signals, opportunities, strategic choices, capabilities, initiatives and resources without turning every idea into a promise.
Research note · 8 min read
Technology roadmapping: from market need to capability choice
A practical explanation of technology roadmapping, T-Plan and the relationships between market drivers, products, technologies, capabilities and investment choices.
Practice note · 7 min read
Product roadmapping beyond the feature timeline
How strategic product roadmapping connects market change and customer value to product attributes, enabling capabilities, technologies and delivery choices.
Research note · 8 min read
Strategic roadmapping: from intent to coherent action
A research-led guide to strategic roadmapping, roadmap architecture, workshop participation and the governance required to connect intent with action.
Research note · 8 min read
Strategic, innovation, product and technology roadmaps compared
What strategic, innovation, product and technology roadmapping have in common, where they differ and how several roadmaps can work as one connected planning system.
Practice note · 15 min read
11 roadmapping myths and what practitioners should do instead
A practitioner-led series correcting 11 common roadmapping misconceptions, from confusing roadmaps with project plans to treating roadmapping as a one-time document exercise.
Research note · 11 min read
Roadmapping Roadmapping: design the system before scaling the maps
How the R2 method applies roadmapping to roadmapping itself, helping organisations define purpose, process, governance, capability and digital support before attempting to scale.
Profile sources
Biographical information is based on the current public IfM Engage profile and LinkedIn profile linked above. Project descriptions distinguish earlier consultancy work from use of InnovationFlow software.
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