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. 2023 Aug 30;9(9):e19672. doi: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2023.e19672

Table 1.

- Roadmap development process (adapted from Mohebalizadeh and Ghazinoori [43]).

Phase 1
Planning and Preparation 		Phase 2
Roadmap development 		Phase 3
Review and update
Objectives
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    Study the theme

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    Establish strategic thinking

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    Outline the best strategy for the development
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    Analyze and collect data

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    Determine content for roadmap layers

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    Develop roadmap
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    Evaluate, review, and modify.
Sources
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    Literature review (articles, book chapters, books)

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    Master's and doctoral theses
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    Literature review (articles, book chapters, books, dissertations)

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    Databases

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    Projects

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    Questionnaire

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    Other relevant sources of information
Activities
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    Writing the literature review
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    Detailed document study

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    Data collection

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    Analysis of information from documents, databases, projects, and questionnaires

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    Characterization of the current and future situation

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    Roadmap elaboration
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    Presentation of the roadmap and reception of feedback

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    Validation of the roadmap with experts

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    Implementation of changes

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    Revision of the final document
Duration 2 months 4 months