The purpose of the QCR is to coordinate research in quantum computing across a number of laboratories and institutions around the world.
Two semantic elements used to great effect in the roadmap are "status" (denoted by green, yellow and red bubbles) and "promise" (denoted by green, yellow and red triangles); each approach to overcoming obstacles in quantum computing is associated with subjectively-assigned status and promise values. Status tells us how far along a particular idea has come (ranging from "it's still an idea" all the way to "we are good to go"). Promise tells us the likelihood that a given idea, if implemented successfully, will actually address the problem it is supposed to solve (ranging from "this might possibly work, but who knows" to "if this idea works, we are gold").
The only thing that is really lacking in the roadmap is a graphical timeline view, which must be reverse-engineered from the documentation (click for larger image):
Nonetheless, this is a minor deficiency and the result is a living document that provides a vehicle for coordination and communication within the quantum computing community.
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