The invention discloses a group technology for heavy oil upgrading, in which the job steps include: (1) full or moiety of heavy oil individually or mixed with catalytic clarified oil entering solvent deasphalting plant, after the solvent deasphalting treatment, obtaining a deasphalted oil and a degreasing asphalt; (2) the degreasing asphalt obtained by step (1) individually or mixed with another moiety of heavy oil entering coking plant for coking treatment, in which the obtained tar heavy oil returns to solvent deasphalting plant or enters heavy oil hydrotreating plant, or moiety of tar heavy oil returns to solvent deasphalting plant and another moiety of tar heavy oil enters heavy oil hydrotreating plant, catalytic plant or hydrocracking plant; (3) the deasphalted oil obtained by step (1) individually or mixed with vacuum residual oil, non-pressure residual oil, pressure-relief residual oil, catalytic cycle stock and one or more than one heavy oil of tar heavy oil obtained by step (2) entering heavy oil hydrotreating plant for hydrotreatment, after hydrotreatment, obtaining fractions of benzin naphtha, plane kerosene and diesel and hydrogenating heavy oil. The invention can improve the charge-in nature, alleviate the operating condition and prolong the cycle length of the heavy oil hydrotreating plant, which provides better raw oil for downstream plants including catalytic plant.