Did I Ever Tell You about the Whale?: or Measuring Technology Maturity
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| Rating | : | 4.82 (929 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 1593119631 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 216 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-06-24 |
| Language | : | English |
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In spite of these repeated reports, the problems in government procurement have not improved. This groundbreaking work attempts to fill this gap by examining the current state of technology maturity measurement, pointing out strengths and weaknesses of available measures, and proposing a complete technology maturity assessment as a potential solution. One cause of this worsening situation might be that, while Gao identified lack of technology maturity as a problem, they did not tell how to measure technology maturity, or conversely, its lack. Foreword by: James W. Gao has repeatedly reported that the use of immature technologies in programs is a primary cause for these overruns. The book also includes a discussion of risk during technology development.. Bilbro Technology maturity: What is it, and why is it important? For more than ten years, the Government Accountability Office (Gao) has criticized federal agencies for a history of cost and schedule overruns on a significant portion of their procurement programs. In fact, recent reports indicate that the problems are getting worse
"Interesting and important" according to Dr. Lee D. Carlson. The strategy of assigning integers to signify the maturity of a particular technology has been around now for quite some time, and for those who need an overview of it, this book will serve as a useful introduction. The strategy is somewhat subjective, and is reminiscent of how ratings are assigned in the financial industry to various securities. There are many who work in technology assessment however that have attempted to quantify the field, and some of the details of how they d. Technical Background Behind an Important Process Bill Nolte is THE major figure in the development of the Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) process, which assists technology developers and corporate and government decision-makers in the evaluation of technology development and assessing the risks of incorporating major technical changes into complex systems. Numerous agencies (both in the US and internationally) form the US Department of Defense to the European Space Agency have developed bureaucratic procedures for performin