I was recently asked the question. “When a project begins with a existing device that has a TRL of 9, with the goal to develop a miniaturized version of the device, is the TRL of miniaturized version of the device … Read More
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Technology Readiness Assessments Guide – GAO
I am excited to see that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) just released a draft of a new document: “Technology Readiness Assessment Guide” (TRA Guide). As the title suggests, the focus of the TRA Guide is on assessing the technical … Read More
Technology Readiness Levels applied to Medical Device Development
In our previous blog “Using Technology Readiness Levels to Manage Risk” we introduced the concept of Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs). In that article, the basic descriptions for TRLs as used by NASA and the Department of Defense (DOD) were presented. … Read More
Using Technology Readiness Levels to Manage Risk
In a previous blog “Are the Requirements Attainable?”, we mentioned that one reason requirements may be not be attainable was because the ability to meet a given requirement was based on an immature technology. Engineers, scientists, and marketing personnel often … Read More
How to Communicate “Threshold” vs. “Objective” Requirements.
We were recently asked the following question: “For a system that has both “threshold” and “objective” requirements, what is the best way to delineate them? Our initial thought was to use “should”, but then we don’t want to get them … Read More
