How the S&T Community Can Best Support the Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) Process: Do's and Don'ts

Abstract

The Government Accountability Office found in 1999 that "Program managers' ability to reject immature technologies is hampered by (1) untradable requirements that force acceptance of technologies despite their immaturity and (2) reliance on tools that fail to alert the managers of the high risks that would prompt such a rejection." As a result the Department of Defense created the Technology Readiness Assessment (TRA) process, a systematic metrics-based process that assesses the maturity of Critical Technology Elements (CTEs). This briefing looks at the process, its importance and its implementation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 2007
Accession Number
ADA504332

Entities

People

  • Jay Mandelbaum

Organizations

  • Institute for Defense Analyses

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Ground and Sea Platforms
  • Human Systems
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Acquisition
  • Aircrafts
  • Best Practices
  • Business Administration
  • Communities
  • Department Of Defense
  • Employment
  • Energetic Materials
  • Gun Propellants
  • Manufacturing
  • Military Acquisition
  • National Security
  • Production
  • Propellants
  • Security
  • Test And Evaluation
  • Test Facilities

Readers

  • Defense Acquisition Program Management
  • Defense Technology Research and Development.
  • Educational Psychology