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Accession Number:
AD1105837
Title:
Technology Readiness Assessment Guide: Best Practices for Evaluating the Readiness of Technology for Use in Acquisition Programs and Projects
Corporate Author:
United States Government Accountability Office Washington United States
Report Date:
2020-01-01
Abstract:
Federal agencies spend billions of dollars each year to develop, acquire, and build major systems, facilities, and equipment, including fighter aircraft, nuclear waste treatment facilities, electronic baggage screening equipment, and telescopes for exploring the universe. Managing these complex acquisitions has been a long-standing challenge for federal agencies. Many of the governments most costly and complex acquisition programs require the development of cutting-edge technologies and their integration into large and complex systems. Such acquisition efforts may also use existing technologies, but in new applications or environments. For two decades, the U.S. Government Accountability Office GAO has shown that using effective management practices and processes to assess how far a technology has matured and how this has been demonstrated are fundamental to evaluating its readiness to be integrated into a system and managed for risk in the federal governments major acquisitions.
Descriptive Note:
Technical Report
Supplementary Note:
01 Jan 0001, 01 Jan 0001, DTIC Crawl
Pages:
0149
Distribution Statement:
Approved For Public Release;
File Size:
10.24MB
