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http://dx.doi.org/10.5762/KAIS.2021.22.4.538

Improvement for Technology Readiness Assessment with Weighting Method for Defense Acquisition Project  

Kim, Mi-Seon (Aviation&Guided Weapons Division, Korea Research Institute for defense Technology planning and advancement(KRIT))
Noh, Eun-Young (Technology Evaluation Center, Korea Research Institute for defense Technology planning and advancement(KRIT))
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Journal of the Korea Academia-Industrial cooperation Society / v.22, no.4, 2021 , pp. 538-544 More about this Journal
Abstract
Technology readiness assessment is a procedure for managing defense project risk factors based on the preemptive identification of technical risks. Under current regulations, technology readiness is determined based on considerations of the ratings of factors itemized on a checklist, whether unsatisfied factors have a fatal impact on the project, and whether countermeasures for unsatisfied factors have been established. However, objective criteria for assessing the impact of unsatisfied factors have not been presented, and thus, at present, the results of technology readiness level determinations are largely subjective. In addition, the importance of questions on the checklist is dependent on individual project characteristics and this is not considered during the assessment process. In this paper, we propose an improved technology readiness assessment procedure that considers the characteristics of each project. Using the proposed procedure, we quantitatively determined the importance of each checklist item using a weighting method. We found the devised procedure improved the reliability and objectivity of technology readiness assessment results. A case analysis of a complex weapons system is presented to demonstrate these improvements.
Keywords
Technology Readiness Assessment; Technology Readiness Level; Precedent Research; Weighting Method; Defense Acquisition Project;
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