A methodology for evaluating Technology Readiness during product development

DS 58-3: Proceedings of ICED 09, the 17th International Conference on Engineering Design

Volumn 3, Issue , 2009, Pages 157-168

  Hicks, Ben ^a   Larsson, Andreas ^b   Culley, Steve ^a   Larsson, Tobias ^b  

^a University of Bath   (United Kingdom)

^b LULEÅ UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Product design; Product development; Technology lifecycles; Technology management

Indexed keywords

EXTENDED MODEL; GENERAL MODEL; GLOBAL MARKET; PRODUCT DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; RAPIDLY ADVANCING TECHNOLOGY; ROBUST METHODS; TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT; TECHNOLOGY READINESS; TECHNOLOGY READINESS LEVELS;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; LIQUID CRYSTAL DISPLAYS; NASA; PRODUCT DESIGN; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84859241361     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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