Technology maturity assessment checklist
This checklist assumes that you have read our article, "Using data for estimating tech maturity". The purpose of the checklist is to guide you through a quick, back-of-the-envelope assessment of tech maturity, or TRL (technology readiness level).
Here is a visual checklist for estimating technology maturity (click on the preview below to go to the full version):
"Is present" in the checklist below means "more than one".
Mature
If your topic is present in
at least two of...
- Venture capital investments
- Market estimates
- Mainstream news
- Clinical trials, Phase 4
If your topic is in none of the data sets above, move to
Intermediate.
Intermediate
If your topic is present
in at least one of...
- Venture capital investments
- Technology licensing
- Patents
If your topic is in none of the data sets above, move on to Research-Stage.
Research-Stage
If your topic is present in one or both of...
- Scientific publications
- Funded research projects
... but nowhere else.
Hype
If your topic is present in one or both of...
- Venture capital investments
- Tech blogs
... but nowhere else (particularly not in scientific publications).