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Technology Estimating: A Process to Determine the Cost and Schedule of Space Technology Research and DevelopmentNASA is investing in new technologies that include 14 primary technology roadmap areas, and aeronautics. Understanding the cost for research and development of these technologies and the time it takes to increase the maturity of the technology is important to the support of the ongoing and future NASA missions. Overall, technology estimating may help provide guidance to technology investment strategies to help improve evaluation of technology affordability, and aid in decision support. The research provides a summary of the framework development of a Technology Estimating process where four technology roadmap areas were selected to be studied. The framework includes definition of terms, discussion for narrowing the focus from 14 NASA Technology Roadmap areas to four, and further refinement to include technologies, TRL range of 2 to 6. Included in this paper is a discussion to address the evaluation of 20 unique technology parameters that were initially identified, evaluated and then subsequently reduced for use in characterizing these technologies. A discussion of data acquisition effort and criteria established for data quality are provided. The findings obtained during the research included gaps identified, and a description of a spreadsheet-based estimating tool initiated as a part of the Technology Estimating process.
Document ID
20140005476
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Technical Publication (TP)
Authors
Cole, Stuart K.
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Reeves, John D.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Williams-Byrd, Julie A.
(NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Greenberg, Marc
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Comstock, Doug
(NASA Headquarters Washington, DC United States)
Olds, John R.
(Space Works Engineering, Inc. Atlanta, GA, United States)
Wallace, Jon
(Space Works Engineering, Inc. Atlanta, GA, United States)
DePasquale, Dominic
(Space Works Engineering, Inc. Atlanta, GA, United States)
Schaffer, Mark
(Space Works Engineering, Inc. Atlanta, GA, United States)
Date Acquired
May 12, 2014
Publication Date
December 1, 2013
Subject Category
Economics And Cost Analysis
Report/Patent Number
L-20337
NASA/TP-2013-218145
NF1676L-17580
Report Number: L-20337
Report Number: NASA/TP-2013-218145
Report Number: NF1676L-17580
Funding Number(s)
WBS: WBS 122711.03.07.17.80
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Public Use Permitted.
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