Technology readiness level

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Alec's technology readiness levels, based on (and very close to) the ESA version.

• Also categorise this. Alec (talk) 14:36, 8 June 2017 (UTC)

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Stage	Description	Major description	Comment
1	Purpose identified, proposal to investigate formed	Concept / Idea phase
2	Purpose verified		Eg: Benchmarking shows that the current system spends a significant amount of time doing what we aim to improve Demonstration that the proposal would be useful
3	Proof of concept / prototype built	"bleeding edge"
4	Prototype tested in "lab" environment		Eg: Actually works
5	Critical functions tested in "lab" environment		Eg: Actually has a chance at doing its job and meeting any requirements Like that it is actually better than the old way
6	Prototype now provisional version, and is tested in a relevant environment	"cutting edge"	Provisional version may enter traditional "alpha", "beta" versions.
7	Provisional version now a release candidate and is (observed) operating in relevant environment		Release candidate abbreviated RC
8	Accepted for use, "mission ready" or "operational" status achieved. May now be called "stable"	"Stable" / "Mature"	Not yet mature or battle-hardened
9	Operationally proven, "battle-hardened", "mature", "tried and tested"		Few improvements (in fact any changes at all) can be expected by this stage.