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• Technology Management
  • What is Technology Management?
  • The Five Principles of Technology Management
• Technology Planning
  • What is Technology Planning?
  • The DE&S Technology Overview
• Roadmaps and Roadmapping
  • Introduction
  • What is Roadmapping?
  • The Key Benefits of Roadmaps
  • The History and Policy of Roadmapping
  • Types of Roadmap
  • An Acquisition Roadmap Framework
  • Graphical Roadmap Elements
  • How to Generate a Roadmap
  • Using Workshops for Roadmapping
  • Roadmap Maturity Levels
  • Good Practicise for Roadmapping
  • Examples of Roadmaps
  • Roadmapping Focal Points
• Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs)
  • What are TRLs?
  • Applying TRLs
  • Project Management using TRLs
  • TRLs at Decision Points
  • TRLs in the Project Lifecycle
• System Readiness Levels (SRLs)
  • What are SRLs?
  • Applying SRLs
  • How to Self Assess using SRLs
  • SRL Self Assessment Tool
  • Project Management using SRLs
  • SRLs at Decision Points
  • SRLs in the Project Lifecycle
• Technology Demonstrator Programs (TDPs)
  • What are TDPs?
  • Funding and Implementing TDPs
  • Planning TDPs
  • Contracting and Completing TDPs

Content

What are System Readiness Levels (SRLs) ?

System Readiness Levels (SRLs) have been developed as a project management tool to capture evidence, and assess and communicate System Maturity in a consistent manner to stakeholders.

SRLs define a set of nine maturity steps from Concept to in-service across a set of systems engineering disciplines. Each of the SRL steps align to key outputs from systems disciplines such as Training, Safety and Environmental, or Reliability and Maintainability.

SRLs track a project’s progress against the systems engineering ‘V’ diagram, below.

What is the aim of SRLs ?

SRLs aim to take a consolidated view of the essential steps needed to properly mature and deliver a complete supportable system to the User.

When brought together with Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), SRLs provide a means of progressively measuring project maturity at technology, component, sub system and whole system levels.

When should I use SRLs ?

SRLs should be used to track a project’s progress throughout the CADMID lifecycle.

Evidence of SRL achievement is used to inform assurance of projects for Director Safety and Engineering (Director S&E) at key decisions points.

Why should I use SRLs ?

SRLs provides the project with:

• A Common language for:
  • Technology Planning
  • Business Cases
  • Stakeholder Communication.
• Improvements to project planning through addressing the needs of all relevant system disciplines.
• Information for System Maturity assurance through the use of the self assessment tool.
• An auditable statement of maturity.

How are SRLs applied ?

SRLs are a means of analysing key outputs of an equipment acquisition project structured in such a way as to provide an understanding of work required to mature the project. A matrix is used to capture these key outputs and understand how they should mature over time.

Projects should track their maturity through the nine SRL steps across all relevant system disciplines and a simple self assessment tool is provided.

SRL training

PTG-AA offers specific training on Technology Management, including use and applications of SRLs, Technology Readiness Levels and technology roadmapping. Workshops can be tailored for individual Teams or other Groups.

Contact the PTG-AA team for further information.

SRL further information

For further advice on System Readiness Levels contact the PTG-AA team.

Feedback from users of our guidance, particularly from Delivery Teams who have applied the guidance to their projects is welcomed. All feedback, regardless of its nature, will be received as constructive and used to help develop the guidance and its application in MOD.

Change History

Change History

1 December 2009

Minor changes made to reflect formation of Programmes and Technology Group (PTG).

Updates to reflect organisational name changes.