Part IV — Key Concepts
Technology maturity: The extent to which a technology has progressed toward demonstrated operational capability.
Organizational readiness: The extent to which an organization is prepared and capable of implementing a technology.
Technology adoption: The process through which an organization or social system begins to use a technology.
Technology acceptance: The willingness of users to accept and use a technology.
Lifecycle assessment: A systematic evaluation of environmental impacts across the life of a product or system.
Multi-Criteria Decision Analysis: A structured approach for evaluating alternatives against multiple criteria.
Technology roadmap: A strategic representation connecting future objectives, technologies and capabilities.
Digital divide: Differences in access to and ability to benefit from digital technologies.
Responsible innovation: An approach that seeks to anticipate, reflect upon, engage with and respond to societal implications of innovation (Stilgoe et al., 2013).
Organizational capability: The combination of resources, skills, processes and structures required to achieve organizational objectives.