TM715
Technology Assessment and Roadmapping
0.5 Credit

Students gain familiarity with the basic ideas and tools of technology assessment and roadmapping. A broad cross-section of the germane "classical" and contemporary literature are covered.  The tools used generally fall under the rubrics of "technology forecasting," "inventory technological capabilities," "technology fitness," "cost-effectiveness analysis," "cost-utility analysis," and occasionally under the more general terms of "effectiveness" or "outcomes" analysis.  Students use their own experience, and knowledge gained at work for creative and constructive thinking about this important emerging frontier of management.