The Idea Maturity Model — A Dynamic Approach to Evaluate Idea Maturity

Clerkship maturity: Does the idea of training clinical skills work?

BACKGROUND With the reformed curriculum "4C", the Medical Faculty of the University of Cologne has started to systematically plan practical skills training, for which Clerkship Maturity is the first step. The key guidelines along which the curriculum was development were developed by experts. This approach has now been validated. MATERIALS AND METHODS Both students and teachers were asked to ...

A Knowledge Maturity Model

The Knowledge Maturity Model is a first approach to evaluate the state of the art within a company in the KM domain, taking in account all the multiple aspects of a KM strategy. The KMM proposed here has been elaborated from previous works by Thomson CSF and Microsoft, by the French Knowledge Management Club (“Club Gestion des Connaissances”), composed of several companies involved in KM in the...

The Agile Maturity Model

A probabilistic approach to system maturity assessment

Prescriptive metrics have been widely accepted and used in engineering management to assess the progress and success of engineering efforts. However, these types of metrics have two major challenges: human subjectivity and confidence in data estimates. In this paper we use a system-focused prescriptive metric entitled System Readiness Level (SRL) [a function of Technology and Integration Readin...

Towards a Consumer Cloud Computing Maturity Model - Proposition of Development Guidelines, Maturity Domains and Maturity Levels

In recent years, Cloud Computing (CC) has transformed from a new trend to IT management reality. Its potential promises to significantly change computing and benefit many organisations but at the same time uncertainty and the need for managerial guidance prevail. To benefit from the opportunities that CC promises, organisations need to adapt to the new circumstances that this phenomenon trigger...