Dent Associates White Papers 11 - 01 David Dent , Dent Associates Ltd Brian Pettit , Chilworth Consultants Ltd

TRLs have the benefit of providing a common understanding of the status of a technology in its development pathway, a means of assessing and managing risk, and decision making concerning funding and implementation of technology. As with any management tool, there are certain limitations and disadvantages to its use. These include the creation of extra reporting, paperwork, reviews, lengthy adoption times across an organisation, and particularly, lack of integration with systems integration and engineering approaches (Gove, 2007; Mandelbaum, 2007; 2008, Sauser et al., 2008). Failure of a technology to integrate into existing systems can severely limit or delay its introduction and implementation. Technology and Market Readiness Levels