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4State departments of transportation (DOTs) and other organizations responsible for development and management of the surface transportation system seek to enhance both system performance and their capabilities to make improvements.
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Background 5 helps to advance their colleagues from wondering whether they will deploy the change to asking themselves and others why they haven't deployed the change. This group ultimately brings the majority into the practice.
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6 Guide to Accelerating New Technology Adoption through Directed Technology Transfer Defining T2 T2 is widely studied, but a review of the extensive literature and discussions with practitioners makes clear that the term has been used in many ways. There is no single, generally accepted definition for T2.
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Background 7 to adopt are the laggards; fewer in number than the two groups that preceded them, the pace of adoption decelerates as diffusion approaches 100%. Guided T2 may be visualized as shifting the curve to the left, reducing the time required for a new idea to saturate its market.
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8 Guide to Accelerating New Technology Adoption through Directed Technology Transfer Need WHAT'S IT GOING TO TAKE? Deployment Research & Development GUIDED T2 Components of guided T2 DEFINE THE NEED RESEARCH TO DEVELOP A SOLUTION No feasible solution appears to exist DOES IT WORK?
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Background 9 Research and Development The research and development phase of the Innovation Adoption Process is shown in the second block of Figure 1-3. This phase may take different paths depending upon whether an organization finds the technology internally or externally or whether the organization develops a research project with the goal of creating a solution.
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10 Guide to Accelerating New Technology Adoption through Directed Technology Transfer • Evaluate progress • Reach deployment decision Together, these components provide practitioners with a "roadmap" for undertaking guided T2, highlighting areas where challenges might be encountered and suggesting how those challenges might be overcome. These components are shown in Figure 1-4 and are described in detail in Chapters 2 through 11 of this guide.
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Background 11 levels of winter service for Interstates and traffic routes was recognized. Research, specifically an external scan for possible solutions, identified the tow plow as a promising technology.
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12 Guide to Accelerating New Technology Adoption through Directed Technology Transfer innovation champion may be identified while defining a need; decision makers may be engaged very early on to ensure the feasibility of the technology. In fact, during the need identification and research and development phases of technology development, knowledge sharing can build a foundation for subsequent T2 activities, as well as provide an opportunity to explore key issues that could potentially present barriers to deployment.
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Background 13 searching for a solution are looking within the organization, looking outside of the organization, and initiating a research study to develop a solution. Look Within the Organization for a Solution It is possible that another individual within the organization of a practitioner searching for a solution to a problem has already faced the same problem, or a similar one, and has developed or found a solution.
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14 Guide to Accelerating New Technology Adoption through Directed Technology Transfer of these programs, there is a process for prioritizing, selecting, and funding a research agenda; a systematic approach to developing problem statements articulating the need for the research; and an evaluation process to select a winning proposal. This is an excellent pathway to T2 and provides a rich opportunity to initiate T2 activities early in the Innovation Adoption Process.
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Background 15 on the horizon. Although these technologies may not be ready to deploy for years, highlighting them early on can create a "pull" for them when they are ready to be delivered.
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16 Guide to Accelerating New Technology Adoption through Directed Technology Transfer Other potential challenges include system integration and compatibility; privacy; patents, licensing, copyrights, and intellectual property rights; economic considerations; standards; and demonstrations and field testing. System Integration and Compatibility.
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Background 17 be important in describing the benefits of a product and determining the attributes that would be of most interest to the target audience. Field tests can also be a very effective first step in a guided T2 initiative.
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18 Guide to Accelerating New Technology Adoption through Directed Technology Transfer 3. Evaluation and Decision-Making Components.
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Background 19 All users of the guide should start by determining their T2 experience level according to the following: • Novice. This person is new to T2 and is unfamiliar with the components of guided T2.
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20 Guide to Accelerating New Technology Adoption through Directed Technology Transfer Are you an experienced T2 practitioner who wants to check that you have done all that is necessary to ensure successful T2? Are you looking to apply effective practices?
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