Technical performance measure

About: Technical performance measure is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 90 publications have been published within this topic receiving 910 citations.

Technical governance and technical capability: a road authority perspective

Abstract: Sustaining the safety and reliability of the road network is at the core of a road authority's reputation. Queensland Department of Main Roads (QDMR) over many years has maintained a core, in-house, specialist engineering capability to provide specialist technical services and advice while also fulfilling the 'informed buyer' capability for the organisation. A greater emphasis on technical governance in QDMR came about in late 2005 to better manage technical risks in an emerging environment of significantly increased road program budgets at a time of serious competition for technical skills from the mining and resources sector and from the global growth in infrastructure investment. The dominant risk was that many of its experienced technical staff would be lost to the private sector and that many new and inexperienced people would be brought to the increasing infrastructure delivery task. This timing coincided with the an organisational restructure and introduction of QDMR's Road System Manager Framework to enable more effective and consistent planning, programming, delivery and review of priority investment responses across the road system, according to need. This paper describes the technical governance framework that focuses QDMR's core technical resources on organisational outcomes. Technical Governance and Technical Capability are two of the six strategic technical program areas that will be addressed in detail.

11.1.1 Technical Performance Measures

Abstract: Technical performance measures (TPMs) are tools that show how well a system is satisfying its requirements or meeting its goals. This paper presents the BAE National Security Solutions TPM process and a TPM template. It gives lessons learned from piloting it on a program.

Improving the U.S. Navy's execution of technical authority through a common risk management and technical assessment process

Abstract: : The focus of this paper is on improving the U.S. Navy's execution of technical authority. Technical authority targets compliance with technical criteria and standards. This targeting must be done at the earliest stages of program development and addressed during development of the program acquisition strategy. An executable acquisition strategy must take into consideration the Navy's technical authority responsibility. A successful strategy needs to provide the defense industry sufficient time to fully develop plans and deliver products, especially in high-risk program areas, and incorporate a systems engineering process in which the technical authorities can perform their mission. History has shown that costs will increase if technical risks are not adequately addressed. The purpose of improving the execution of technical authority is to reduce exposure to risks and costs. This thesis defines the relationship between program authority and technical authority, and improves the state of technical authority through common policy development and implementation.

Discussion on Military Technical Human Resources Value and Its Measurement

Abstract: Military technical human resource value points out the value of human resources which are devoted to military department for military intentionThis paper points out that it has several characters,such as complexity to measure,increment of valiance,compensatory lag and so on,and puts forward a way to measure military technical human resources value,which combines output and cost,lifecycle and earning cycle,currency measurement and non-currency measurement

Optimal Hand Gesture Vocabulary Design Using Psycho-Physiological and Technical Factors.

Abstract: A global approach to hand gesture vocabulary design is proposed which includes human as well as technical design factors. The human centered desires of multiple users are implicitly represented through indices obtained from ergonomic studies representing the psychophysiological aspects of users. The main technical aspect considered is that of machine recognition of gestures. We review and classify three approaches to this problem: Ad hoc, Rule based, and Analytical. It is believed that this is the first conceptualization of the optimal hand gesture design problem in analytical form. A mathematical dual objective model is developed, which reflects the psychophysiological and technical performance measures upon which a gesture control system is judged. The mathematical program solves a quadratic assignment problem embedded within a heuristic search tree. The quadratic problem, whose solution is a gesture vocabulary GV, (a command-gesture matching) is solved through simulated annealing. A useful feature, included in the formulation, is the priorities given to the matching of complementary pairs of gestures (say thumb up - thumb down) to complementary pairs of commands (say up - down). To validate the procedure an example is solved for the design of a medium size robot command GV.