Assessing development capabilities

In this section we focus on the development capabilities. In order to do so however, we caimot simply look at our sample of projects. This is because, for in-house projects, the probability of success of the compounds may be affected by the upstream capabilities of our companies, and this implies that we cannot disentangle their specific downstream capabilities. We focus on the licensed compounds. We argue that when the compounds are licensed, the originator capabilities are with the licensor. If development capabilities did not matter, we ought to observe that different companies would not have different probabilities of success once the compound is licensed. By contrast, if for licensed compounds there are differences in the probability of success, they can be attributed to differences in development capabilities. 

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Table 5 Assessing Development Capabilities, Probit Estimation -Dependent Variable SUCC = I for successful projects, 0 otherwise...

Normally assess (audit) software development capability maturity of the package supplier for complex and critical apphcations. 

Prepare design specification including any hardware configuration. Verify installation and performance of hardware components. Assess (audit) hardware development capability maturity of supplier. 

Wisner, B. 2004. Assessment of Capability and Vulnerability . nMapping Vulnerability Disasters, Development People. London Sterling, VA Earthscan... 

Assess current capability and develop a road map to achieve the required capability, taking into account the latest technological advancements. 

The purpose of this document is to assist in such an evaluation by providing some factual and advisory information with respect to all of the current applications of research reactors. By reference to this text, each facility owner and operator will be able to assess whether or not a new application is feasible with the reactor, and what will be required to develop capability in that application. 

One of the earliest NDT applications for laser-based profilometry systems was for the inspection of marine boiler tubes. Under funding from the U.S. Navy", several systems were developed that were capable of rapidly and accurately mapping the inside surface of 25 mm and 50 mm diameter boiler tubing. Features such as internal pitting and corrosion can be located and quantitatively assessed using computer-graphic analysis. The system employs an... 

Subcontractor development should not be limited to the assessment for compliance to ISO/TS 16949 as indicated in Note 1. The standard contains the minimum requirements and, with the requirement for continuous improvement, it may be necessary to work with some of your subcontractors in order to develop their capability to improve process capability and delivery schedules or reduce avoidable costs. You can t develop all your subcontractors and hence Note 2 of the standard indicates that you should prioritize subcontractors for development based upon performance and importance of product or service supplied. 

Objective evidence of the achieved features and characteristics of a product or service and the processes applied to its development, design, production, installation, maintenance, and disposal as well as records of assessments, audits, and other examinations of an organization to determine its capability to achieve given quality requirements. 

Research into the use of diagrams would enable their use as ways of promoting both the development of and assessment of meta-visual capability to be explored. Such research might... 

There is little or no capability to evaluate risk. The robustness of the plan to key uncertainties is rarely assessed. Important risks in R D develop-... 

In this review an attempt will be made to assess the current capabilities of these techniques in their application to the study of small metal and oxide particles which are of interest in relation to catalysis. Some examples will be given of recent applications and some suggestions will be made concerning probable directions for future developments. 

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