Strategy & Business · Technology & innovation
Technology S-Curve
Technology S-Curve · Technology strategy model
A technology is improving, but the team does not know whether to invest, optimize, or prepare for replacement.
Why use it
Understand performance evolution and identify the maturity stage of the technology.
How to apply
- Define the specific management situation and desired outcome.
- Gather the minimum facts, constraints, and perspectives needed to use the tool.
- Apply Technology S-Curve, make key assumptions explicit, and compare the result with realistic alternatives.
- Record the decision, next owner or action, and a testable criterion for the next step.
Output
An S-curve view and technology investment implication.