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Figure 6-1. Technology Balance Sheet Plotted as a Relational Graph.

• · Plan, with schedule and resources

• Engineering specifications
• Manufacturing specifications
• Chief technical officer
• Team and engineering culture
• Architecture

• · Technical resources

  · Technology future

• Operational management

These dimensions will be discussed in the following subsections.

TECHNOLOGY

The technology dimension includes internal and external sources of components, plus "know-how," as represented by critical personnel, patents, processes, etc. The company must examine every facet of the technology that it needs to build a product and then rank each technology source as objectively as possible.