Understanding and improving technology transfer in software engineering

Technology transfer in software engineering involves more than a new idea or evidence that it works. This paper illustrates how technology transfer requires a good idea, the generation of evidence, analysis of that evidence, good packaging and support, and careful consideration of the audience for the technology. By learning from other disciplines, we present a model of technology transfer that can be tailored to a particular organisation's needs. (C) 1999 Elsevier Science Inc. All rights reserved.