A Framework for Tracking Progress Towards Usability: Application Usability Levels.
Abstract
As our community continues to grow and become more intertwined with industry and other fields, there is a need for a framework that can allow researchers and end users to identify applications for the research, quantify metrics for each specific application, and enable communication between the researchers and end users. To this end, the Assessment of Understanding and Quantifying Progress International Forum for Space Weather Capabilities Assessment working group has developed the Application Usability Level (AUL) framework. The AUL framework was developed by implementing lessons learned from Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs) used by the instrument community and Application Readiness Levels (ARLs) used by the Applied Science program in NASA's Earth Science Division, as well as modifying the levels and their milestones to better suit the needs of the Space Weather and Heliophysics communities. In this talk we will introduce the AUL framework and show examples of how it can be applied to research for the Space Weather and Heliophysics communities. For more information on the AULs and other work being done by the Assessment of Understanding and Quantifying Progress International Forum for Space Weather Capabilities Assessment working group, please see our website at the CCMC https://ccmc.gsfc.nasa.gov/assessment/topics/trackprogress.php
- Publication:
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42nd COSPAR Scientific Assembly
- Pub Date:
- July 2018
- Bibcode:
- 2018cosp...42E1353H