Technical assessments against agreed-upon measures enable data-driven decisions. Evidence-based evaluations that communicate progress and technical risk are essential for the PM to determine the need for revised program plans or technical risk mitigation actions throughout the acquisition life cycle.

Technical Assessment provides:

• An evaluation of the program’s technical progress measured against the expected/planned performance for that period of time.
• An objective means of identifying, quantifying and monitoring a system’s technical risks.
• A rigorous method to help define corrective actions that may be needed to address and resolve identified technical risks.