Incorporating human readiness levels at Sandia National Laboratories

Since 2010, the concept of human readiness levels (HRL) has been under development as a possible supplement to the existing technology readiness levels (TRL) scale. The intent is to provide a mechanism to address safety and performance risks associated with the human component in a system that parallels the TRL structure already familiar to the systems engineering community. Sandia National Laboratories in Albuquerque, New Mexico, initiated a study in 2015 to evaluate options to incorporate human readiness planning for Sandia processes and products. To date, the study team has baselined current development processes at Sandia and collected feedback on the viability of potential options for human readiness planning. Future efforts entail assessing the utility of identified solutions in one or more test cases.