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innovation lifecycle

Defined in 1 place of the United States Code.

Innovation lifecycle.—The term “innovation lifecycle” means the process of innovating through—

(A) the identification of a need;

(B) the establishment of the scope of research to address that need;

(C) setting an agenda;

(D) carrying out research, development, deployment, and testing of the resulting technology or innovation; and

(E) carrying out an evaluation of the costs and benefits of the resulting technology or innovation.

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