Pilot project
A pilot project refers to "general large-scale tests or demonstration projects that are placed before the general introduction of socially, economically and technically risky developments in order to test questions of acceptance, economic efficiency, market potential and technical optimization in field trials [...]". In empirical social research or psychology , experiments , questionnaires or psychological tests are also piloted on a smaller scale in order to identify and correct errors or need for improvement before the actual project starts.
In order to achieve meaningful results in pilot projects, they have to be analyzed using accompanying research .
Word origin
The origin of the word is based on a translation from the English pilot project , where the word pilot denotes the pilot ; in German, however, a pilot is usually the name of an aircraft pilot. A more meaningful translation into German can be obtained e.g. B. with the words experimental project or experimental project . Based on the English word pilot for pilot, a trend-setting project is meant.
Implemented pilot projects
For example, pilot projects were carried out on the occasion of the introduction of
- ATM technology (ATM pilot network of Deutsche Telekom )
- Screen text (BTX) in Düsseldorf - Neuss and Berlin
- Broadband communication ( cable television , broadband dialog system ) in Ludwigshafen am Rhein , Berlin, etc.)
- Letter stations in Cologne of the Deutsche Post AG in 2005
- Digital radio DAB from 1995
- Digital radio of the authorities and organizations with security tasks since 2007 nationwide
- Austrian student ID edu.card since 2002
- Packing stations in Düsseldorf and Mainz of Deutsche Post AG in 2001
- Swiss passport 2006
literature
- Klaus-Rüdiger Fellbaum; Society for the promotion of entertainment electronics (GFU) in connection with AMK Berlin (publisher): Telecommunications from AZ . Berlin: VDE-Verlag, 1981/82
Individual evidence
- ↑ Klaus-Rüdiger fur tree: telecommunications A to Z . Page 88
- ^ Wiktionary
- ↑ Translation at www.dict.cc
