As a result from orienting proof-of-principle studies techniques offering the most promising features, the highest reliability, the maximal sensitivity and the optimal specificity are pre-selected. However proof-of-principle studies does not necessarily generate unambiguous outcomes. This uncertainties may be problematic to your company because it may cause avoidable wrong decisions.

In case that you outsourced development tasks to an external party it may be expedient to monitor and to assess these activities and the corresponding results critically in order to generate positive development outcomes and in order to keep the costs within the budget.