Hype cycle

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Introduction

According to Wikipedia (11/2016), “the hype cycle is a branded graphical presentation developed and used by American information technology (IT) research and advisory firm Gartner for representing the maturity, adoption and social application of specific technologies. The hype cycle provides a graphical and conceptual presentation of the maturity emerging technologies through five phases.”


The Gartner Hype Cycle curve


A detailed explanation by Jeremy Kemp

The relation to other innovation curves

The hype cycle curve does not display adoption. Altough there is a relationship, the curve looks very different, i.e. is cumulative until the items drops out of history.


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