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Feature performance metrics in a service as a software offering
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Software as a Service (SaaS) delivery model has become widespread. This deployment model changes the economics of software delivery but also has an impact on development. Releasing updates to customers is immediate and the ...
Prediction markets for cost and risk assessment
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Several temporal and political factors can sometimes limit the effectiveness of traditional methods of project tracking and cost estimation. A large organization is susceptible to internal and external risks that are ...
Predictors of successful outcomes of U.S. Coast Guard construction contracts
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The U. S. federal government contracts over five hundred billion dollars in goods and services each year. Traditionally, these contracts are awarded on the basis of a combination of a contractor's proposed cost, quality, ...
Leveraging enterprise architecture to enable integrated test and evaluation sustainability
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
An analysis was performed to investigate how enterprise architecting methods can be applied to an integrate test and evaluation enterprise and make it a more sustainable enterprise to provide continuous value in the face ...
Portfolio management in the Air Force : current status and opportunities
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
There are hundreds of weapons programs, under the management of the United States Air Force worth billions of dollars. These programs are being developed to fulfill a need in the U.S. defense strategy. Bringing these weapon ...
An examination of the patterns of failure in defense acquisition programs
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
The history of acquisition reform dates back to the Revolutionary War era, and recommendations and actions to reform the Department of Defense's acquisition system continue today. Common themes emerge from the recommendations ...
Transforming the DoD test and evaluation enterprise to enable unmanned autonomous systems of systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Many US Department of Defense (DoD) systems operate within a systems of systems construct, which present many challenges and will be ever increasing for test and evaluation of unmanned autonomous systems of systems. ...