MIT Sociotechnical Systems Research Center (SSRC): Recent submissions

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    • Establishing Systems Competency in Enterprises: Recent Studies 

      Rhodes, Dr. Donna H.; Lamb, Caroline T. (2009-01-21)
      The practice of systems engineering has evolved significantly over the past decade in response to new challenges, yet at the same time the engineering workforce has declined. Several studies also cite an erosion of engineering ...

    • Learning From Case Studies: A Case Study of Lean Transformation at Rockwell Collins 

      Roth, George; Srinivasan, Jayakanth (2009-01-21)
      Case studies are one of LAI's methods for engaging with sponsors in conducting research. Case studies involve interacting with people in examining, describing, analyzing, and documenting significant events, their ...

    • Making the Transition to Lean Product Development 

      Rebentisch, Eric (2009-01-21)
      Our understanding of the application of lean principles in product development (PD) is relatively new—similar perhaps to industry understanding of lean principles shortly after The Machine That Changed the World was published ...