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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, ...
How do senior leaders conceive and re-architect their enterprises?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2012)
This research proposes enhancements to the Enterprise Architecture Method developed by Nightingale and Rhodes. By Enterprise Architecting we consider the following definition: "applying holistic thinking to design, valuate ...
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 ...
On developing business architectures : a multi-framework evaluation of an early-stage enterprise
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Early-stage enterprises are characterized by leveraging limited resources during periods of accelerating industry growth and relatively high uncertainty. This thesis is an examination of an early-stage enterprise within ...
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 ...
The dynamics of circular migration in Southern Europe
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
During economic crises, governments establish policies that facilitate the creation of jobs, goods and services that make their economies more resilient. Often this requires innovative social programs that match global ...
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. ...