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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 ...
Intrapreneurship as a tool for lean transformation : case study of VBS, intrapreneurship in IT space by Oladapo E. Bakare.
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
Lean is heralded as the driving methodology for successful organizations ranging from defense to consumer industries. Its approach to reduction of waste and continuous process improvement allows a company to reduce cost, ...
Individuals in product development : interactions with teams and products
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
This dissertation focuses on how individuals involved in complex product development operate and interact with other people in the project and how they perceive and modify the product. Complex product development requires ...
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 ...
Reducing enterprise IT fragmentation through standard metrics and decision tools : a case study in the aerospace and defense industry
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2011)
Over the last several decades, manufacturing companies around the world have embraced new and powerful business tools made possible with Information Technology. Major investments are frequently made in enterprise-wide ...
Enterprise transformation & lean implementation in a globally dispersed organization
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
In July 2007, the Supply Planning Organization (SPO) decided to begin its Lean journey. Through some analysis the decision was made to take a culture first approach and then follow with the use of Lean tools. The time had ...
Simulation modeling to predict drug pipeline throughput in early pharmaceutical R&D
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010)
With high costs and growing concern about research and development (R&D) productivity, the pharmaceutical industry is under pressure to efficiently allocate R&D funds. Nonetheless, pharmaceutical R&D involves considerable ...