Browsing Lean Advancement Initiative by Subject "lean"
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A FRAMEWORK FOR ACHIEVING LIFECYCLE VALUE IN AEROSPACE PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
(International Council of Aeronautical Sciences, 2002)Creation of lifecycle value - a balance of performance with cost and other attributes - represents a challenge for the development of aerospace products in the twenty-first century. This paper examines the concept of ... -
Implementation Workshop: High Performance Work Organizations
(1997-04)A report on findings from the first Lean Aircraft Initiative (LAI) Implementation Workshop held on February 5-6, 1997. The report is not a "cookbook" or a "how to" manual. Rather, it is a summary of the first phase in a ... -
Improving the Software Upgrade Value Stream
(2001-09)This paper reports findings from a two-year study to identify Lean practices for deriving software requirements from aerospace system level requirements, with a goal towards improving the software upgrade value stream. -
Lean Aircraft Initiative Implementation Workshop: Implementing Cross-Functional Teams in an IPPD Environment
(1998-01)There is an emerging consensus in the Aerospace sector around the importance of Integrated Product and Process Development (IPPD). Now nearly every new program is now established around a set of Integrated Product Teams ... -
Summary Report: Systematic IPT Integration in Lean Development Programs
(1997-02)This document provides a summary report of the M.I.T. Masters Thesis, "Systematic IPT Integration in Lean Development Programs" by Tyson R. Browning. These studies argue for the inclusion of program integration principles ... -
Toward Lean Hardware/Software System Development: An Evaluation of Selected Complex Electronic System Development Methodologies
(1995-02)The development of electronic hardware and software has become a major component of major DoD systems. This report surveys a wide set of new electronic hardware/software development methods and develops a system to evaluate ...