Browsing Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) by Title
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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 ... -
Finding Common Ground: A Value-Focused Approach to Military UAS Airspace Integration
(2009-04-20)Integrating unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) into nonsegregated1 airspace is a topic of much debate and significant energy, particularly with respect to military operations. This paper applies leading‐edge research in ... -
Finding Opportunities for Commonality Across Complex Systems: A Study of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(2010)Student research poster -
Finding Opportunities for Commonality Across Complex Systems: A Study of Unmanned Aircraft Systems
(2010-03-23)Student research poster, LAI Annual Meeting, Dana Point, CA -
Finding Opportunities for Commonality in Complex Systems
(2009-08-24)Many complex systems with similar functionalities are independently developed, entered into service, and must be supported through their lifecycles. Costs to support and maintain the systems could be decreased by employing ... -
A First Course in Software Engineering for Aerospace Engineers
(2006)Software is a critical component of mission capability in all aerospace systems. This capability is realized directly through the use of onboard software, and enabled through the use of software on ground support systems. ... -
The Follow-Up: Added Value from Textron Systems SFW Value Stream Mapping Event
(2005)Over a six-day period in the final quarter of 2004, members of the Lean Aerospace Initiative (LAI), Massachusetts Manufacturing Extension Partnership, Rockwell Collins, and Metis Design met with host company Textron ... -
Fostering innovation across aerospace supplier networks
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002) -
Fostering Innovation Across Aerospace Supplier Networks
(2002-01-31)“Value Creation Through Integration," LAI Workshop, Fort Worth, TX -
A framework for a strategy driven manufacturing system design in an aerospace environment : design beyond factory floor
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001) -
A Framework for Achieving Lifecycle Value in Aerospace Product Development
(2001-04-11)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 ... -
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 ... -
A framework for dynamic safety and risk management modeling in complex engineering systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Almost all traditional hazard analysis or risk assessment techniques, such as failure modes and effect analysis (FMEA), fault tree analysis (FTA), and probabilistic risk analysis (PRA) rely on a chain-of-event paradigm of ... -
A Framework for Integration from the Manufacturing Perspective
(2002-01-30)"Value Creation Through Integration," LAI Workshop -
A Framework for Representing and Analyzing Socio-Technical Systems Using Coupled Design Structure Matrices
(2007-03-09)Student research poster -
A Framework for Understanding Uncertainty and its Mitigation and Exploitation in Complex Systems
(2005)A framework to aid in the understanding of uncertainties and techniques for mitigating and even taking positive advantage of them is presented. The framework is an attempt to clarify the wide range of uncertainties that ... -
A Framework for Understanding Uncertainty and its Mitigation and Exploitation in Complex Systems
(2005-07-10)A framework to aid in the understanding of uncertainties and techniques for mitigating and even taking positive advantage of them is presented. The framework is an attempt to clarify the wide range of uncertainties that ... -
From Good To Lean: The Bottom Line Impact of Enterprise Lean Transformation
(2007-04-18)LAI Conference presentation -
From Research to Reality: Making COSYSMO a Trusted Estimation Tool in Your Organization
(2007-06-24)As the COSYSMO model transitions from the development phase into the adoption phase, industry stakeholders are beginning to embrace the model and integrate it into their existing measurement processes. To date, much of ... -
From Teams to Organizations and Inter-organizations
(2012-04-10)Measures of systems thinking and social competencies from production and healthcare