Browsing Theses - Systems Design and Management by Title
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A generalized framework for complex system design and management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1998)This thesis outlines a structured framework for complex system design and management. There have been and continue to be many efforts focused on defining the elusive generic System Engineering Process. I suggest one reason ... -
Generation gaps in engineering?
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)There is much enthusiastic debate on the topic of generation gaps in the workplace today; what the generational differences are, how to address the apparent challenges, and if the generations themselves are even real. ... -
Geographically Distributed Development : trends, challenges and best practices
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)Economic and market forces as well as technological progress emerging throughout the last decade signifies the Geographically Distributed Development (GDD) or Global Software Development (GSD) as a software industry norm ... -
Global delivery of IT services : looking beyond the global delivery model
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)The objective of this thesis is to analyze the factors that create competitive advantage through global delivery of IT services. Research on this thesis consists of a review of IT services markets and globally distributed ... -
Global investment banking : challenges surrounding the design of information systems for the 21st century
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Global product development : a framework for organizational diagnosis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The main purpose of this thesis is to present an approach for analyzing product development organizations in a globalizing world. The fragmentation and distribution of several product development activities in the global ... -
Global product development in semiconductor industry : Intel -- Tick-Tock product development cadence
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)This thesis investigates on changes in semiconductor industry's product development methodology by following Intel's product development from year 2000. Intel was challenged by customer's preference change, competitors new ... -
Globally dispersed engineering teams at Delphi Packard Electric Systems
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2001)Globally dispersed engineering teams within Delphi Packard Electric Systems were studied to identify areas for future improvement in global team performance. The research consisted of several management interviews and the ... -
The Good Grains Project
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)Foodgrains (like wheat, peanuts, etc.) gain moisture when they are stored, which leads to variation in weight and deterioration in quality. These commodities are sold by weight in India, and therefore, variable weight ... -
The Government has a method to get product to soldiers fast - big defense needs to catch up
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Working within a large defense company has shown me the vast array of process that is created by contractors as a response to the numbers of requirements and processes that the Department of Defense has levied on the ... -
Green manufacturing in the medical device industry : a case study
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Introduction: Med Dev (name changed to protect confidentiality), is a medical device start-up using tissue engineering and drug delivery techniques to help combat the negative effects associated with secondary injury. Med ... -
Growth strategies : how software start-ups can leverage alliances, acquisitions, IPOs and venture capital
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2007)The identification of the different factors impacting a software start-up company's decision to pursue an alliance, acquisition, IPO or venture capital to sustain growth is the main objective of this research study. First ... -
A guiding framework for applying machine learning in organizations
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)Machine Learning (ML) is an emerging business capability that have transformed many organizations by enabling them to learn from past data and helping them predict or make decisions on unknown future events. While ML is ... -
Harmonic approaches to non-intrusive load diagnostics
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2008)The Non-Intrusive Load Monitor (NILM) is a system that monitors, records and processes voltage and current measurements to establish the operating characteristics of individual loads on a load center from a single aggregate ... -
Harvesting the plastic we have sowed : costs and challenges in, and a novel application of blockchain for implementing extended producer responsibility in Chile
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)Cities and peri-urban areas are disproportionately large producers of solid waste in an increasingly landfilled world with plastic-choked oceans. Managing waste sustainably remains a challenge, and an expensive one, often ... -
Helicopter configuration optimization
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Hierarchical causal accident analysis of acomplex system
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High frequency trading system design and process management
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009)Trading firms nowadays are highly reliant on data mining, computer modeling and software development. Financial analysts perform many similar tasks to those in software and manufacturing industries. However, the finance ... -
High-performance electronic systems for complex LEO missions
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2018)The space industry is experiencing rapid growth in small satellites and reusable launch vehicles. Constellations are in development to enable exciting new applications such as realtime video of the whole planet and broadband ... -
Holistic value chain assessment of decentralized renewable energy in developing countries for impact investors : before and beyond life cycle analysis
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2016)As the world grapples with the idea of impact to deliver essential services to the poor, measurement of real impact and the deriving Typical investments are measured purely investments are more complex as they al sustainability. ...
