Browsing Lean Advancement Initiative (LAI) by Title
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S70A Derivative Helicopters
(1998-10-14)Overview: – Define system architecture – Relation to helicopters – Hypothesis -
Sample Assessment Cases
(2003-03-27)Overview: • Case Study Instructions - 5 min • Breakout Case Session - 55 min • Interpreting and action on LESAT results • Breakout Case prep time - 30 min • Team report out - 15 min per team with Q&A -
Scenario Planning in Dynamic Multi-Attribute Tradespace Exploration
(2009-03-23)The long time scales associated with complex system design and operation necessitate front-end systems engineering methodologies that enable consideration of alternative futures. This paper advances scenario planning ... -
A scheduling policy experiment for lean implementation
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1999) -
Screening for Real Options “In” an Engineering System: A Step Towards Flexible System Development
(2006)The goal of this research is to develop an analytical framework for screening for real options “in” an engineering system. Real options is defined in the finance literature as the right, but not the obligation, to take ... -
Screening for Real Options “In” an Engineering System: A Step Towards Flexible System Development
(2006-04-07)The goal of this research is to develop an analytical framework for screening for real options “in” an engineering system. Real options is defined in the finance literature as the right, but not the obligation, to take ... -
SDM Helps US Air Force Integration Project Take Off
(sdmpulse, 2009)This is the third in a series of articles by SDM alumnus Luke Cropsey, who is integrating knowledge from various MIT resources and transferring it to his employer, the US Air Force. The first two articles examined tools ... -
SDM Tools Serve US Air Force Integration Project
(sdmpulse, 2009)This is the second in a series of articles by SDM alumnus Luke Cropsey, who is integrating knowledge from various MIT resources and transferring it to his employer, the US Air Force. This article expands on the use of ... -
Sea Level Requirements as Systems Engineering Size Metrics
(2005-07-10)The Constructive Systems Engineering Cost Model (COSYSMO) represents a collaborative effort between industry, government, and academia to develop a general model to estimate systems engineering effort. The model development ... -
Self-directed work teams at an aerospace company
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1995) -
Self-directed work teams at Texas Instruments Defense Systems & Electronics Group
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1994) -
Session on Revitalizing Systems Engineering
(2004-03-23)LAI 2004 Plenary Conference presentation agenda -
Simulating the Patient Value Stream
(2010-03-25)LAI Annual Meeting presentation, Dana Point, California -
Simulation Modeling to Predict Drug Pipeline Throughput
(2010-01)Student research poster, Leaders for Global Operations (LGO) -
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 ... -
A simulation-based concurrent engineering approach for assembly system design
(Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2002) -
Socially-related Lean Enablers for Managing Engineering Programs
(2012-04-10)MIT LAI Knowledge Exchange Event presentation -
The Software Factory: Integrating CASE Technologies to Improve Productivity
(1996-07)This report addresses the use of computer-aided software engineering (CASE) technology for the development of aircraft software. Real-time embedded software is becoming the key to implementing avionic systems functionality ... -
Solar Power Satellites: Historical Perspectives with a Look to the Future
(2007-09-18)Since the late 1960s, there has been interest in the United States, and later in other nations, to capture solar energy in space and efficiently transmit it back to Earth. Starting with his seminal paper in 1968, Dr. ... -
Sources of Schedule Risk in Complex System Development
(1998-07-26)From one perspective, developing complex systems is an exercise in uncertainty reduction and risk management. In this article I first organize the principle sources of risk in product development into five categories: ...