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Using An Agility Scorecard, Greg Rosenberg

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

My research paper seeks to clarify when is it most advantageous to apply an Agile development method to the new service development process, and how to create a decision model to assist managers in selecting the correct method for each phase of the new product development life cycle.

Boeing Dreamliner:A Project Management Study, Fahad Aldhaban, Chris Mcginnis, Wendy Peterman, Noah Third, Tom Torres

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

The 787 Dreamliner aircraft project required not only the application and integration of new construction materials, it also required new project management techniques for Boeing. By outsourcing most of the aircraft fabrication, Boeing’s primary role changed from designer and manufacturer to system integrator. Hindsight shows that more preparation and planning was needed for this transition. This case study review of the Boeing Dreamliner examines the project management techniques actually employed during the initiation and execution phases of the project. Techniques evolved from the start of the project to what is used currently. Best practices and recommendations for how a large-scale …

India’S Rise As A Software Power: Governmental Policy Factors, Tad Drozdowski, Hai Huynh, Brian Lininger, Yicheng Peng, Naruedom Sakulyong

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

The Indian government’s policies toward an open, global market, support of educational institutions, and enhancement of appropriate infrastructure helped enable their software industry to become critical components of India’s economic growth in the 1990s. The Technical, Organizational, and Personal perspective (T, O, and P) model is utilized to examine different affects that each perspective, inclusive of government policies, has on a socio-technical system (Software development in India). The Indian government has provided substantial economic liberalization to support their software industries, though continued reform is necessary to ensure that they remain a software superpower.

Human Genomics Of Biotechnology, Brian Bluelake, Bob Wang, Serin Hudson, Fatih Ersan, Aaron Freier

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

Biotechnology is the term for the techniques of managing biological systems for human benefit. A biological system can range from a single cell organism to different types of plants, animals, and to the very complicated human being. Biotechnology includes a great range of scientific and technological disciplines and has a great variety of important applications in biology, medicine, agriculture, and various industries. In our report, we shall only focus on one of the most active frontiers of today's biotechnology-human genomics.

Ebay Strategic Analysis And Recommendation, Jerry Compton, Aaron Freier, Archie Patdu, Nantachai Phuvasate, Farhad Rostami

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

The Internet has seen its share of success and failures as businesses try to understand how this new medium is going to be used in the 21st century. The eBay corporation has defined itself as not only a player on the Internet but as founders of a new business concept: online bidding and selling for the masses.

Being first to market gives eBay some of the key strengths to make the most of this new medium. The key success factors such as a large customer base and a compelling environment online are allowing eBay to be profitable and be seen …

Freightliner Strategic Analysis, Ziad Keirouz, Melissa Hirsch

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

Evaluates the segment of the transportation industry Freightliner participates in and proposes early investment in improved technology.

Tbd Team Report, Jay Hah, Ziad Keirouz, Indra Surataruna, Raid Obeidi, Hun Kye

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

The project that team quintuple was assigned is the self-diagnosis or analysis of factors that impacted our team's performance throughout the course.

We were assigned a number of team tasks for the class that required interacting and discussing those tasks with other members, and of course performing those tasks. Those activities were the vehicles used by our team to access how well we had worked together. We noted our observations in individual journals to help us in analyzing factors at the end of the project life cycle. Several tracking tools were used in addition to journals, such as our weekly …

Software Engineering And Tqm, Fernando E. Rivera

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

Quality cost, quality management, quality assurance, quality control, quality improvement, personnel for quality, employee involvement, and statistical process control are all issues in TQM that can be implemented in Software Engineering Organizations. In this research, the author tries to show different techniques, methodologies and tools that today are in use by many organizations to address the necessity of excellence in software development. In order to organize the work, the author has divided it in three sections. The section Team Building presents a framework to help Information System Managers ISM) to build a software team. The second is a series of …

Cost And Benefit Elements Of A Tailored Application Versus An Off-The-Shelf Package And The Manager's Role., Fernando E. Rivera

Engineering and Technology Management Student Projects

The author of the paper performs a cost-benefit analysis to determine whether to make or buy a software package. If a program is developed in house, whatever the organizational Software Department could have accomplished during the time it spent developing the system is determined. However, adoption of an off-the shelf package means that the benefits of having a "perfect" package will be lost. The opportunity cost would be an estimate of those benefits lost over the period the software packaging is to be used, minus the additional expenses involved in developing a "perfect" package.