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Chidyiwa, Octavia. "An investigation of the best-practices for implementing an Ecommerce software engineering project comparing two common methodologies, viz. Agile and Traditional." University of the Western Cape, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/11394/7925.
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Masters of ScienceIn a world where technology is advancing at a very rapid pace, global competition has significantly increased, and this is putting pressure on software companies to produce quality software. It has therefore become critically important to manage well the implementation of software engineering projects by employing effective methods that ensure the best product is produced. The most popular software project implementation methodologies are the Traditional methods and Agile methods. This research explored these two methodologies by comparing the strength and weakness of both approaches. The research was conducted using a constructionist epistemology with a critical inquiry using the grounded theory methodology, applying both quantitative and qualitative methods to the case studies. Findings were collected through participant observation using a designed questionnaire targeting a selected sample of the study population. This sample of the population consisted of Ecommerce organizations in the Western Cape province of South Africa to establish which of the Traditional or Agile methods would best lead to the successful implementation of Ecommerce software engineering projects. The research results showed that the Agile methodology was the preferred and recommended approach. Very few participants of the research supported the Traditional approach to still be considered and used for projects with well-known end goals. An Ecommerce website prototype for a local Cape Town business was constructed as following the Agile approach to measure and validate the findings of the research. The prototype was built successfully from conception to the final delivery product and on time confirming the Agile approach as best for Ecommerce software development. In conclusion, the Agile methodology is the choice approach based on reviewed literature, the research results, and the prototype construction. These results will help in critical decision making regarding an appropriate development methodology to follow for the Ecommerce industry in the Western Cape.
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Sqalli, Hammad. "Conceptualisation de l’agilité au sein d’une organisation de grande taille : la pratique d’un grand groupe minier et industriel marocain, l’Office Chérifien des Phosphates." Thesis, Aix-Marseille, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013AIXM4364.
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Depuis l’avènement des environnements dits turbulents, une réflexion a vu le jour puis s’est développée autour du type de comportement stratégique et de compétences clés à adopter afin d’en limiter les effets négatifs. Cette réflexion a élevé le débat sur les processus d’adaptation en continu des organisations par rapport aux fluctuations exogènes. Ces perturbations peuvent également provenir de facteurs endogènes qui remodèlent les activités et les trajectoires organisationnelles. Les organisations sont alors contraintes à reconfigurer leurs processus pour mieux intégrer les changements. Mieux appréhender les fluctuations amène les organisations à plus d’anticipation, à plus de rapidité d’exécution, à plus de flexibilité et à plus d’apprentissages pour soutenir leurs projets de développement sur la durée. L’ensemble de ces mutations amènent ainsi les décideurs de tous bords à reconsidérer les hommes, les structures et les capacités organisationnelles dans une visée « agile ». L'agilité organisationnelle, entendue comme l’aptitude à se mouvoir promptement et justement dans des environnements incertains nécessite selon nous une investigation qualitative dans une perspective de meilleure compréhension du concept, car l’incomplétude de la littérature évacue les limites d’une notion qui semble figée. Notre investigation explore ainsi les représentations différenciées de la part des acteurs du concept, son opérabilité –complexe- dans les organisations, et vise enfin à élargir l’existant en apportant de nouveaux éléments de compréhension tels que la proximité, l’entrepreneuriat, la redéfinition de l’articulation du triptyque réactivité-flexibilité-proactivité…Since the beginning of the so-called turbulent environments, thought has appeared and has developed around the type of strategic behaviour and key skills to be adopted in order to limit their negative effects. This thinking process has lifted up the debate to the ongoing adaptation processes of organisations according to exogenous fluctuations. These disturbances can also stem from endogenous factors that remodel activities and organisational paths. Organisations are therefore compelled to rearrange their processes to better integrate changes. A better approach to fluctuations leads organisations to more anticipation, quicker implementation, more flexibility and more learning that will enable them to sustain their development projects in the long run. All these alterations bring decision makers from all spheres of activity to reconsider men, structures and organisational capacities from an “agile” point of view.Organisational agility understood as the ability to move swiftly and rightly within uncertain environments requires according to this research a qualitative examination leading to a better understanding of the concept since it appears from the review of literature that the theoretical object of agility is described as rigid whereas it has its limits. This research thus explores the differentiated representations that the actors of agility make of the concept, its effectiveness, its (complex) functioning inside organisations. Finally, it also aims at enlarging the state-of-the-art by bringing new elements of understanding as proximity, entrepreneurship, redefinition of the triptych articulation: reactivity-flexibility-pro-activity
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Diaz, Vargas Diego Armando. "L'agilité comme outil pour la gestion de projets d'ingénierie des systèmes." Thesis, Toulouse, INSA, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019ISAT0007.
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La performance d'un projet est considérée comme un facteur important pour en assurer le succès. Les entreprises s'intéressent à l'utilisation de pratiques efficaces au moyen de méthodes et d'outils efficaces pour concevoir et offrir des produits et des services novateurs et réduire le temps de mise sur le marché. La durée, les coûts et le rendement du projet sont des aspects qui font normalement face à des changements au cours de l'élaboration du projet. Ces changements doivent être traités en utilisant des processus adaptés et optimisés afin de mieux contrôler, coordonner, gérer et améliorer les projets. Les méthodes agiles semblent être efficaces pour la gestion de projets réussis, mais elles sont surtout utilisées dans les entreprises où le domaine d'activité est le logiciel. Les méthodes agiles ont récemment suscité un intérêt croissant de la part de l'industrie et sont maintenant bien acceptées et déployées en génie logiciel. Cette thèse aborde donc l'intérêt de transférer les méthodes agiles du logiciel à l'ingénierie des systèmes, et les enjeux qui y sont induits.Le travail de thèse introduit d'abord la notion d'agilité et la naissance du mouvement agile ainsi que les principes et les valeurs du développement logiciel agile. Il présente également les principales méthodes agiles, ainsi que d'autres philosophies qui partagent un certain nombre de similitudes avec l'agile. Il y a des attributs de projet, dans la littérature, qui aident à caractériser les projets agiles, ces attributs de projet sont décrits et utilisés pour comparer différentes méthodes agiles pour identifier les différences entre elles. Agile et Lean sont comparés pour déterminer pourquoi Lean est utilisé dans le développement logiciel, et en quoi il diffère des autres méthodes agiles. Enfin, nous identifions plusieurs problèmes de transfert de méthodes agiles dans le contexte de l'ingénierie des systèmes.Nous nous concentrons ensuite sur la compréhension de l'agilité en ingénierie des systèmes. Deux sens d’agile se retrouvent dans la littérature. Considérant que l'agilité est centrée sur le changement rapide de processus de produits et de systèmes convaincants, conçus et mis en œuvre de manière simple, nous explorons la question de l'introduction de l'agilité en ingénierie des systèmes. Une première analyse est menée pour identifier toute notion d'agilité dans les normes d'ingénierie des systèmes. Les résultats de cette analyse nous aident à mettre en évidence les enjeux et les défis du transfert de l'agilité dans l'ingénierie des systèmes. En nous concentrant sur les enjeux, nous présentons ensuite une méthodologie de recherche en quatre étapes. La première étape vise à définir un modèle contextuel pour le développement de l'ingénierie des systèmes. Le modèle contextuel contient les facteurs organisationnels et les attributs des projets d'ingénierie. Ensuite, la sélection d'une méthode agile qui pourrait être utilisée pour la gestion de projets d'ingénierie est proposée à l'étape deux. La troisième étape introduit l'utilisation de Scrum. Les pratiques Scrum sont définies et évaluées en fonction des attributs de projet pour les projets d'ingénierie. Les difficultés sont identifiées et répertoriées lors de l'utilisation des pratiques Scrum dans les projets d'ingénierie. Enfin, la quatrième étape propose des alternatives pour résoudre un ensemble de difficultés.Ce travail propose enfin l'utilisation des pratiques Scrum dans deux projets d'ingénierie. Un projet éducatif est d'abord analysé. Ce projet vise à développer un robot connecté. En partant du modèle contextuel pour le développement de l'ingénierie des systèmes, nous caractérisons le projet pour identifier le type de projet, puis nous proposons l'utilisation de la vue graphique de Scrum pour planifier le développement du robot. Suivant le même schéma, un deuxième projet industriel est analysé. Le second projet vise à développer une application automobile pour la gestion du moteurProject performance is considered as an important factor to ensure the success of a project. Companies are interested in the use of efficient practices through efficient methods and tools to design and deliver innovative products and services and decrease the time to market. Project duration, costs, and performance are aspects that normally face changes during the project development. These changes should be treated by using adapted and optimized processes in order to better control, coordinate, manage, and improve projects. Agile methods seem to be efficient for the management of successful projects, however they are mainly use in companies where the business domain is software. Agile methods recently received a growing interest from industry and now are well accepted and deployed in software engineering. This thesis thus tackles the point of transferring the agile methods from software to systems engineering, and issues that are induced.The report first introduces the notion of agility and the birth of the agile movement as well as the principles and values of agile software development. It also presents the main agile methods, as well as other philosophies that share a number of similarities with Agile. Project attributes can be defined, from the literature, to help contextualizing agile projects; we describe and use these project attributes to compare different agile methods and identify the differences between them. Agile and Lean are compared to determine why Lean is used in software development, and how it differs from other agile methods. Finally, we identify several issues to transfer agile methods in the context of systems engineering.We then focus on the understanding of agility in systems engineering. Two meanings of "agile" are found in literature. Considering that agility is focused in the rapid change of convincing, designing, and implementing processes of products and systems in an easy way, we explore the question of introducing agility in systems engineering. A first analysis is led to identify any notion of agility in systems engineering standards. The results of this analysis help us to highlight the issues and challenges of transferring agility into systems engineering. Focusing on the issues, we then present a four steps research methodology. The first step aims to define a contextual model for systems engineering development. The contextual model contains the organizational factors and the project attributes for engineering projects. This contextualization lead us to identify if and which agile method could be used for the management of engineering projects (step two). The step three justifies our selection of the Scrum Framework, between agile methods, for the management of engineering projects. Scrum Practices are defined and evaluated in the project attributes for engineering projects. However, several difficulties are identified and listed while using the Scrum Practices in engineering projects. Finally, the step four proposes some solutions to solve a set of difficulties.This work finally proposes the use of Scrum Practices in two engineering projects. An educational project is analyzed first. This project aims to develop a connected robot. By starting from the contextual model for systems engineering development (cf. section III.4.2.d), we characterize the project to identify what type of project is, then we propose the use of the graphical view of the Scrum Framework to plan the development of the robot. Following the same schema, a second industrial project is analyzed. The second project aims to develop an automotive application for engine management
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Blomqvist, Björn, and Rickard Axelsson. "Business Agility." Thesis, KTH, Industriell ekonomi och organisation (Avd.), 2012. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-99563.
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Thompson, Brian G. "Aircraft agility." Thesis, This resource online, 1992. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09192009-040436/.
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Eklund, Viktor. "Effects of a short training programme on reaction time, agility and speed performance in adolescent football players. : Effekterna av ett kort träningsprogram för reaktionsförmåga, agility och snabbhet på fotbollsspelande tonåringar." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Idrottsmedicin, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-111302.
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Prestation i fotboll beror på många olika fysiska faktorer som exempelvis styrka, uthållighet och snabbhet. Snabbheten kan delas upp i många olika faktorer exempelvis sprinter rakt fram och agility. Det finns även något som kallas reaktiv agility vilket betyder att man reagerar på ett visuellt stimuli och därefter reagerar med ett beslut. En förmåga som verkar bli mer central i fotbollen. Syftet med denna studie var att utvärdera ett kort träningsprograms påverkan på de olika snabbhetsfaktorerna, raka sprint, agility och reaktiv agility samt beräkna korrelationer mellan de olika variablerna. Metod: Före- och eftertester gjordes på 19 ungdomar från svenska U17 allsvenskan. Testpersonerna delades därefter upp i en interventionsgrupp(IG)(N=9) och en kontrollgrupp(KG)(N=10). Testerna som utfördes var Reactive agility test(RAT), Agility 5-0-5 och 10- 20- 30 meter sprint. IG fick efter testerna utföra ett träningspass i veckan under fem veckor bestående av två parövningar med fokus på reaktionssnabbhet, sprint och agility. Resultat: Inga statistisk signifikanta skillnader fanns mellan grupperna efter träningsperioden. Konklusion: Resultaten pekade mot att interventionsprogrammet inte hade någon påverkan. Däremot går det att ifrågasätta resultatet då eftertesterna utfördes på ett mindre bra sätt.Performance in soccer can be defined in various different factors, like strength, endurance and quickness. Quickness can be divined in different sub factors for example straight sprints and agility. There is also something called reactive agility, which means that you react to a visual stimulus and therefore react and take a decision. The purpose: of this study was to investigate the effects of a short training programme that focus on the different quickness factors, straight sprints, agility and reactive agility. Method: Pre- and post-tests were made on 19 adolescents from the Swedish U17 Allsvenskan. The subjects were later divided into an intervention group (IG) and a control group (CG). The performed tests were: reactive agility test (RAT), agility 5-0-5 and 10- 20- 30 m sprint. After the tests the IG performed a five week long training programme containing two different duo exercises with focus on reaction ability, agility and sprint. Result: No statistical significant difference was detected between the groups after the training period in any of the tested variables. Conclusion: The results suggest that the intervention programme had no effect. It can, however, be challenged due to methodological issues that occurred during testing.
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Nyberg, Torbjörn, and Eric Johansson. "Digitalt tidtagningssystem för Agility." Thesis, Mälardalens högskola, Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-11291.
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Sandberg, Joakim, and Jon Skagersten. "Hjulvinkelinställningar på Agilis." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-171973.
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Agilis, en av KTH:s så kallade ”Eco cars” har haft problem med styrningen. Tidigare harbilen styrts, drivits och bromsats på det enda bakhjulet. Detta har visat sig medföra vissa problem. Styrningen har varit hackig och svårkontrollerad. En ny lösning för styrningen har tagits fram där det istället är de två framhjulen som svänger, medan drivningen fortfarande är på det bakre hjulet som nu sitter fast. Den nya framhjulsstyrningen behöver optimerade hjulvinklar med avseende på rullmotstånd och köregenskaper. En liten projektgrupp på två stycken studenter vid Maskinkonstruktion på KTH har därför tilldelats uppgiften att ta fram en rekommendation på vilka vinklar som Agilis bör använda sig av. En litteraturstudie angående vilka vinklar som finns och hur de påverkar ett fordonsrullmotstånd och körförmåga har genomförts. Utifrån denna samt resonemang angående vinklarna har projektgruppen kommit fram till att de olika vinklarna hos Agilis borde vara: • Cambervinkel = 0° • Castervinkel = 3° • Toevinkel = 0° • Thrustvinkel = 0° En ändring av nuvarande lösning föreslås också, där en castervinkel erhålls som går att variera om ett spår fräses ut ur styrfästet istället för att hål borras. Maximalt tryck i däcken bör eftersträvas då kontaktytan mellan däcket och marken då blir mindre. Metoder för verifiering av vinklar har även tagits fram. Dessa är enkla då ingen avancerad mätutrustning krävs för att ta reda på vilken vinkel som erhållits.Agilis, one of KTH’s so called ”Eco cars” has been having problems with its steering. Earlier the car has been steered, driven and braked on the only rear wheel. This has caused some problems. The steering has been uneven and hard to control. A new solution for the steering has been developed where the two front wheels handles the turning, while the driving is still on the rear wheel which is now fastened. The new front wheel steering requires optimized wheel angles in regards to friction resistance and driving performance. A small project group of two students at Maskinkonstruktion at KTH has been given the task to present a recommendation on which angles Agilis should be using. A literature study regarding wheel angles and their effect on cars friction resistance and driving performance has been carried out. From this and reasoning about the angles, the group has come to the conclusion that Agilis should use the following angles: • Camber angle = 0° • Caster angle = 3° • Toe angle = 0° • Thrust angle = 0° A change of the current solution is also suggested, where you get a caster angle which is changeable by cutting out a profile in the “styrfäste” instead of drilled holes. Maximum pressure in the tires should be utilized because of its reducing of the contact area between the tire and the ground. A method of verifying the angles has also been suggested. These methods are easy in their way of doing, and don’t require any advanced measuring equipment to figure out which angleis received.
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Flodberg, Marcus. "IMS Agility for Customer Responsiveness." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-49622.
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Detta examensarbete är en analys av utvecklingsprocessen för tre utvecklingsnoder på en produktutvecklingsavdelning inom Ericsson, kallad PDU IMS. Arbetet har baserats på en kartläggning av arbetsprocessen, en ledtidsanalys samt en kartläggning av de wastes som finns inom avdelningen. Syftet med arbetet är att effektivisera utvecklingsprocessen och därmed förkorta ledtiden. För att Ericsson ska vara ett konkurrenskraftigt företag krävs en snabb respons från kundkrav till färdig produkt. Inom industrin har det blivit vanligt att man använder sig av Agila metoder, bland annat Lean Software Development. Examensarbetet har fokuserat på att analysera och förbättra utvecklingsprocessen. Arbetet bygger på en grundlig förstudie där bland annat metoder för att mäta ledtider och Agila arbetsmetoder har undersökts. Även metoder för att identifiera och analysera olika typer avwastes har undersökts. Datainsamlingen har till största del baserats på intervjuer med nyckelpersoner. För att kartlägga arbetsprocessen har även befintliga utvecklingsmodeller studerats. Vid ledtidsanalysen har även data från två interna databaser använts, för att sammanställa statistik. För kartläggningen av de wastes som uppstår vid utvecklingsprocessen har även befintligt material studerats. Resultatet visar att det finns potential för att effektivisera utvecklingsprocessen och därmed minska ledtiden. Flera wastes har identifierats inom de fyra olika områdena inom Ericsson PDUIMS. Resultatet har bland annat visat att större delen av ledtiden används för testning av produkterna. Resultatet visade även att en stor del av utvecklade produkterna aldrig kommer till användning hos en kund. Denna studie visar att Ericsson har stor potential för att minska ledtiden för utveckling av nya produkter och därmed öka sin konkurrenskraft. Slutsatsen är att Ericsson bör fortsätta med denna typ av undersökning och kartläggning för att kontinuerligt förbättra och effektivisera utvecklingsprocessen. En rekommendation är att Ericsson bör använda sig av ett verktyg där all status för alla krav och features rapporteras, vilket ger en total överblick över utvecklingsprocessen. Ericsson bör även införa en Agile utvecklingsmodell i full skala.This master thesis is an analysis of the development process for three different node development organizations at a product development unit at Ericsson in Stockholm, called PDUIMS. This work is based on a mapping of the work flow, a lead-time analysis and a mapping of the wastes within the organization. The purpose of this master thesis is to make the development process more effective and thus shorten the lead-time. To maintain its competitiveness Ericsson is required to have quick customer responsiveness from a requirement to a developed product. Within the industry, Agile methods are the latest trend addressing this issue, including Lean Software Development. This master thesis has focused on analyzing and improving the development process. The work is based on a comprehensive theoretical framework where e.g. methods for lead-time analysis and Agile methods have been studied. Methods for identifying and analyzing different types of waste have also been studied. The data collection is primarily based on interviews with key persons. For the mapping of the work flow, existing models have also been studied. The lead-time analysis was also based on data from two internal databases, to create statistics. For the waste mapping, existing material was also studied. The result shows that there is a potential for improving the development process and thus shorten the lead-time. Several wastes have been identified within the four areas of Ericsson PDU IMS.The results have shown, inter alia, that a majority of the lead-time is spent on testing the products. The results also indicated that a large proportion of the developed features are never used by an end-customer. This study shows that Ericsson has a great potential to shorten the lead-time for developing products and thus increase its competitiveness. The conclusion for Ericsson is to continue with this type of investigation and mapping to continuously improve the development process. A recommendation for Ericsson is to use a tool were the status for the requirements and features are reported, which gives a total overview of the development process. Ericsson should also adopt a full scale Agile methodology.
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Cashin, Timothy P. "A study of aircraft agility." Thesis, This resource online, 1994. http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-09052009-040648/.
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Gleason, Benjamin H., James B. Kramer, and Michael H. Stone. "Agility Training for American Football." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2019. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4630.
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Agility and change of direction training is an under-studied topic in American football. A considerable amount of research has been performed with athletes competing in other contact sports. As such, evaluating methods that have shown to improve agility in other sports may lead to new methods to enhance football performance. A framework of the methods used by a highly successful NCAA Division-1 football championship subdivision team is included as a model that may show promise in enhancing football performance.
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Xu, Huaqing. "Agility in supply chain networks." Thesis, Imperial College London, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10044/1/7874.
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Rathor, Shekhar. "Facilitators for Software Development Agility." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/3059.
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Software development methodologies provide guidelines and practices for developing information systems. They have evolved over time from traditional plan-driven methodologies to incremental and iterative software development methodologies. The Agile Manifesto was released in 2001, which provides values and principles for agile software development. Over the last few years, agile software development has become popular because its values and principles focus on addressing the needs of contemporary software development. IT and Business teams need agility to deal with changes that can emerge during software development due to changing business needs. Agile software development practices claim to provide the ability to deal with such changes. Various research studies have identified many factors/variables that are important for agile software development such as team autonomy, communication, and organizational culture. Most of these empirical studies on agile software development focus on just a few variables. The relationships among the variables is still not understood. The dimensions of agility and the relationship between agility and other variables have not been studied quantitatively in the literature. Also, there is no comprehensive framework to explain agile software development. This research study addresses these research gaps.
This study analyzed a comprehensive research model that included antecedent variables (team autonomy, team competence), process variables (collaborative decision making, iterative development, communication), delivery capability, agility, and project outcomes (change satisfaction, customer satisfaction). It presents key dimensions of agility and quantitatively analyzes the relationship between agility and other variables. The PLS analysis of one hundred and sixty survey responses show that process variables mediate the relationship between antecedent variables and delivery capability and agility. The findings show that the delivery capability of the teams contributes to agility, antecedents and process variables contribute to agility, and delivery capability for better customer satisfaction. These results will help IS practitioners to understand the variables that are necessary to achieve agility for better project outcomes. Also, these quantitative findings provide better conceptual clarity about the relationship between various key variables related to agile software development.
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Boubaker, Selmen. "Models for assessing and improving supply chain agility." Thesis, Université Paris-Saclay (ComUE), 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019SACLC099.
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Dans cette thèse, sous étudions qualitativement et quantitativement le concept de l’agilité dans les supply chains. Notre travail est réalisé avec des professionnels de la chaire supply chain de CentraleSupélec, qui regroupe quatre groupes industriels (Sanofi, Safran LVMH et Carrefour). L'agilité est modélisée en fonction de deux éléments fondamentaux, la stimulation qui affecte l'activité de la supply chain et qui doit être traitée rapidement (c'est-à-dire les situations qui nécessitent agilité SNA), et les outils et méthodes permettant de répondre à ces stimulations (c'est-à-dire les leviers d'agilité). À partir d'une étude bibliographique et d'une enquête auprès de responsables en supply chain venant de divers secteurs industriels, nous proposons deux listes de situations qui nécessitent l'agilité et des leviers d'agilité. En utilisant les deux listes, nous construisons une matrice d'agilité qui permet d'évaluer qualitativement l'agilité de la supply chain.Par ailleurs, dans le but d'évaluer quantitativement l'agilité des supply chain, nous définissons deux nouveaux indicateurs permettant d'évaluer l'agilité d'une supply chain face à une situation nécessitant l’agilité. Pour calculer ces indicateurs, nous proposons une modélisation des flux physiques et d'information de la supply chain. Ensuite, nous implémentons le modèle en utilisant le langage VBA pour simuler le mouvement des flux informationnels et physiques de la supply chain lors de l'occurrence d'une situation de besoin d'agilité. De plus, nous développons un modèle d'optimisation, implémenté à l'aide de CPLEX, qui permet d’identifier les améliorations possibles de l'agilité, en tenant compte des contraintes financières. En conclusion, nous présentons un processus d'évaluation et d'amélioration de l'agilité de la supply chain qui utilise différents outils développésThis thesis addresses the topic of supply chain agility. Our work is carried out with professionals of the Supply Chain Management Chair of Centralesupelec that includes four industrial groups (Sanofi, Safran LVMH And Carrefour). We propose qualitative and quantitative approaches allowing to evaluate and improve agility, in the context of an end-to-end supply chain. First, we identify different situations that may affect the supply chain activity and that need to be treated rapidly (i.e. situations needing agility: SNA) as well as tools and methods allowing to respond to such situations (i.e. agility levers). We end up with two lists of situations needing agility and agility levers. Using the two lists, we build an agility matrix that allows to evaluate qualitatively the agility of a supply chain. Secondly, aiming to evaluate quantitatively supply chain agility, we define two new metrics that allow to assess the agility of a supply chain facing an SNA.To calculate these metrics, we propose a supply chain model that integrates parameters related to the physical and information flows such as production and transportation capacities and lead times, frozen planning horizons, safety stocks, etc. As another contribution, we develop an optimization model, implemented using CPLEX, that optimizes supply chain agility, taking into account financial constraints. Finally, we present a process for the evaluation and improvement of supply chain agility that is based on the different tools developed. The process includes eight steps going from the identification of a critical situation needing agility, to the validation of the actions to put in place to improve the agility of the supply chain facing it. Various theoretical and real cases studies are presented in the manuscript allowing to illustrate models and tools developed in this work
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Vigne, Grégory. "Détermination et variation du profil physique du footballeur de très haut niveau : référence spéciale aux performances athlétiques selon les différents postes de jeu orientant sur la validation d’un test d’agilité." Thesis, Lyon 1, 2011. http://www.theses.fr/2011LYO10343/document.
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Cette thèse s’adresse aussi bien aux scientifiques, aux entraîneurs, aux préparateurs physiques et aux sportifs souhaitant approfondir leurs connaissances de l’activité football. Les aspects scientifiques abordés ainsi que leur transposition en outils de terrain pourront être utilisés comme moyen d’évaluation et d’orientation des séances d’entraînement. Ainsi, au travers de ce travail, nous avons abordé le ratio entre le temps de travail et le temps de récupération réalisés en matches de très haut niveau dans le Championnat de Première Division Italienne au cours de la saison 2004/2005. Ce ratio moyen de compétition est de 1/8, à savoir 2.2 secondes d’effort et 18 secondes de récupération. La deuxième partie de ce travail consistait à analyser l’évolution du profil d’effort et la possession de balle collective de footballeurs de très haut niveau au cours de trois saisons consécutives avec un effectif et un staff technique stables. L’étude a permis de mettre en avant une diminution de la quantité d’effort produite par les joueurs de l’ordre de 5% sans altération de la performance ainsi que l’augmentation de la possession de balle collective. La troisième et dernière partie a été de créer et d’analyser un test d’agilité spécifique à l’activité football. Après, une analyse complète des différents éléments liés à la reproductibilité et à la validité du test, il s’avère que ce test semble rendre compte de l’activité motrice du footballeur. De plus, les mesures réalisées dans le cadre de ce travail ont permis de fournir les premières normes de performance qui peuvent être attendues en fonction de l’âge du joueur et de son niveau de jeu. Au terme de notre travail, nous pouvons conclure que cette thèse a apporté des résultats spécifiques pour orienter l’entraînement athlétique du footballeur moderne et à proposer un nouvel outil de détection des jeunes footballeursThis work is dedicated to scientists, coaches and physical trainers as well as athletes involved in elite soccer activity. The scientific results and their practical applications could be used as a basis for the work of scientists as well as football professionals. The first part of this thesis showed that playing positions significantly influence activity profile. Moreover, this study demonstrated that the work/rest ratio observed in elite soccer Italian Serie A championship attained 1/8 and represented a mean work time of 2.2 seconds for an averaged recovery time of 18 seconds. The second part of this thesis, explored the evolution of activity profile and total ball possession during 3 consecutive seasons in the same elite team. This study has showed how for three consecutive seasons the players of successful Serie-A team reduced their distances performed at submaximal speeds, and increased ball possession while maintaining the distances covered at high/maximal speeds. It is suggested that this is due to a better understanding of tactical roles and team organization. The third part of the thesis tended to develop and to valid a specific agility soccer test composed with fundamental soccer tasks which has to be performed as quickly as possible. The validity and repeatability of the test has been demonstrated and it has been applied on a large population of different ages, positions and levels. As a conclusion, this thesis provided new specific results and perspectives that would influence professional soccer athletic conditioning and that provided a new specific test to detect young soccer players
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Rammal, Mohamad. "Développement d'antennes agiles en fréquence intégrant un condensateur ferroélectrique." Thesis, Limoges, 2017. http://www.theses.fr/2017LIMO0094/document.
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L’évolution rapide des communications sans fil a favorisé l’augmentation du nombre de standards alloués aux systèmes de communication fonctionnant sur différentes bandes de fréquences. Pour accompagner les derniers développements de systèmes sans fil, il est indispensable de concevoir des antennes miniatures intégrables. Cependant, la miniaturisation des antennes s’accompagne d’une réduction significative de la bande passante et de leur efficacité de rayonnement ainsi qu’à l’apparition d’un décalage fréquentiel de leurs fréquences de fonctionnement lorsqu’elles sont étudiées dans leur contexte d’utilisation. L’intégration de dispositifs accordables au sein d 'une antenne permet de répondre favorablement à ces problématiques. Parmi les solutions proposées dans la littérature, l’utilisation de matériaux ferroélectriques en couche mince permet de concevoir un condensateur accordable en fonction du champ électrique appliqué. Ces dispositifs réalisés à base de couches minces ferroélectriques ont été développés pour répondre aux exigences particulières et extrêmes des systèmes de télécommunication actuels (miniaturisation, faible coût, facilité de fabrication et d’intégration et bonne tenue en puissance). Cette thèse s’inscrit dans la continuité des recherches sur les antennes reconfigurables en fréquences à base de matériaux ferroélectriques. Deux axes principaux ont été développés au cours de ces travaux de recherche : le développement et la réalisation de condensateurs intégrant un film BST au sein du laboratoire XLIM et leurs caractérisations en hyperfréquence. La seconde partie de nos travaux concerne l’intégration de l’un de ces dispositifs accordables au sein d’une antenne miniature afin d’étudier son accordabilité en fréquenceThe rapid growth of wireless communication has promoted the increase of the number of standards for wireless applications. This progress requests new manufacturing processes of smart devices that are able to work on several frequency bands. However, the miniaturization of antennas is accompanied by a significant reduction of the bandwidth as well as its radiation efficiency and it becomes dependent on its using context. Tunable devices can be integrated within antennas in order to overcome these main issues. Among the solutions proposed in the literature, thin-film ferroelectric materials are used to realize tunable capacitors. The use of such materials allows the design of a tunable capacitor that can be tuned by an applied electric field. The advances of these ferroelectric thin-film devices were developed in order to meet particular and extreme requirements for today's telecommunication systems (miniaturization, low cost, ease of the manufacture process, integration and good power handling). This thesis is part of ongoing research over frequency reconfigurable antennas which are based on ferroelectric materials. Two main axes were developed during this work: The development and realization of capacitors that incorporate a BST film along with their microwave characterizations within XLIM lab. The second part of our work is dedicated to the realization of the complete tunable antenna
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Hall, David M. "Demonstrative maneuvers for aircraft agility predictions /." Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio : Ft. Belvior, VA : Alexandria, Va. : Air Force Institute of Technology ; Available to the public through the Defense Technical Information Center ; Available to the public through the National Technical Information Service, 2008. http://www.dtic.mil/dtic/.
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Thesis (M.S. in in Aeronautical Engineering)--Air Force Institute of Technology, March 2008."Presented to the Faculty, Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics Graduate School of Engineering and Management, Air Force Institute of Technology Air University, Air Education and Training Command in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Degree of Master of Science in Aeronautical Engineering, March 2008."--P. [ii]. Thesis advisor: Lt. Col. Chris Shearer. "March 2008." "AFIT/GAE/ENY/08-M13." Includes bibliographical references. Also available online in PDF from the DTIC Online Web site.
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Bhardwaj, Prabhaav. "Framework for Hardware Agility on FPGAs." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/36347.
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As hardware applications become increasingly complex, the supporting technology needs to evolve and adapt to the demands. Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA), Application Specific Integrated Circuit, General Purpose Processor, and System on Chip are the preferred devices for solving computational problems. Each of these platforms has its own specific advantages and disadvantages, which need to be accounted for during application development. Flexible radio communications has been dominated by Software Defined Radios. However, research in industry and universities has successfully developed run-time reconfiguration tools to make FPGA designs more flexible and thus vastly reducing configuration times. Developers now have a more powerful platform with dense Digital Signal Processor resources and the flexibility of SDR. Xilinx offers tools such as partial reconfiguration, which is a special modification of the standard tool-flow that supports configuration of the selected partial regions on an FPGA. The AgileHW project improves on the Xilinx tools resource allocation and routing scheme to increase the design agility and productivity. This thesis advances the AgileHW reconfigurable platform so developers can use the newer technology to build enhanced designs.Master of Science
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Salvador, David Musat. "Hindrances for Agility : Detection and Recommendations." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Sektionen för datavetenskap och kommunikation, 2011. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-3202.
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Context. Global Software Development is software work undertaken at geographically separated locations across national boundaries in a coordinated fashion involving real time or asynchronous interaction. Distributed Agile Development aims at the benefits of both Agile Software Development and Global Software Development aiding the distributed teams to overcome the challenges brought by the distribution. Objectives. In this study the author investigates whether a globally distributed company is prepared to be agile, determining hindrances for agile and providing recommendations to mitigate or overcome the detected hindrances. Methods. In this case study, surveys and interviews were used to study the hindrances for agile and literature was used to provide the recommendations towards the detected hindrances. Results. 4 hindrances were detected. Only 1 was justified as necessary for the good performance of the distributed company. Several recommendations to overcome the hindrances were proposed. Both hindrances and proposed solutions were validated by the company representative. Conclusions. We conclude that the studied individuals are willing to be agile. As agile is built bottom-up, the company is prepared to be agile. However, they will not be able to be agile until they overcome or mitigate the detected challenges. In the study, several solutions for it are proposed.
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von, Niederhausern Josef, Terry Wade, Michael Hagg, Matthew Morgan, Greg Uhland, Alfredo Berard, and Lorin Klein. "SPECTRUM RELOCATION FUND TRANSITION AGILITY CHALLENGE." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/627028.
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Due to Auction 97 frequency sell off and anticipated higher usage of C-Band, space time code (STC) and low-density parity-check (LDPC) code were evaluated for latency, characterization, and performance during flight. The benefit of an STC path can be observed by measuring the channel power of a dual antenna and comparing it to the contributions from each antenna independently. The STC provides a benefit only when both antennas are visible to a receiver and when the combined result of a dual antenna system would destructively add. The Eglin Spectrum Reallocation Fund (SRF) Project transitions the United States Air Force (USAF) aeronautical mobile telemetry (AMT) from operations in frequencies auctioned by the Department of Commerce (DOC) as part of Auction 97. This paper describes the AMT test methods used and upgrades accomplished by the 96th Test Wing in order to meet requirements of Auction 97.
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Moen, Selmer, and Charles Jones. "BIT RATE AGILITY FOR EFFICIENT TELEMETRY." International Foundation for Telemetering, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10150/606754.
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International Telemetering Conference Proceedings / October 20-23, 2003 / Riviera Hotel and Convention Center, Las Vegas, NevadaThe Bit Rate Agile Onboard Telemetry Formatting (BRAOTF) system was developed by Killdeer Mountain Manufacturing to address increasing demands on the efficiency of telemetry systems. The BRAOTF thins and reorders data streams, adjusting the bit rate of a pulse code modulation (PCM) stream using a bit-locked loop to match the desired information rate exactly. The BRAOTF accomplishes the adjustment in hardware, synthesizing a clock whose operating frequency is derived from the actual timing of the input format. Its firmware manages initialization and error management. Testing has confirmed that the BRAOTF implementation meets its design goals.
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Charles, Aurélie. "Improving the design and management of agile supply chains : feedback and application in the context of humanitarian aid." Thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2010. http://www.theses.fr/2010INPT0055/document.
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Le secteur humanitaire a fortement évolué ces dernières années. Il est poussé à plus de transparence et doit rendre des comptes aux donateurs. Dans ce contexte, notre étude vise à expliciter, mesurer et améliorer l'une des principales caractéristiques des chaines logistiques humanitaires : leur capacité à répondre rapidement et adéquatement aux changements à court terme. Cette capacité, l'agilité, est fortement influencée par la manière dont le réseau logistique est conçu et dimensionné. Notre seconde problématique consiste donc à assurer un niveau déterminé d'agilité aux chaînes logistiques humanitaires en les aidant à mieux positionner leurs ressources. L'objectif est de montrer que l'on peut obtenir ce niveau de service enmaximisant l'efficience du réseau. Nous avons donc quantifié, en terme de coûts, l'impact de plusieurs décisions stratégiques comme le niveau de service, la proximité des fournisseurs et le degré de centralisation du réseauA push for increased professionalism during disaster relief operations has been reinforced over the last decade. The uncertainties humanitarian organisations have to cope with and the vital importance of their success has incited them to develop their ability to respond quickly and adequately to short-term changes. This agility capability is becoming highly prized by the private sector. Starting from a framework of supply chain agility, this thesis analyses humanitarian methods and defines an agility maturity model aiming to measure and improve the agility capability of a supply chain. As agility often depends on the adequate balance between delivery capacity and needs, our second problemstatement aims to design a logistics network that can operate under high levels of uncertainty so that for a given level of service in terms of agility, efficiency is maximized. Our study quantifies the impact on costs of various decisions, such as network design, supply strategy or level of service
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Nguyen, Viet Hung. "Antennes miniatures et reconfigurables utilisant des matériaux diélectriques et ferroélectriques oxydes et oxynitrures en couches minces." Phd thesis, Université Rennes 1, 2013. http://tel.archives-ouvertes.fr/tel-00866988.
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Face à la volonté d'intégrer une quantité toujours plus importante de nouveaux services au sein des terminaux mobiles de nouvelle génération et afin de répondre à leurs contraintes d'encombrement, des nouveaux concepts d'antennes intelligentes font l'objet de nombreuses recherches. Parmi les solutions proposées dans la littérature, la technique consistant à charger l'antenne par un matériau aux propriétés commandables apparaît particulièrement intéressante puisque elle cumule les effets de miniaturisation et d'agilité. Le travail de cette thèse concerne l'intégration des films minces La-Ti-O-N et BST dans des antennes miniatures et agiles en fréquence. Pour cela, une étude systématique des propriétés diélectriques (constante, tangente de pertes et accordabilité) des films La-Ti-O-N a été réalisée en basses et hautes fréquences. Ces propriétés sont fonction des caractéristiques structurales des films, elles-mêmes issues de la nature du substrat utilisé et des conditions de dépôt. En parallèle, une étude sur l'intégration de ces matériaux dans des structures rayonnantes pour atteindre l'agilité souhaitée a été menée. De premiers démonstrateurs d'antennes miniatures et reconfigurables à base des films minces La-Ti-O-N et BST ont été réalisés et caractérisés.
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Horáková, Veronika. "Aplikace nástrojů krizového řízení ve firmě Agilitas s.r.o." Master's thesis, Vysoké učení technické v Brně. Fakulta podnikatelská, 2011. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-222922.
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This master’s thesis focuses on strategic and crisis management. It analyses a current market position through particular methods and defines the causes of the current crisis in a particular company. Based on an analysis of past development it proposes a comprehensive set of corrective measures.
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Chudon, Christian, and Levi Mårten. "Chassikonstruktion för tävlingsbilen Agilis II." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2010. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-172065.
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Detta kandidatarbete är resultatet av ett projektarbete i produktutveckling för Institutionen för Maskinkonstruktion på KTH. Syftet har varit att utveckla ett tävlingschassi för en lättviktsbil kallad Agilis. KTH har sedan 2006 ställt upp med Agilis i tävlingen Shell Eco Marathon, i klassen Prototype. I Prototype är syftet att tillverka en bil för tävlingsbruk som med valfri drivkälla skall färdas så långt som möjligt. Agilis körs på bensin och har genomfört tävlingen med blandade resultat. Inför varje år har bilens komponenter uppdaterats för att förbättra resultaten, framförallt med avseende på motorn. Två bestående problem har dock varit förarkomforten i den trånga bilen, och åtkomligheten för att justera och byta komponenter i kolfiber-monocoquen som är Agilis. 2009 togs ett testchassi fram i syfte att kunna lösa dessa problem. Detta chassi gav en bättre och bekvämare förarposition, och förenklade motorhanteringen, men hade brister i styvheten och var allmänt överdimensionerat. En kravspecifikation togs fram från analys av testchassiet, reglerna i Shell Eco Marathon, förarens proportioner och egenskaper för bra tävlingsprestation. Utifrån denna kravspecifikation skapades sedan ett koncept som analyserades och optimerades med avseende på hållfasthet, styvhet och förarkomfort. Två modeller byggdes av papp som bekräftade konceptets styvhet, en av testchassiet och en av den nya konstruktionen. Med konstruktionen för chassiet färdigt ritades en 3D-modell av en kaross upp. Resultatet av projektet är ett chassi med de absoluta måtten (LxBxH) = (1,58x0,6x0,56) meter som väger 20 kg, som är säkert och komfortabelt för föraren och som har en tillhörande kaross med aerodynamisk spolform.This bachelor thesis is the result of a project in product development for the Institution of Machine Design at KTH. The goal has been to develop a race chassis for a lightweight car called Agilis. KTH has since 2006 entered the Shell Eco Marathon competition with Agilis, in the Prototype class. In Prototype the goal is to manufacture a car for racing which, with optional fuel, travels as far as possible. Agilis runs on petrol and has completed the race with mixed results. For each year the car's components have been updated to improve the performance, mainly with modifications to the engine. Two persistent problems has been the driving comfort in the cramped car, and the accessibility for adjusting and replacing components in the Agilis carbon fiber monocoque. In 2009 a test chassis was developed in order to solve these problems. This chassis resulted in a better and more comfortable driving position, and simplified engine management, but had deficiencies in structural stiffness and was generally oversized. A set of demands was created from the analysis of the test chassis, the rules of Shell Eco Marathon, proportions of the driver and characteristics of good performance. From this set of demands a concept was created that was analyzed and optimized with respect to structural strength, stiffness and driving comfort. Two models (one of the test chassis and one of the new concept) were built out of cardboard which confirmed the structural stiffness of the concept. With the construction of the chassis done, a 3D-model of a body was created. The result of the project is a chassis with the absolute measurements of (LxWxH) = (1.58x0.6x0.56) meters, that weigh 20 kg, that is safe and comfortable to drive, and has an aerodynamically shaped body.
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Stellar, Frederick William. "An investigation of aircraft maneuverability and agility." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/12140.
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Martinovich, Vera Ann. "Quantifying aircraft agility using minimum-time maneuvers." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/42461.
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Tibazarwa, Augustine. "Disciplined agility for process control & automation." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/58525.
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Thesis (S.M.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, System Design and Management Program, 2009.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Process automation vendors must consider agility as a basis to gain a competitive edge in innovation. Process Automation systems can impact the operating cost of manufacturing equipment, the safe control of large quantities of energy and the safety of dangerous substances used during manufacturing. The manufacturing segment expects greater automation of larger processes, increased capability of process automation systems, and higher quality of those systems. At the same time, business requirements for process automation vendors demand shorter time to market, and greater market return for each dollar invested in product development. Therefore, process automation vendors must determine how to preserve discipline in development processes while adopting process agility necessary to meet dynamic business conditions. Interviews with 9 leaders from 6 companies (2 manufacturers, 2 process automation vendors and 2 automation consulting firms), survey feedback from development personnel and research of literature on state-of-the-art and state-of-the-practice, yielded over 90 findings and observations on process automation business needs, development of automation offerings, and on suitability of agile practices to process automation product development. Agile methods may require changes to manufacturer work processes, but would enable an automation vendor to unlock more of the manufacturer's production value.
(cont.) Disciplined adoption of agile methods is crucial for agility to take hold throughout an automation vendor's organization, and to meet the concerns of process automation stakeholders. Rather than dismiss the suitability of agile development to process automation, a prescriptive guidance is provided that integrates an opportunistic risk-based assessment of how much agility is appropriate. The four values and twelve principles of the Agile Manifesto are a good basis for 8 additional agile practices for process automation: transitioning to agile, investing in agile capability, managing critical system parameters, engineering system-robustness, balancing project risk, continuous system validation, assuring domain expertise and clarifying ecosystem role.
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Eke, Chika U. "Agility quantification using body worn inertial sensors." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111761.
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Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, 2017.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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Agility is defined as the ability to quickly change speed or direction. Planned agility refers to the physical act of changing direction and reactive agility addresses the additional cognitive responses needed to react quickly to an external cue. This work specifically considers reactive agility. Agility performance is often evaluated using time-based metrics, which provide little information about which factors aid or limit success. Two studies were completed to identify key factors contributing to agility performance. The objective of the first study was to determine how novices and experts working in athletic, clinical, and military environments qualitatively and quantitatively evaluate agility performance. Thirty-three participants completed a survey which involved scoring 16 athletes on a 7 point Likert scale of not agile to agile. The spread of the scores indicated that even within groups, participants had different opinions about which aspects of technique contributed to high performance. Participant responses were used to link several terms to agility technique. The objective of the second study was to apply these terms to the development of objective biomechanical metrics. An array of body-worn inertial sensors was used to calculate metrics that were sensitive to performance speed. Five metrics were defined (normalized number of foot contacts, stride length variance, arm swing variance, mean normalized stride frequency, and number of body rotations). Eighteen participants donned 13 sensors to complete a reactive agility task, which involved navigating a set of cones in response to a vocal cue. Participants were grouped into fast, medium, and slow performance based on their completion time. Participants in the fast group had the smallest number of foot contacts after normalizing by height, highest stride length variance, highest forearm angular velocity variance, and highest stride frequency after normalizing by height.These metric values translate to an efficient strategy for making turns by minimizing path length between cues and cones, effectively adjusting stride in reaction to turn points, and using tight pumping arm motions to aid in accelerating out of endpoint cones.The results of this study have the potential to inform the development of a composite agility score constructed from the list of significant metrics. Study 1 informed the quantification of qualitative agility terminology and Study 2 mapped these terms to speed of performance. The outcomes from these studies can assist in strategy development for training and rehabilitation across athletic, clinical, and military domains.
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Jafarian, Jafar Haadi. "Cyber Agility for Attack Deterrence and Deception." Thesis, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 2017. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10686943.
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In recent years, we have witnessed a rise in quantity and sophistication of cyber attacks. Meanwhile, traditional defense techniques have not been adequate in addressing this status quo. This is because the focus has remained mostly on either identifying and patching exploits, or detecting and filtering them. These techniques are only effective when intrusions are known or detectable. However, unknown (zero-day) vulnerabilities are constantly being discovered, and known vulnerabilities are not often patched promptly. Even worse, while defenders need to patch all vulnerabilities and intrusions paths against unknown malicious entities, the attackers only need to discover only one successful intrusion path in a system that is known and static. These asymmetric advantages have constantly kept attackers one step ahead of defenders.
To reverse this asymmetry in cyber warfare, we aim to propose new proactive defense paradigms that can deter or deceive cyber attackers without relying on intrusion detection and prevention and by offering cyber agility as a system property. Cyber agility allows for system configuration to be changed dynamically without jeopardizing operational and mission requirements of the system. In this thesis, we introduce two novel cyber agility techniques based on two paradigms of cyber deterrence and cyber deception. Cyber deterrence techniques aim to deter cyber threats by changing system configurations randomly and frequently. In contrast, cyber deception techniques aim to deflect attacks to fake targets by misrepresenting system configurations strategically and adaptively.
In the first part of this dissertation, we propose a multi-strategy, multi-parameter and multi-dimensional host identity mutation technique for deterring reconnaissance attacks. This deterrence is achieved by mutating IP addresses and anonymizing fingerprints of network hosts both proactively and adaptively. Through simulation and analytical investigation, we show that our approach significantly increases the attack cost for coordinated scanning worms, advanced network reconnaissance techniques, and multi-stage APT attacks.
In the second part, we propose a formal framework to construct active cyber deception plans that are goal-oriented and dynamic. Our framework introduces a deception logic that models consistencies and conflicts among various deception strategies (e.g., lies) and quantifies the benefit and cost of potential deception plans.
In the third part, we demonstrate and evaluate our deception planning framework by constructing an effective deception plan against multi-stage attacks. Through our experimentation, we show that the generated deception plans are effective and economical, and outperform existing or random deception plans.
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Wendler, Roy. "Towards a Maturity Model to Measure Organizational Agility in the Software and IT Services Industry." Doctoral thesis, Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-209623.
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Agile software development methods reduce project costs and development time by simultaneously enhancing quality. But despite these advantages, agile principles are rarely adopted by the whole organization. In fact, it seems difficult to describe what distinguishes an agile organization from another. Therefore, the objective of this thesis is to gain an understanding what factors constitute agility at an enterprise level and to develop a maturity model as measurement tool. To fulfill this aim, the thesis as based on a multi-paradigmatic approach combining behavioral and design science and utilizes a pluralistic set of research methods belonging to both paradigms.
A comprehensive analysis of agility-related frameworks showed that despite partial similarity there is no consensus about what constitutes an “agile organization”. Hence, the thesis identified the structure to be found behind the concept of organizational agility using an exploratory research approach. A survey among organizations in the software and IT services industry was conducted and showed that organizational agility can be described using six interrelated factors that can be further aggregated into the three basic dimensions of “Agility Prerequisites,” “Agility of People,” and “Structures Enhancing Agility.”
Based on these results, the Organizational Agility Maturity Model has been developed providing a theoretically and empirically grounded structure of organizational agility supporting the efforts of developing a common understanding of the concept. The application of the maturity model furthermore creates useful benefits for organizations and underscores the strategic character of organizational agility. It generates an awareness about the complexity of organizational agility. Furthermore, it may serve as a reference frame to implement a systematic and well-directed approach for improvements and continuous assessment of actions taken.
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Kharabe, Amol T. "Organizational Agility and Complex Enterprise System Innovations: A Mixed Methods Study of the Effects of Enterprise Systems on Organizational Agility." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1339176723.
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Hook, Sally. "Vocal agility in the male adolescent changing voice." Diss., Columbia, Mo. : University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10355/4151.
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Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Missouri-Columbia, 2005.The entire dissertation/thesis text is included in the research.pdf file; the official abstract appears in the short.pdf file (which also appears in the research.pdf); a non-technical general description, or public abstract, appears in the public.pdf file. Title from title screen of research.pdf file viewed on (November 8, 2006) Vita. Includes bibliographical references.
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Cowan, Joel K. "Investigation of Determinants of Agility Performance in Soccer." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2013. https://dc.etsu.edu/etd/1180.
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Soccer players change direction repeatedly throughout a game, making agility an important component of their performance. The purpose of this project was to identify how anatomical and physical characteristics influence agility performance among soccer players. The influences of anthropometry, strength, and power on agility performance in soccer players were investigated. The participants were NCAA Division I soccer players (N = 65). Anthropometric measures included height, body mass, percent body fat, lean body mass. Strength was evaluated using an isometric mid-thigh pull, and power was measured by vertical jumps. In correlation analysis, agility performance showed a statistically significant correlation (p<0.05) with peak power (PP) from 0kg and 20kg counter-movement jumps (r=-.379 & r=-.364 respectively) for the male players. Also for the males, percent body fat showed significant correlations (p<0.05) with Average 2 (r=-.438), 3 (r=-.411), and All (r=-.436). I conclude that the anthropometric measures evaluated have little influence on agility performance.
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Zapletal, Vít. "Vztah kognitivní agility, sociální inteligence a vkusu diváka." Master's thesis, Akademie múzických umění v Praze.Filmová a televizní fakulta. Knihovna, 2014. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-202770.
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The social inteligence, cognitive agility and universally education of a concrete spectator can be the most important aspect, which has an influence on his final evaluation and process of perception. The strong uncompatibility between the type of spectator´s perception and structure of a movie is often source of desorientation and rejection, especially in case of modernist cinema.
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Troumbley, Patrick. "Static Versus Dynamic Stretching Effect on Agility Performance." DigitalCommons@USU, 2010. https://digitalcommons.usu.edu/etd/695.
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The purpose of this study was to compare effects of static and dynamic stretching on explosive agility movements, and to examine the effect of the interaction of dynamic and static stretching prior to explosive agility movements. Fourteen men and 10 women performed the different warm-up protocols, including no warm-up (NWU), static stretching (SS), dynamic stretching (DS), and dynamic stretching with static stretching (DS+SS). The T-Drill was used to assess agility. The results indicated no difference between the NWU and SS conditions (effect size = 0.40, p = 0.06), as well as no significant difference between the NWU and DS+SS conditions (effect size = 0.01, p = 0.48), and the SS and DS+SS conditions (effect size = 0.40, p = 0.06). Statistically significant differences were found between the NWU and DS conditions (effect size = 0.45, p = 0.03), the SS and DS conditions (effect size = 0.85, p < 0.001), and the DS and DS+SS conditions (effect size = 0.40, p = 0.03). Agility test times, in order from fastest to slowest, were (a) dynamic stretching (10.87 ± 1.07 s), (b) dynamic stretching + static stretching (11.41 ± 1.26 s), (c) no warm-up (11.42 ± 1.21 s), (d) static stretching (11.90 ±1.35 s). Dynamic stretching resulted in the fastest agility test time. Static stretching resulted in the slowest agility times. The benefits of dynamic stretching may have been diluted when followed by Static Stretching, and the agility test time was the same as if no form of stretching was completed. Static stretching prior to agility is not recommended as it has a negative effect on the stretch shortening cycle, and agility. The results support the use of dynamic stretching prior to agility performance.
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Mathe, Lucratia-Shandi. "Business transformation through organisational ambidexterity and organisational agility." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/64878.
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Purpose Ð Anchored on the theory of continuous change, the purpose of this research study is to offer relevant insights to businesses, by providing an informed case for business transformation facilitated by organisational ambidexterity and organisational agility. The constructs of ambidexterity and agility are explored and defined as business capabilities, resulting in a framework for the effective transformation of large and established organisations through an enhanced comprehension of organisational ambidexterity and agility. In the derivation of the framework, aspects enabling the Transformation through Ambidexterity and Agility framework are examined to provide clarity on how these interrelated competencies contribute to the overall performance of the business.
Design/methodology/approach Ð Published empirical and research articles were reviewed to study the concepts of organisational ambidexterity and agility as critical factors contributing to business performance. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 25 research participants to explore organisational comprehension, execution and enablement of ambidexterity and agility as business capabilities.
Findings Ð Enhanced comprehension and execution of organisational ambidexterity and agility increases an organisationÕs ability to continuously and proactively respond to volatile market changes. Then with dexterity, speed and prudence, enable a continuous transient advantage. The commitment to continually transform the business through ambidextrous and agile strategies implies shifts at all levels of the organisation, starting with strategic leadership, down to the reward and motivation philosophy of the organisation.
Practical implications Ð Business leaders should consider the combined enactment of ambidexterity and agility as dynamic capabilities that principally guide strategic, operational and portfolio activities. Fostering ambidexterity-agility enhancing capabilities is paramount to safeguarding a continuous successful integration of ambidexterity and agility as dynamic performance enhancing capabilities.Mini Dissertation (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2017.
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Kheniser, Karim Gibran. "THE EFFECTS OF THE MENSTRUAL CYCLE ON AGILITY." Cleveland State University / OhioLINK, 2016. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1460575292.
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Allen, Josh. "Conceptualizing Learning Agility and Investigating its Nomological Network." FIU Digital Commons, 2016. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/2575.
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This dissertation consists of two studies examining the utility and distinctiveness of learning agility in the workplace. The first study examines the nomological networks of two proprietary measures of learning agility in sample of 832 individuals. The learning agility simulation is designed to be an objective measure of learning agility ability. The learning agility indicator is a self-report measure designed to measure the preference towards learning agile behaviors. The results of study one indicate two different nomological networks for the learning agility simulation and the learning agility indicator. Specifically, the learning agility simulation was related to cognitive personality variables (i.e., tolerance for ambiguity and cognitive flexibility) and cognitive ability, and the learning agility indicator was more strongly related to personality variables.
The second study explores the work-related outcomes associated with the learning agility simulation, and the incremental validity of the learning agility simulation over traditional predictors of performance (i.e., Big Five personality variables, cognitive ability). The second study was performed with a sample of early career employees with supervisor rated performance/potential measures in a sample of 89 paired responses. The results of study two indicated that the learning agility simulation was significantly related to two areas of employee potential (learning from experience and speed-to-competence) and provided incremental validity over traditional predictors of performance/potential for these areas of performance.
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Hachani, Safa. "ASAP approche orientée : services pour un support agile et flexible des processus de conception de produit dans les systèmes PLM." Thesis, Grenoble, 2013. http://www.theses.fr/2013GRENI094/document.
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La dynamique de l’offre et de la demande des produits manufacturiers ainsi que leraccourcissement de leurs cycles de vie obligent les entreprises industrielles à se doter de processus dedéveloppement produit dynamiques et agiles. Nos travaux se positionnement sur le supportinformatisé de ces processus de développement qui sont actuellement gérés par les systèmes PLM.L’objectif d’un support informatisé est d’accélérer le processus en automatisant la notification et ladiffusion des informations. Il permet également de garder trace des opérations et décisions effectuéeset d’accroître la standardisation des processus. Face à la rigidité des solutions actuellement proposéespour gérer les processus vis-à-vis des modifications survenant dans le processus, notre objectif est deproposer une approche permettant de modifier un processus en cours d’exécution sans devoir leredéfinir et le relancer dans son ensemble. Pour y parvenir, nous avons proposé, une approche quidécline une orientation services inspirée des architectures orientées services (SOA). Ces architecturespermettent de définir des applications modulaires, en utilisant des services faiblement couplés. Notreobjectif est de décliner une telle architecture exploitée essentiellement pour les systèmes logiciels et leWeb, au niveau métier de l’entreprise afin de modéliser et d’exécuter de manière flexible desprocessus de conception de produits par composition de services réutilisables. Nous proposons unedémarche d'identification des services du domaine métier des processus de conception produit et dudomaine fonctionnel du PLM. Ces services sont organisés dans deux catalogues de services métiers etfonctionnels. Notre approche s'inscrit dans le cadre de l'Ingénierie Dirigée par les Modèles (IDM) avecune architecture de réference à trois niveaux et des mécanismes d’alignement entre les niveaux métier,fonctionnel et logiciel. Ces mécanismes d'alignement entre les niveaux permettent d’intégrerl’évolution et d'automatiser le déploiement d’un processus de conception du niveau métier auxniveaux fonctionnel et logicielTo cope with market dynamic and shortened time to market, industrial companies need toimplement an effective management of their design processes (DPs) and product information.Unfortunately, Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) systems which are dedicated to support designactivities are not efficient as it might be expected. Indeed, DPs are changing, emergent and nondeterministic, due to the business environment under which they are carried out. The aim of this workis to propose an alternative approach for flexible process support within PLM systems to facilitate thecoupling with the environment reality. The purpose of a support system is to accelerate the process byautomating the notification and dispatching of information and activities between actors. It also allowsto keep track of transactions and decisions made and to increase processes standardization. Our goal isto propose a solution which allows process change at run-time without having to redefine and restartthe whole of process activities. To achieve this, we proposed an approach based on service-orientedarchitectures (SOA). These architectures allow defining modular applications, using loosly coopledservices. They are mainly exploited for software systems and Web development. Our goal is to declinesuch architectures at the business level of a company in order to perform flexible DPs deploymentbased on services reuse and composition. We propose an identification approach for business levelservices (product design services) and functional PLM services. These services are organized in twocatalogs of business and functional services. Our approach is based on Model Driven Approach withthree levels which propose alignment mechanisms between business, functional and technical levels.These alignment mechanisms between levels allow integrating change and automating design processdeployment
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Ferrante, Guillaume. "25 ans d'agilité organisationnelle : clarification et opérationnalisation du construit." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2016. http://www.theses.fr/2016GREAG011/document.
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En s’appuyant sur le développement et la légitimation théorique du modèle de l’agilité organisationnelle, cette recherche explore les perceptions et les représentations des managers sur l’agilité organisationnelle afin de clarifier et opérationnaliser ce construit. Pour ce faire, nous effectuons dans un premier temps un retour aux sources de l’agilité organisationnelle qui est apparue en 1991. Ce travail met en exergue un fondement théorique fort centré sur quatre capacités d’agilité : la réactivité, la flexibilité, la rapidité, et la compétence.Cette exploration théorique nous permet de poursuivre notre recherche en deux temps. Nous avons tout d’abord réalisé un questionnaire afin de récolter, vingt-cinq ans après les premiers développements de l’agilité, les perceptions des managers sur la définition des capacités d’agilité, sur les pratiques associées à ces capacités, et sur l’agilité organisationnelle. Nous avons ensuite comparé nos résultats obtenus fin 2011 avec ceux d’une échelle de mesure de l’agilité organisationnelle validée et publiée dans la littérature en décembre 2011.Finalement, cette recherche permet d’obtenir deux résultats majeurs. Tout d’abord, nous observons que les managers ne perçoivent pas l’agilité organisationnelle à la manière des développements théoriques de la littérature. Les managers articulent différemment les pratiques managériales et organisationnelles et celles-ci ne suivent pas les développements théoriques. Le deuxième résultat majeur est l’amélioration de l’échelle de mesure de l’agilité organisationnelle parue en 2011. Ce deuxième résultat, fruit du croisement de nos travaux et de ceux Charbonnier-Voirin (2011), a été par ailleurs testé auprès de managersBased on the development and the theoretical legitimisation of organisational agility model, this research explores the perceptions and representations of managers on organizational agility to clarify and operationalize this construct. To do this, we first get back to the sources of organisational agility that appeared in 1991. This work highlights a strong theoretical foundation based on four agility capabilities: responsiveness, flexibility, quickness, and competence.This theoretical exploration allows us to continue our research in two phases. We first conducted a questionnaire to collect, twenty-five years after the first development of agility, perceptions of managers on the definition of agility capabilities, the practices associated with these capabilities. We compared our results with those of a measurement scale of organizational agility published in the literature in December 2011.Finally, this research provides two major results. First, we observe that managers do not perceive organizational agility as the theoretical developments read in the literature. Managers articulate the different managerial and organizational practices and they do not follow the theoretical developments. The second major result is the improvement of the measurement scale of organisational agility published in 2011. T
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Cederlund, Sofia, and Simon Gozzi. "Ett effektivt verktyg för en agilIT-avdelning." Thesis, KTH, Tillämpad maskinteknik (KTH Södertälje), 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-200898.
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Klinteskog, Niklas, and Wojtek Malinowski. "Projekt Navilis : En studie av Agilis hjulnav." Thesis, KTH, Maskinkonstruktion (Inst.), 2007. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-171955.
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KTH har sedan 2006 ett bidrag i Shell Eco Marathon, en tävling där den mest bränslesnålabilen skall konstrueras och byggas. För detta projekt pågår kontinuerligt arbete med att få mervikt och andra faktorer som ökar bilens förbrukning. Denna rapports syfte är att utreda krafterpå hjulen för att sedan kunna optimera naven utefter dessa.För att med maximal noggrannhet kunna bestämma de krafter som uppkommer i hjulen vidkörning under olika förhållanden skapades en modell över KTH:s tävlingsbidrag Agilis iMBS-programmet Adams. Modellen parmeteriserades med förhoppningen att den skall kunnavara till hjälp för kommande versioner av Agilis. Verifieringen visade att modellen har godöverensstämmelse med analytiska beräkningar. Faktum är att den var så god att den kanskeinte var nödvändig från början. Test bekräftades att de högsta krafterna föga förvånandeuppkommer när modellen välter under svängning. Den välter dessutom alltid under sammakraftpåverkan. Detta faktum underlättar kommande beräkningar på hjulet då det bara är ettfall att ta hänsyn till. För att adamsmodellen skall var lättarbetad ligger som bilaga D ensnabbguide till modellen.Beräkningarna på hjulet var pga. ekerfälgens komplexa geometri tänkta att utföras i FEMprogrammetANSYS. Detta fallerade tyvärr på att KTH bara har tillgång till en begränsadskolversion av ANSYS som inte fick utföra beräkningar på så stora system som ekerfälgenutgjorde. Även ANSYS svenska återförsäljare lyckade inte få ekermodellen körbar i denbegränsade versionen. Istället fick en grov modell ställas upp analytiskt. De numeriskaresultaten skall tolkas försiktigt men kraftfördelningen som leder fram till dessa är intressant.Baserat på resultat från tidigare analyser av ekerhjul gjordes konservativa antaganden om hurvertikala och laterala krafter var för sig belastar en ekergeometri. Beräkningarna har enligtantagandena utförts på de ekrar som ligger närmast kraften infästningspunkt. Eftersuperponering visar det sig att det på ena sidan navet blir både tryck och dragkrafter som tillstor del tar ut varandra. På den andra sidan kommer det däremot enbart att bli tryckkraftersom adderas. Huvudbelastningen ligger alltså i tryck. Den kommer dessutom att ligga påinnersidan navet som ligger på yttersidan i en sväng.2Genom den under projektet pågående informationssökningen stod det mer och mer klart attför att genomföra exakta beräkningar på en ekergeometri måste alla ingående elementsegenskaper vara preciserade. Det går med andra ord inte att optimera ett nav för en okändekergeometri eller fälg. Detta är rapportens huvudsakliga slutsats, då fälg, ekrar, ekring, osv.inte är kända går det tyvärr inte att ställa upp annat än allmänna rekommendationer för navet.Förhoppningen är att rapporten skall kunna ligga till grund för en kommande optimering avhela hjulgeometrin när agilisgruppen slutligen hittat fälgar som uppfyller däckens krav. Föratt framgångsrikt kunna genomföra en sådan optimering krävs dock att den går att köra somFEM-modellSlutligen ställdes det upp några rekommendationer för optimering av chassi ochsvinggeometri, förbättringar av modellerna, råd om ekring mm.The Royal Institute of Technology has since 2006 a vehicle competing in the Shell EcoMarathon, a race where the most fuel efficient vehicle is to be designed and built. For thisproject there are continuous work going on, aiming at reducing the factors that affects the fuelefficiency. The purpose of this study is to investigate what kinds of forces that affects thewheels and with those data try to optimize the hubs.To achieve maximum accuracy in the force measurements of KTH:s vehicle Agilis a modelwas created in the MBS program Adams. The model was parameterized, hoping to make itmore useful to future versions of Agilis. The verification showed good conformity with theanalytical calculations. As a matter of fact it was good enough to raise doubt about the modelsnecessity. As expected, tests confirmed that the highest forces experienced by the wheels werewhen the model rolled over in a turn. The force values experienced during a roll over wereconstant. This result simplifies the solid mechanics calculations to come when there are onlyone set of forces to model. To make the adamsmodel easier to use there is a short (Swedish)guide in appendix D.The solid mechanics calculations were, because of the complexity of the sprocket wheel,intended to be carried out in the FEM program ANSYS. Sadly enough, this plan had to beabandoned because the Royal Institute of Technology:s license is only academic and couldnot handle the big system of a sprocket wheel. Even the Swedish retailer could modify themodel to make it simple enough. As a result an analytical study was constructed. The methodsused were not very precise and the numerical values obtained are more of estimation. It’s theforce distributions that are of interest. Based on the results of earlier studies of sprocketwheels, some conservative assumptions were made concerning how vertical and lateral forcesdo affect sprocket geometry. The calculations based on these assumptions were conducted onthe sprockets positioned closest to the area affected by the forces. After adding the results ofthe two kinds of forces it shows that one side of the hub is going to experience both pull andpush forces that will greatly reduce each other. The other side will be affected by two additive4forces in push. Hence, the highest load will be in push and it will affect the inner side of thehub on the outer side of a turn.The continuous information gathering during the study showed more and more clearly thatmore precise calculations on a sprocket wheel are not possible without precise information onall parts of the system. Therefore, it is not possible to optimize a hub without knowing all theelements of the wheel. The main conclusion of the study is that when we do not know forwhat type of rim, sprocket, sprocket geometry etc. the hub is intended to be used in, we cannot optimize it more than to give general recommendations. Hopefully, this study can providea knowledge base for a total wheel optimization when the tire optimized rims have beenfound. To be able to do so, a full version FEM program must be found.Finally, some recommendations was given concerning the chassi and steering geometry,improvements of the models, advice concerning sprocket geometry etc.
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Young, Alethea G. "Identifying the impact of leadership practices on organizational agility." Thesis, Pepperdine University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1543416.
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This mixed-methods case study examined the impact of leadership on practices to organizational agility. Leaders and employees from three organizations (two universities, one financial institution) participated in surveys and interviews to generate data related to the organizational and personal leadership orientations and styles exhibited, the degree of agility in the organization, and the impact of organizational and personal leadership orientations and styles on organizational agility. Study findings suggested that leadership varies based on industry- and organization-specific demands, organizational agility can exist across industries and organization types, and that adopting a long-term focus and practicing agile leadership behaviors throughout the organization may promote higher organizational agility. Organizations are encouraged to promote agile leadership through their hiring, learning and development, and performance review processes. Future research should utilize larger samples, improved data collection instruments, and focus on examining the critical few agile leadership behaviors that may most strongly predict organizational agility.
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Swafford, Patricia M. "Theoretical development and empirical investigation of supply chain agility." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/29590.
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Kim, Ho-Sik. "Conceptual design optimization for military helicopter maneuverability and agility." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 1997. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/11969.
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Srinivasan, Jayakanth. "Exploring the Sources of Enterprise Agility in Software Organizations." Doctoral thesis, Västerås : Akademin för innovation, design och teknik, Mälardalens högskola [School of Innovation, Design and Engineering], Mälardalen University, 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:mdh:diva-6853.
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Good, Darren. "Explorations of cognitive agility: a real time adaptive capacity." Cleveland, Ohio : Case Western Reserve University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1247247913.
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Chivaura, Munashe, and Neto Renato Melillo. "Agility in Post-Merger Integration : A Catalyst to Innovation." Thesis, Umeå universitet, Företagsekonomi, 2019. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:umu:diva-160780.
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Agility is referred to as the ability of a firm to proactively or reactively adapt successfully to rapid changes within the business environment both internally and externally. The Post-Merger Integration (PMI) phase is characterized by rapid organizational changes which require new strategy methods that suit the nature of today’s fast paced business environments. Though characterized by changes, the PMI presents an opportune moment for the transformation of a business by exploring and exhausting the innovation potential of the integrating firms through the use of agile aspects that seek to identify risks and explore opportunities in a nimble manner. These aspects are several, but in this study, we delve into three namely, flexibility, adaptability and customer focus. The aspects of agility originated from fields of Software Development and are fairly new to the discipline of Business Administration but are considered to be evolving and popular across other fields of study. The current era is noted by scholars as the Scaled Agile Framework Development Era which is characterized by an emergence in agile frameworks that aid in large scale programs of an organization, such as the PMI in this case. This era represents a steppingstone to business agility, the future of agility that seeks to transform an organization to be adaptive to changes. The purpose of this study is to develop an agile framework drawing from empirical findings of the use of agility aspects in the context of a merger and acquisition, more specifically, the post-merger integration phase, to act as an innovation catalyst. To obtain insights and a better understanding on what we set ourselves to research, we explore an embedded single case study of a firm operating in a traditional industry, the maritime industry, in order to investigate the following research question:How can agility in the context of a Post-Merger Integration (PMI) contribute toinnovation? Eight semi-structured interviews with senior executives and senior managers of the case company were conducted in order to draw insights on their previous experiences with mergers and acquisitions. Empirical evidence was collected and coded in line with the Gioia methodology and with the aid of references to extant literature we began to build theory thereof. Our findings revealed that agile aspects may be adopted to complement and not necessarily replace existing hierarchical structures, procedures and processes within the PMI. Additionally, all three aspects of agility we sought to investigate prove to be useful to promote innovation in PMIs when adopted. The theoretical contribution of our study is the development of an agile framework that may be utilized in the PMI to identify, exploit and exhaust the innovation potential of the M&A activity. Furthermore, the framework may be validated in a different company or setting other than the company under study.
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Bai, Xinye, and Yaniv Rosenberg. "Improving supply chain agility of a medical device Manufacturer." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/99802.
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Thesis: M. Eng. in Logistics, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Engineering Systems Division, 2015.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
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This thesis focuses on a medical device manufacturer, DeCo, which offers surgical instruments to customers at no cost in order to facilitate the sale of implantable products that require the use of such instruments. DeCo is facing challenges in managing the supply chain for these outsourced instruments, such as long lead times, inaccurate forecasting, and excess inventory. Deco is interested in building a more responsive supply chain. To this end, our thesis investigated strategies to increase the supply chain agility by realizing opportunities in information flows, material movement, and channel alignment to achieve shorter lead time, lower inventory levels, and higher levels of service. We conducted interviews and analyzed forecast, inventory, and lead time data files to evaluate the company's supply chain agility in terms of key attributes such as: Inventory management, supply chain visibility, forecast, distribution channel management, supplier manufacturing flexibility, forecast, level of service, lead-time, and product lifecycle. Gaps between the current state and an agile supply chain were identified, and recommendations were made based on these weaknesses. Gaps in the supply chain were divided into three categories: information barriers, operational inflexibilities, and supply chain misalignments. Similarly, our recommendations were broken up into three main groups: Distributor strategies, supplier strategies, and DeCo's practices. By improving supply chain visibility, Deco can cut lead time to customers and significantly lower inventory. By gaining operational flexibility, DeCo can cut lead time from suppliers by 50%, avoid excess ordering due to minimum order quantity, and cut cost per unit. Key recommendations to achieve agility were to build a database of inventory at distributors' warehouses and implement a process to ship instruments between these warehouses; and to work with suppliers to build dedicated capacity on the production floor.
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