Dissertations / Theses: 'Agility management'

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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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Lotfi, M. "Disentangling resilience, agility and leanness : conceptual development and empirical analysis." Thesis, City University London, 2015. http://openaccess.city.ac.uk/8342/.

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This PhD thesis extends the existing knowledge on resilience in the context of supply chain, specifically by: (1) disentangling resilience, leanness and agility and (2) investigating how resilience along with leanness and agility affects operational performance outcomes. At the first phase, a literature review of practices underlying Lean, Agile and Resilient (LAR) was done, classifying them to the areas of overlap and non-overlap between LAR as regards the practices. Of the many practices identified for each of LAR, there are some that underlie just one of these three while others underlie two of them and even all three. To establish the practitioner need for this research, a survey combined with a focus group of various companies was conducted in the Forum of 2011 at Procter & Gamble, Brussels’ office. The results confirm lack of clear distinction between practices that are part of lean, agile and resilience. Clarifying these concepts is crucial both from theoretical and practical aspects. Theoretically, when it comes to those practices which go under lean and agile, agile and resilience or even the three of LAR, when it comes to have them in statistical models researchers don’t know where exactly these practices should be categorized. Practically, unclear boundaries between these concepts can make implementation of respective practices potentially problematic or confusing for managers. At the second phase, the thesis aims at “disentangle resilience, leanness and agility”. The survey carried out was done online in Germany due to the country’s strong base in manufacturing. Through factor analysis, this part of the research approves the idea of literature that resilience has some practices that purely helps it, while it also has some practices that affect agility and resilience and agility, leanness and resilience. There are some differences in the boundaries of these categorizations between what literature mentions and what industrial managers believe in. At the third phase, the thesis aims to investigate “how resilience along with leanness and agility affects performance outcomes”. The aim is to empirically assess a set of hypotheses that follow not only from the literature, but also from the perceptions of practitioners about LAR resulted from phase two. The model is tested on a sample of Automotive Parts Suppliers (APS) in Iran as the largest automotive industry in the Middle East and 12th in the world, and specifically as an appropriate choice for a resilient-needed environment due to sanctions and volatility of the currency. A survey was used to obtain information and a structural equation model to analyse the data. The model quantitatively explains that while leanness is independent form resilience, agility brings about resilience. On the other hand, the model tests the relations of leanness and resilience on flexibility, delivery, cost and time to recovery performance outcomes. The results show that higher level of resilience will lead to better delivery performance, better cost performance (i.e. helps cost reduction) and better time to recovery performance (i.e. helps time to recovery reduction). The results also show that its effect on flexibility performance is not significant. Regarding leanness, the results confirm that lean positively affect delivery and flexibility performance. In addition, higher level of leanness will lead to better cost performance (i.e. helps cost reduction). The results also reject the hypothesis stating that higher level of leanness will lead to worse recovery performance, inferring that higher level of leanness leads to better time to recovery performance (i.e. helps time to recovery reduction). Finally, there are different theoretical and managerial implications. Theoretically, this research disentangles resilience, agility and leanness. Then, it presents a model that resilience; leanness and agility are modelled not separately but besides each other and quantitatively it investigates how resilience along with leanness and agility affects performance outcomes. From managerial point of view, a need to understand what measures of the three concepts of LAR are related to each area between the three concepts has been answered so managers can prioritize their efforts and seek to balance their efforts across LAR. Overall, the conceptual model that stems from the SEM model gives a useful starting point for supply chain researchers regarding the three approaches in the supply chains.

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Allwein, Florian. "The role of digital infrastructures in performances of organizational agility." Thesis, London School of Economics and Political Science (University of London), 2017. http://etheses.lse.ac.uk/3510/.

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Organizational agility has received much attention from practitioners and researchers in Information Systems. Existing research on agility, however, often conceptualizes information systems in a traditional way, while not reflecting sufficiently on how, as a consequence of digitalization, they are turning into open systems defined by characteristics like modularity and generativity. The concept of digital infrastructures captures this shift and stresses the evolving, socio-technical nature of such systems. This thesis sees IT in large companies as digital infrastructures and organizational agility as a performance within them. In order to explain how such infrastructures can support performances of agility, a focus on the interactions between IT, information and the people using and designing them is proposed. A case study was conducted within Telco, a large telecommunications firm in the United Kingdom. It presents three projects employees regarded as agile. A critical realist ontology is applied in order to identify generative mechanisms for agility. The thesis develops a theory of agility as a performance within digital infrastructures. This contains the central generative mechanism of agilization – making an organization more agile by cultivating digital infrastructures and minding flows of information to attain an appropriate level of agility. This is supported by the related mechanisms of informatization and infrastructuralization. Moreover, the concept of bounded agility illustrates how people in large organizations do not strive for agility unreservedly, instead aiming for agility in well-defined areas that does not put the business at risk. This theory of agility and the concept of bounded agility constitute the main theoretical contributions of this thesis. It also contributes clear definitions of the terms ‘information’ and ‘data’ and aligns them to the ontology of critical realism. Finally, the proposed mechanisms contribute to an emerging middle range theory of organizational agility that will be useful for practitioners.

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Azizsafaei, Farzaneh. "The role of human resource management in achieving organisational agility." Thesis, Birmingham City University, 2017. https://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.739954.

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Viljoen, Phlippie. "Middle management, enablers or inhibitors, of incremental innovation and agility." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/52348.

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This qualitative exploratory study was intended to ascertain the enabling abilities of middle managers to facilitate innovation and agility in an organisation in order to achieve competitive advantage. This research indicated the importance of middle management in the organisation and the facilitative role they fulfil. This case study research was conducted in the Halfway Group. The enablers of incremental innovation was of particular interest for the dealerships as they are seen as first movers in the South African context. The motivation for this study is that the researcher found inadequate academic literature focusing on the enabling abilities of middle management in order to continuously improve and in doing so gain a competitive advantage in an ever changing environment. It was the researcher s supposition that this research would aid dealerships to attain a more thoughtful understanding of how they could enable middle management to facilitate the desired innovation and agility to gain the sustained competitive advantage in the market. A sample of eight middle managers in the Halfway Group was selected and semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with them as the data gathering method. The research proposals guided the coding and organising of the data. The analysis, discussions and results were structured to answer the research proposals. This research revealed that middle managers are the likely enablers of innovation and agility in the organisation through the facilitation of the incremental innovation process. Continuous improvement enhances products and services to provide an organisation with a competitive advantage in the market. Resultantly, the dealerships are likely to gain reputational benefits of being continuous improvement leaders , which contributes to the value proposition offering. However, the dealers have to continuously innovate as their competitors are quick to imitate any successful innovations to stay relevant in the market. Various middle management and business recommendations were made to dealerships in the study to aid them take advantage of the enabling abilities they can unlock in middle management to facilitate incremental innovation and agility in the organisation. Mini-disseration (MBA)--University of Pretoria, 2015. nk2016 Gordon Institute of Business Science (GIBS) MBA Unrestricted

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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. Includes bibliographical references (p. 112-115). 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. by Augustine Tibazarwa. S.M.

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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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Wang, Rundong. "A taxonomical study of agility strategies and supporting supply chain management practices." Thesis, University of Exeter, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10036/3151.

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Since the turn of the century, manufacturing industry has witnessed significant structural changes. Agility, which aims to provide companies with competitive capabilities so that they can prosper from dynamic and continuous changes in the business environment, has become a prevailing manufacturing strategy. However, how to develop a manufacturing strategy based on agility, and how to design and manage global supply chain networks effectively to implement these strategy, are not fully understood. This thesis presents survey based research that was carried out on a number of U.K. manufacturing companies. The research revisited the taxonomy of agility strategies for manufacturing industry developed by Zhang and Sharifi (2007) and investigated the methods of supply chain management employed by different strategic groups. The findings show that whilst the three broad types of agility strategies discovered in previous work (Zhang and Sharifi, 2007) have remained two sub types of agility strategies have been identified. They are named Responsive players, Quick operators, Quick innovators, Proactive players 1 and Proactive players 2. Responsive players placed a high emphasis on supplier selection related practices; Quick operators placed a high emphasis on sourcing management related practices; Quick innovators placed a high emphasis on relationship management related practices; and Proactive players 1 and 2 placed high emphases on almost all practices. This research has made contributions to the theory development of agility strategy and has provides a managerial guide with companies to improve the implementation of agility strategies in supply chains.

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Setia, Pankaj. "Information technologies as antecedents of demand management agility and supply chain performance." Diss., Connect to online resource - MSU authorized users, 2008.

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Thesis (Ph. D.)--Michigan State University. Dept. of Business Information Systems, 2008. Title from PDF t.p. (viewed July 31, 2009). Includes bibliographical references (p. 100-114). Also issued in print.

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Tisdale, Susan M. "Architecting a Cybersecurity Management Framework| Navigating and Traversing Complexity, Ambiguity, and Agility." Thesis, Robert Morris University, 2018. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10825513.

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Despite advancements in technology, countermeasure, and situational awareness, cybersecurity (CS) breaches continue to increase in number, complexity, and severity. This qualitative study is one of a few to comprehensively explore CS management. The study used a systems’ approach to identify business, socioeconomic, and information technology (IT) factors, and their interrelationships. The study examined IT management frameworks and CS standards and literature. Interviews and a focus group of subject matter experts followed. The research found CS is a leadership, not a technical issue. CS is an ecosystem; its components are interrelated and inseparable, requiring qualitative, subjective, risk and knowledge management interventions. CS, IT, and threats are too complex and volatile for organizations to manage all risks and vulnerabilities in a timely, agile manner. CS lexicons lack uniformity and consistency. An IT management framework is better suited for CS. Companies must segregate and encrypt the most sensitive information and curb their appetites for new, unsecured technology. CS and IT is multilayered, requiring subspecialists, who often serve conflicting business needs and security objectives. Organizations need to minimize mid-level CS management, raise CS to a business level function (not subordinate to IT), and involve cyber specialists at all levels in the business lifecycle. Cross-pollinating people from all business areas, especially from finance, CS, and IT, increases awareness of the others’ responsibilities and obligations and facilitates more rapid portfolio, lifecycle CS activities, from investments to detection and response activities. Future studies should focus on these issues as critical success factors. Finally, the study of CS requires agile, qualitative, multidisciplinary methodology to produce thick, quick, actionable information.

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Lee, Harris IV Edward. "Assessing and Improving "Agile Performance" : Using Comparative Agility to Improve Software Development Management." Thesis, KTH, Tillämpad maskinteknik (KTH Södertälje), 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-148413.

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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 moteur Project 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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Emeghara, Chinasa. "A process improvement framework for achieving agility for replenishment products." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2017. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/111479.

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Thesis: M.B.A., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Sloan School of Management, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2017. Thesis: S.M., Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Department of Mechanical Engineering, in conjunction with the Leaders for Global Operations Program at MIT, 2017. Cataloged from PDF version of thesis. Includes bibliographical references (pages 72-74). With a goal of becoming a $50B company by 2020, Nike is improving current processes and using innovation to break barriers in technology, supply chain and manufacturing. The objective of the internship project with Nike's North America Always Available team is to provide recommendations on how the company can reduce the lead time from a when customer places a replenishment order to when the product is delivered to the customer's stores. The project focused specifically on a direct shipping strategy for the socks category and accelerating the order flow process at the distribution centers (DC). These two areas provide tremendous opportunity for growth for Nike through improved transportation, on time delivery to customers, and alleviating product congestion at the DC. Win Socks Back In the last few years, Nike has been losing market share in the sock category to competitors who are using faster and more aggressive methods, such as air freight, to ship socks and other products to customers. This has influenced Nike to begin to look at a variety of strategies, such as improving supply chain responsiveness and relieving DC congestion, as potential solutions. The primary goal of this project is to provide strategies that will reduce the lead time from factory to customer store. The approach consisted of using analytical and business principles to help the company to review and reassess the capabilities of the factory and DCs, as well as the transportation methods for short lead time (SLT) products. The output of the socks project was a review of current capabilities, an assessment of the company's ability to execute a direct shipping strategy, and preliminary recommendations on how to execute this strategy. Accelerate Order Flow In addition, Nike is also taking a closer look at the performance of the distribution centers. The order flow project will focus on improving the processing cycles and Call-for-Routing process for Nike's biggest accounts at two distribution centers in Memphis. The project focused on all product categories for Nike's Always Available product line. At this time, every account has a different ordering, processing and transportation, and this results in complexity for the DC and customer services teams because they are not able to plan for efficiency. The focus was on two initiatives: a quick win process improvement strategy and long term enhancement plan, for order writing, DC operations, transportation and routing. The final deliverable included a compilation of the current process for six strategic accounts, an analysis on the operational strategy for an ideal future state, and a model to review DC lead time performance monthly. Chinasa Emeghara. M.B.A. S.M.

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Karlstedt, Jens, and Sebastian Hellenborg. "Retaining Organizational Agility : How to Stay Competitive Without Competing." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Företagsekonomiska institutionen, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-415379.

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While conventional approaches of managing organizations have been considered to be outdated, Organizational Agility has been acclaimed for its prowess to cope with today's increasingly volatile and dynamic environment. Yet the predominant focus has been directed towards how agility is achieved, while its retention as organizations grow has to a great extent been unexplored. Through a qualitative case study of a renowned organization for its unorthodox approach, this study aims to contribute with an extension to the current scope of organizational agility by stretching beyond the focus on mere transformations in an attempt to understand in what ways organizational agility is retained as they grow. The findings of this study challenge the common conceptions found within literature suggesting that changes in the external environment are what drives organization’s to be agile in order to sustain its competitiveness. Organizational agility has thus primarily been considered to be constituted by dynamic adaptations in accordance to forces of the external environment. In contrast, this study finds that the retention of organizational agility during growth is an evolutionary process that is internally driven by placing indispensable value on the employees and by focusing on the organization itself, its desire and community. Retaining organizational agility is thus something that grows “from the inside and out”.

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Loury-Okoumba, W. V. "Supply chain management best practices, agility, risk management and performance in small and medium enterprises in South Africa." Thesis, Vaal University of Technology, 2018. http://hdl.handle.net/10352/378.

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D. Tech. (Logistics, Faculty of Management Science), Vaal University of Technology The strategic importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and their role in stimulating economic growth and competitiveness in many countries are well documented in literature. The same applies to South Africa, where the SME sector has grown tremendously to become an important contributor to social and economic development through employment creation and constant input to the gross domestic product. However, in spite of these contributions, South African SMEs face numerous challenges, which negatively impact their prospects for growth and success. Some of these challenges include the limited access to financial capital, the lack of infrastructure and the lack of skills, which play a significant role in the high mortality rate of SMEs. One of the proposed solutions to address these operational challenges is the adoption of supply chain management strategies to strengthen the operational and long-term capabilities of SMEs. Thus, the purpose of this study was to investigate the relationships between supply chain management best practices, supply chain agility, risk management and supply chain performance in South African SMEs. The study applied a quantitative approach in which a cross-sectional survey design was used to collect data to test direct and indirect relationships between different constructs (buyer-supplier collaboration, supply chain integration, total quality management, IT adoption, supply chain agility, supply chain risk management and supply chain performance). A structured survey questionnaire was developed using adapted measurement scales and administered to 407 randomly selected SME owners, managers and professional employees who had some knowledge about supply chain management. The collected quantitative data were analysed using the Statistical Packages for Social Sciences (SPSS version 24.0) and the Analysis of Moment Structures (AMOS version 24.0) statistical software. The actual data analyses techniques applied included descriptive statistics and inferential statistics using structural equation modelling. The latter included a Confirmatory Factor Analysis (CFA) to test the psychometric properties of measurement scales and the testing of the six hypotheses using the path analyses technique. The results of the study showed positive and significant relationships between all supply chain management practices and supply chain agility. Specifically, buyer-supplier collaboration and total quality management exerted a moderate and significant influence on supply chain agility. Moreover, IT adoption had a strong positive and significant relationship with supply chain agility iv while supply chain integration had a weak but significant relationship with the same factor. More results provided from the analysis confirmed the existence of a very strong and significant relationship between supply chain agility and supply chain risk management. In turn, supply chain risk management had a strong positive relationship with supply chain performance. The study also takes note of its contributions to highlight its merits. From a theoretical perspective, it provides an in-depth examination of some driving factors to supply chain agility, supply chain risk management and supply chain performance within SMEs. Given that a study of this nature has not been performed before amongst South African SMEs, the results are an essential addition to the existing body of literature within the area of supply chain management within SMEs in developing countries such as South Africa. From a management perspective, the study suggests that specific attention should be directed to all of the four supply chain management practices (buyer-supplier collaboration, supply chain integration, IT adoption and total quality management) considered as possible avenues to address operational challenges in SMEs.

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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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Vargas, Nicolle, Denisse Villaverde, Gino Viacava, Carlos Raymundo, and Francisco Dominguez. "Knowledge Management Model to Support a Supply Chain for Timely Order Delivery in a Telecommunications Equipment Marketing Company." Springer Verlag, 2020. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656131.

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El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado. Over the years, the telecommunications sector has steadily grown in the last ten years while gaining relevance in the global market. Management of the supply chain generates various risks and complications, and many industries seek effective supply chain operation methods to meet their variable requirements. The objective of this research is to propose a supply-chain model focused on on-time delivery compliance with substantial support of knowledge management methodologies. The research study yielded a 91% increase in compliance from the given scenario.

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Sheffield, David A. "A Quantitative Approach to the Identification and Prediction of Supply Chain Agility." BYU ScholarsArchive, 2016. https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/etd/6415.

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As the product-release cycle in the tech industry speeds up, there is more pressure on manufacturers to bring new products to market faster than ever. This puts a great deal of pressure on the suppliers of capital equipment used to manufacture these tech products. The supply chain agility of these suppliers is increasingly important. The purpose of this study is three-fold (1) to develop a methodology that can be used by any firm for measuring and ranking the agility of suppliers and finding the root causes of supplier agility, (2) to develop the first-ever fully quantitative measure of supply chain agility, and (3) to test if the supply chain management practices that are associated with agility in the academic literature are truly correlated with supply chain agility. Using the outlined methodology in this paper, the data suggest that the customer's current system and processes adequately met the need for short-notice, expedited build times. However, many processes and communications between the suppliers and customer have a lot of room for improvement that may positively impact the supply chain agility of suppliers. Since most every firm captures this same data, such as PO create dates and supplier ship dates, any firm can and should replicate this analysis to discover their suppliers' unique drivers of supply chain agility. Each supplier's historical agility was measured and ranked using historical order performance data. This agility score is the first of its kind to measure agility without the use of qualitative factors or self-reported measures of agility. Only three of the supply chain survey questions developed from or borrowed from the academic literature were correlated with supply chain agility in this study. Survey responses regarding the frequency of communication and information sharing are two examples of variables that were not associated with supplier supply chain agility. The only survey question response that was found to be positively correlated with supply chain agility involves the agile practice of delayed product differentiation. Contrary to the literature, two questions involving supplier-customer communication and the linking of order management system were found to be negatively correlated with supply chain agility. In regards to the non-survey, historical data, the independent variables that were correlated with agility highlighted the need for improved systems and processes between the suppliers and customer. Two examples of processes and systems that need improvement are expedited build time requests and PO swaps.

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Storå, Erik. "Towards scaled agility : A case study on successfully initiating agile transformations at large banks." Thesis, KTH, Skolan för industriell teknik och management (ITM), 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-279610.

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Large banks are facing challenges from a new regulatory and competitive landscape which have led to 30 % of banks adopting agile using the Scaled agile framework (SAFe). The transformation process towards agile is complex and has led to a change process covering aspects such as a product development, leadership and organizational design. Currently scientific knowledge on how to conduct an agile transformation successfully is lacking. The current explorative case study aimed to provide an empirical contribution assisting theory building in the field of scaled agile. Empirical data was collected through thirteen semi structured interviews, totaling ten hours combined with ten ethnographic observations spanning 34 hours. The subsequent findings identified four approaches to scaling agile combined with eight aspects of scaled agility providing a new depth regarding how to apply them and what to achieve. The four approaches identified were: creating a virtual organization, standardization of agile methods, unifying around one portfolio and, changing towards an agile mindset. The eight aspects include strategic agility, payoff agility, business agility, product agility, agile organization, tools agility, people agility, and organizational culture. The eight aspects where synthesized into a framework from the fields of agile software development, agile portfolio management, Scrum, SAFe, Lean, New product development, Lean product development, aspects of change, emergent change models, organizational design, resistance to change, and organizational culture. In addition, insights from previous agile transformations was conducted by researching benchmark studies of the bank ING. The results indicated an initial successful implementation as the interviewees expressed joy in working with the new methods. Furthermore an effective use of all four major approaches to scaling agile was evident. The results showed that the scope of the transformation kept growing and was managed through iterative improvements. Integration of already agile parts of the organization such as projects was enabled, and initial changes in leadership and delegation as well as new roles were managed. However some struggles remained regarding product development which could not be conducted in a fully agile way due to large releases and a regulated environment. In addition dependencies between different teams limited the creation of autonomous teams capable of delivering end to end. Furthermore as the work was visualized the amount spent on non value adding activites such as preparing low value task could be avoided, which however required extensive refinement. The focus on the new methods furthermore led to less time spent with customers. One challenge that emerged was that the virtual organization started to interfere with the traditional organization. A shift in power from hierarchies to teams took place. Aspects such as recruitment and rewards remained in the old structure highlighting a double organizational culture. This provides some uncertanty regarding further adaptions in the long run. The study has provided an empirical contribution as well as conceptualization of the approaches and aspects of scaled agility which provides hypothesis that assist future theory building. In addition the implications showed to be noteworthy from as sustainability pespective by enabling ecnomic benefits such as efficency and new IT-infrastrucutre combined with good jobs and limited enviromental impacts. To validate the results more studies could be performed at other companies, other parts of banks as well as more extensive data collection such as quantitative approaces and long term observations. Stora banker möter utmaningar från ett nya regleringar och ökad konkurrens som har lett till att 30% av bankerna har infört agila metoder genom Scaled agile framework (SAFe). Omvandlingsprocessen mot agile är komplex och leder till en förändringsprocess som täcker aspekter som produktutveckling, ledarskap och organisationsdesign och som för närvarande saknar vetenskaplig kunskap om hur den ska bedrivas framgångsrikt. Denna undersökande fallstudie syftade till att tillhandahålla ett empiriskt bidrag som hjälper till med teoriuppbyggnad inom området skalad agile genom hypotesformulering. Empiriska data samlades in genom tretton halvstrukturerade intervjuer, sammanlagt tio timmar, i kombination med tio etnografiska observationer som sträckte sig över 34 timmar. Från fynden identifierades fyra metoder för att skala agile i kombination med åtta aspekter av skalad agilitet som ger ett nytt djup angående tillämpningar av dem och vad man ska uppnå. De fyra identifierade tillvägagångssätten är: skapandet av en virtuell organisation, standardisering av agila metoder, förenande kring en portfölj och förändring mot ett agilt tankesätt. De åtta aspekterna inkluderar strategisk agility, payoff agility, business agility, produkt agility, agile organisation, tools agility, resurs agility och organisationskultur. De åtta aspekterna av scalad agilitet var syntetiserade till ett ramverk baserat på ämnesområdena agil programvaruutveckling, agil portföljhantering, Scrum, SAFe, Lean, New product development, Lean produktutveckling, aspekter av förändring, framväxande förändringsmodeller, organisationsdesign, motstånd mot förändring och organisatorisk kultur. Dessutom samlades insikter från tidigare agila transformationer på banker genom att undersöka en benchmarkstudie av banken ING. Resultaten visade på initiala framgångar i genomförande då intervjuobjekten uttryckte at de metoderna var givande att arbeta med. En framgångsrik användning av alla fyra huvudsakliga tillvägagångssätt för att scala agila metoder observerades. Resultaten visade att den planerade omfattningen av omvandlingen ökade under processens gång och hanterades genom iterativa förbättringar. Integrering av redan agila delar av organisationen som projekt möjliggjordes och initiala förändringar i ledarskap och delegering liksom nya roller hanterades. Vissa utmaningar återstod emellertid som berörde produktutveckling som inte kunde genomföras på ett fullständigt agilt sätt på grund av stora leveranser och den starkt reglerade miljön. Dessutom utgjorde beroenden mellan olika team en utmaning för införandet av autonoma end-to-end team. Eftersom arbetet visualiserades kunde man också undvika mängden arbete på aktiviteter som inte tillförde värde. Förberedandet av dessa uppgifter krävde omfattande tidskrävande förfining. En nackdel med det ökade arbetet mellan olika avdelningar var att dialogen med kunder minskade. En utmaning med den virtuella organisationen var att den störde den traditionella organisationen. Till exempel genom att fördela makt från tidigare hierarkier till nya team. Dessutom kvarstod aspekter som anställningar och belöningar inom den traditionella strukturen vilket ledde till en dubbel organisationskultur. Detta kan ge en viss osäkerhet när det gäller ytterligare anpassningar på lång sikt. Studien har gett ett empiriskt bidrag till agile såväl som en konceptualisering av såväl tillvägagångssätt som olika aspekter av skalad agilitet inför framtida teoriskapande. Dessutom visade sig den agila transformation vara positiv utifrån ett hållbarhetsperspektiv genom att möjliggöra ekonomiska fördelar som effektivitet och ny IT-infrastruktur kombinerat med ansenliga arbetsvillkor och icke ökande miljöpåverkan. För att validera resultaten kan fler studier behöva utföras hos andra företag, andra delar av banker, mer omfattande datainsamling inkluderande kvantitativa metoder och mera långsiktiga observationer.

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Kraska, Jenna M., Ann M. Kinser, Corey B. Whitted, et al. "Relationship of Isometric Peak Force and Rate of Force Development to Coaches Rank, Agility, and Agility Endurance Charactristics Among Female American Collegiate Football (Soccer) Players." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2007. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/4097.

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Gagel, Gretchen. "The Effects of Leadership Behaviors on Organization Agility| A Quantitative Study of 126 U.S.-Based Business Units." Thesis, Colorado State University, 2019. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10936134.

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Organizations face challenges related to swiftly and successfully adapting their products and services to meet the changing demands of the external environment to achieve long-term success. These challenges have prompted the study of organization agility, an organizational capability defined as the ability to swiftly and successfully change in order to achieve long-term financial success (Worley, Williams, & Lawler, 2014). Researchers have theorized that the behaviors and attributes of organization leaders impact organization agility (Worley et al., 2014; Holbeche, 2015). The purpose of this study was to conduct an inferential quantitative research study to determine if leadership behaviors predict organization agility. The research sample included 126 U.S.-based business units within 47 organizations with greater than 1,000 employees. Organization agility was measured using the Agility Survey (short-form) developed by Worley, Williams, and Lawler (2014) to generate a Total Agility Score. The leadership behaviors and attributes of the business unit leaders were measured using the Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ-5X; Avolio & Bass, 2004). Confirmatory and exploratory factor analysis determined an alternative five-construct model of leadership behaviors and attributes for this data set. Simultaneous linear regression determined that the leadership behaviors found to predict higher levels of organization agility included (a) exploratory behaviors that support a culture of discovering new ways to solve problems and conduct business, (b) latitude behaviors that provide employees with a high degree of freedom and responsibility in achieving work results and resolving issues, (c) visionary behaviors that create a clear organization purpose and mission that define the “why” of the organization’s existence, and (d) reflective behaviors that cause leaders to challenge their own assumptions and create mechanisms for the organization to do so as well. Simultaneous linear regression analysis also determined that leadership behaviors related to power and structure predict lower levels of organization agility. In addition to the original research question, results were reported comparing the Total Agility Score for organization groups divided by type of organization, size of organization, and year founded; and for business unit groups divided by business unit leader gender and size of business unit. Inspection of these results’ means indicated that the Total Agility Score for for-profit organizations (M = 3.97) was significantly higher than the Total Agility Score for nonprofits/government agencies ( M = 3.67), a difference of .30 on a 5-point Likert scale ( p = .009) and with a larger than typical effect size (d = .77). Inspection of the results also indicated that the Total Agility Score for organizations with 1,000 to 6,000 employees (M = 3.99) was significantly higher than the Total Agility Score for organizations with greater than 6,000 employees (M = 3.83; p = .038) with an effect size between smaller than typical or medium ( d = .37). This research study contributes to the body of knowledge of organization agility by informing scholars, practitioners, and organization leaders as to the leadership behaviors and attributes that predict both higher and lower levels of organization agility. Several additional research studies are suggested that would enhance knowledge related to the conceptual frameworks and theories of organization agility and leadership.

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NKume-Kwene, Samuel Ngole, and Fred Tanyi Besong. "Managing Logistical Complexity: Agility and Quality in Newspaper Distribution : An Empirical Study of Herenco Distribution AB." Thesis, Jönköping University, JIBS, EMM (Entrepreneurship, Marketing, Management), 2009. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-9583.

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IntroductionOvertime the execution and control of business activities to meet and even exceed customer satisfac-tion has become an absolute top priority. This is because with an increase in the demand for diverse products and services of quality in unprecedented numbers, there is an automatic injection of complexi-ty into the activities and processes which companies undertake in order to fulfill customer satisfaction. This complexity which could be logistical in nature is usually centered on the provision of quality prod-ucts and services on a timely basis for customer satisfaction. In order to keep this complexity aspect in check while fulfilling customer satisfaction, there is the need to manage the different facets of complex-ity that relate to quality and agility.PurposeThe purpose of this study is to understand the managerial actions on the logistical challenges of quality and agility in a Newspaper Distribution Company.MethodIn order to fulfill the purpose, the authors undertook a qualitative-single case study following an induc-tive approach. Interviews were conducted with two managers and these were basically face-to-face in-terviews though we also conducted some of the interviews by phone.FindingsManaging complexity challenges of quality and agility requires the utilization of Total Quality Manage-ment (TQM), Just-in-Time (JIT) and Information flow (IF). Through the utilization of TQM, quality standards are enhanced through continuous improvement and the pursuit of excellence in the activities of the company. JIT as a philosophy helps in the elimination of waste and in the speeding up of processes within a company’s supply chain that result to the timely delivery of goods and services to customers in order to enhance customer satisfaction. Also, Information flow through the aid of diverse technologies such as mobile phones, radio phones, the internet, the World Wide Web, Customer Rela-tionship Management systems, Structured Query Language relational database but also word of mouth transmission have helped in the facilitation of decision making in the company relating to the delivery of quality products and services in an agile or responsive manner for customer satisfaction.Practical and Theoretical ImplicationThe attainment of the requisites of agility while maintaining delivery quality may not be sufficient to enhance customer satisfaction. The information in the model provides management with a pathway to follow in solving logistical challenges towards enhancing customer satisfaction. The study offers theory development opportunities.OriginalityA model of logistical complexity management was designed for the attainment of customer satisfaction.

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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 réseau A 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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Conforto, Edivandro Carlos. "Modelo e ferramenta para avaliação da agilidade no gerenciamento de projetos." Universidade de São Paulo, 2013. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18156/tde-24042013-143146/.

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As pesquisas com o objetivo de relacionar o uso de práticas do gerenciamento ágil, desempenho e sucesso do projeto apresentam limitações como baixa qualidade semântica de construtos, dados e instrumentos de coleta com escalas subjetivas e pouco confiáveis, impedindo a verificação da eficácia dessas práticas. Outro problema é a tentativa de relacioná-las diretamente com o desempenho ou sucesso do projeto. Neste trabalho discute-se a hipótese de que a adoção de práticas dessa teoria e o desempenho do projeto não possuem relacionamento direto. Propõe-se a tese de que há um elemento intermediário, denominado neste trabalho de construto agilidade, que pode ser designado como um desempenho. As práticas provenientes da teoria de gerenciamento ágil (ditas ágeis), em conjunto com outros fatores ambientais, contribuiriam para o desempenho em agilidade, e este, por sua vez contribuiria para o desempenho e sucesso do projeto. Considerando esta hipótese, são três os objetivos desta pesquisa: 1) definir agilidade em gerenciamento de projetos; 2) propor um modelo conceitual capaz de explicar a relação entre práticas de gestão de projetos, fatores críticos organizacionais e o desempenho em agilidade, verificando-o; e 3) propor uma ferramenta de diagnóstico da agilidade em gerenciamento de projetos para profissionais, fundamentada no conhecimento contido no modelo conceitual proposto. O modelo conceitual foi concebido a partir de uma definição de agilidade para gerenciamento de projetos, construída com base em revisões sistemáticas e o uso da técnica de semântica de frames. Em seguida, foi realizada uma primeira verificação em campo do modelo por meio de um levantamento (survey) em 171 projetos inovadores, selecionados a partir de grupos de profissionais da rede social LinkedIn, além de um estudo de caso considerando 4 projetos de uma empresa usuária do gerenciamento ágil. Os resultados demonstraram que o modelo conceitual de agilidade proposto é coerente, pois reproduziu a relação entre práticas, fatores ambientais e o conceito agilidade. Foram identificados os fatores ambientais mais relevantes para o desempenho em agilidade, por exemplo: disponibilidade do cliente para participar ativamente do projeto e dedicação e autonomia dos membros do time de projeto. O conhecimento adquirido na construção e teste do modelo conceitual foi utilizado no desenvolvimento de uma proposta inicial de uma ferramenta de diagnóstico da agilidade. Seu objetivo é auxiliar os profissionais na medição do nível de agilidade e a situação dos projetos, e assim, orientá-los quanto ao uso de práticas gerenciais de maneira mais objetiva e específica, de acordo com o ambiente do projeto. Um teste preliminar desta ferramenta foi conduzido em uma empresa de consultoria em T.I., por meio de levantamento em 12 projetos. Os resultados deste teste preliminar indicaram o potencial da ferramenta para identificar projetos com discrepâncias em relação ao uso de práticas gerenciais, o ambiente organizacional e o desempenho em agilidade. Esta pesquisa tem ao menos três contribuições originais com potenciais implicações para teoria e prática. São elas: 1) a proposição e verificação preliminar de um modelo conceitual, contendo a definição do conceito agilidade e as 5 dimensões; 2) a proposição de variáveis e instrumentos sobre como medir a agilidade no gerenciamento de projetos; e 3) a proposta de uma ferramenta de diagnóstico do nível de desempenho em agilidade em gerenciamento de projetos voltada para profissionais. A group of researchers has attempted to investigate the correlation between the practices from the agile project management (APM) theory to project performance and success. This body of researches has presented limitations such as the lack of robust constructs and poor data analysis to identify precisely the effectiveness of such practices. In addition, there is a misunderstanding regarding the existence of a straightforward and causal link between APM practices and the level of success in projects and performance. In this study, we have proposed an alternative, more robust view to deal with this assumption. Our hypothesis considers the existence and the influence of a third element, an intermediate construct, called agility concept. The APM theory (so-called agile practices) along with some critical factors could be the contributor of an agility performance. Therefore, a better agility performance might affect the overall performance of the project, as well as its success. Given this new assumption, this thesis has three main goals: 1) to define agility in project management; 2) to propose and verify a theoretical framework aimed to explain the relationship between project management practices, organizational critical factors and the agility performance; and 3) to propose a self-assessment tool for professionals and companies based on the knowledge and experience acquired on this research, designed specially to measure the agility performance level of the project management. Based on systematic review and frame semantic analysis, this thesis proposes a theoretical framework containing a rigorous definition of the agility concept applied to the project management theory. The framework was empirically tested through a survey containing 171 innovative projects, selected from practice communities in the LinkedIn® social network, as well as 4 projects on an in-depth case study, carried out in a company that applies agile project management practices. The results showed that the theoretical framework is coherent and was considered useful to explain the relationship between agile practices, the agility critical factors and the variables from the agility construct. Moreover, the framework helped to identify the most relevant factors for the agility performance, e.g. customer availability (to be involved in the project development), as well autonomy and commitment of the project team members. As a result of these findings, the acquired experience and knowledge were both applied in the design of a self-assessment tool to measure the level of the agility performance in project management. This tool was submitted to a preliminary empirical test in an IT consulting firm, throughout a survey of 12 projects. This research has at least three original contributions along with potential theoretical and practical implications: 1) it provides a precise and robust definition for the agility concept in project management theory; 2) it proposes a theoretical framework along with its 5 dimensions, variables and tools describing how to measure the agility in the project management field; and 3) from the practitioners perspective it provides a practical tool for the agility measurement in project management.

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Guzman-Marco, Angelo, Sebastian Paredes-Robalino, Edgar Ramos, and Fernando Sotelo-Raffo. "Leagile model in the avocado supply chain: Case study in huaral, peru." Springer, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10757/656025.

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El texto completo de este trabajo no está disponible en el Repositorio Académico UPC por restricciones de la casa editorial donde ha sido publicado. Avocado exports have increased considerably between 2016 and 2019 in Peru. For this reason, it is important that farmers develop strategies in their supply chain that will generate dwell value for their final product. In response to the above, Supply Chain Management Leagile (SCM Leagile) surface. This supply chain strategy Reduce processes that do not generate value to the product and have to rapid response to the constant change in demand for avocado to the international market. The objective of this paper is present a model of SCM Leagile which can be used by the farmers in various agrifood supply chains.

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Östlund, Joel, and Filip Eriksson. "Evaluation of Software License Management Frameworks for Grid Environments : The Four Ts for Agile Systems." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Ekonomiska informationssystem, 2014. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-104419.

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Business Agility could be the means to survive in a competitive environment of continuous andunanticipated change and to respond quickly to rapidly changing, fragmenting global markets that are catered by competitors. To leverage the potential benefits of Business Agility, many companies use Information Technology as a major force for augmenting their agility. The topic of increasing Business Agility through Information Technology has been pervasively studied in research papers. And in the context of this thesis, we will investigate research papers in order to develop an evaluation model for facilitating making informed decisions regarding agile Information Systems in computational Grid environments. The Information Systems in this thesis will focus on license management systems, which is an intricate but coherently integrated blend of many different modules compiled as a technical solution that enables software license management. We will use our evaluation model to compare license management frameworks, easily grasped as a draft for a license management system, for Grid environments and also underpin it with a case study on an in-use license management system in order to strengthen its business applicability. The research was conducted as a qualitative comparison and a case study, combining both research papers and a real business context in order to fulfill the goals and purposes of this thesis. The results of the analysis implies that most of the license management frameworks for Grid environments lacks various details needed for making a feasible implementation in a certain business context, whilst those that have been trialed in a real business situation fulfilled almost every aspect of our evaluation model. The conclusion drawn is that our evaluation model is a seemingly good start for making informed decisions when choosing or designing an agile license management system for Grid environments

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Nyambandi, Fradreck. "Factors affecting the agility and implementation of business process management in a selected FET college in the Western Cape, South Africa." Thesis, Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11838/2352.

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Thesis (MTech (Business Information Systems))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2016. The global business environment has for a number of years been changing progressively faster and as a result, organisations are concentrating on becoming more agile to survive the contemporary business environment. The educational institutions are un-spared from the fast, progressive change. This change is making it difficult for educational institutions to cope with the competitive environment, thereby affecting business agility and the implementation of Business Process Management (BPM). This study seeks to explore what factors are affecting the agility and implementation of Business Process Management at a Further Education and Training (FET) college. The researcher of this dissertation’s view of the world or ontology is that of subjectivism. The research design utilises an interpretivist approach with a qualitative paradigm orientation. Additionally, the study adopts an inductive approach or argument which upholds that true statements, one after the other, can lead to a probable accurate conclusion or theory. This research uses a case study where data is gathered from key management staff and IT experts at the FET College (FETC), using semi-structured questionnaires by means of interviews. An overview of the findings indicates a lack of resources, lack of conduciveness to the teaching and learning environment, lack of collaboration, outdated curriculum, and resistance to change as factors impeding the FETC’s ability to respond to the competitive environment and implementation of Business Process Management. The lack of capabilities, incorrect risk management, culture of change as well as non-alignment of business processes (BPs) with the vision of the FETC, are factors preventing the College from being more agile and creating value for its clients. Furthermore, there is a high misuse of the registration and bursary processes by students. To conclude, the FETC needs to find alternative means besides the main source—government—to source resources. The FETC needs to be more agile and flexible in order to retain clients and remain sustainable in the industry. Furthermore, the FETC needs to improve on its business processes (BPs) and physical security. It is recommended that the FETC manages the correct risks in order to change and remain competitive in the industry. The FET environment necessitates interconnected registration and bursary processes to optimise the use of resources. The registration processes need to be re-engineered in order to facilitate early registration. Security needs to be improved and effective strategic management put in place.

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Nesrine, Abdel Halim Abdel Mohsen El Tawy. "The impact of buyer supplier partnership on FMCG's supply chain agility : a grounded theory approach." Thesis, Brunel University, 2014. http://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/13872.

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This research study investigated the influence of maintaining a partnership form of relationship between a Fast Moving Consumer Goods (FMCG) multinational company and its core suppliers, on their abilities to achieve supply chain agility. It took place within the Middle East region, where the in-depth case study used for data collection was Unilever (North Africa Middle East). The research also focused on the role played by information technology within Unilever’s (North Africa Middle East) partnership with its core suppliers and the achievement of a high level of agility within their supply chain. In addition to these two main aims, the research also focused on exploring the required attributes of supply chain agility within FMCG industry and also to explore the attributes of buyer-supplier partnership required to help the companies working within this type of industry to achieve agility within their supply chain. To achieve the aims and objectives of this research, this study used qualitative methods for collecting rich and valuable data. Several data collection methods under the umbrella of the in-depth case study approach were used. The methodological approach used by the research was the Grounded Theory approach (Strauss and Corbin, 1990-1998). Data was collected from the case study managerial level in Unilever’s (North Africa Middle East) main clusters within the Middle East in three different rounds, using semi-structured interviews. Data was also collected from five core suppliers for Unilever (North Africa Middle East). The research also used other data collection means, such as documents collected during the researcher’s visits to the case studies and observation. Data was analysed using the steps and procedures of the Grounded Theory approach (Strauss and Corbin, 1990-1998). Data analysis took place in three interrelated iterative steps: open coding process, axial coding process followed by the selective coding process, leading to the generated theory of the research. The findings of the study, as presented in the research’s generated theory, showed that the partnership, with its attributes explored during the research, between Unilever (North Africa Middle East) and its core suppliers can be considered as the starting driver helping the companies working within this type of industry to achieve a higher level of supply chain agility, through the attributes explored during the research. The generated theory also showed that the role played by information technology can be considered as the catalyst in this equation. It played the role of channelling the relationship between the two concepts: buyer-supplier partnership and supply chain agility. Information technology can be considered as the catalyst because the evidence indicates that without it the relationship between Unilever (North Africa Middle East) supplier partnership and supply chain agility would struggle to be achieved. In more detailed, 43 open codes had been derived from the first analysis coding process, and which were derived under the main pre-determined themes: FMCGs industry-based features, Buyer-supplier relationships, Information sharing and information technology, and Agility. These 43 open codes provided the basis for stages 2 and 3 of the analysis. In the axial coding process (the second data analysis), the axial sub categories and the axial categories were determined and the axial paradigm model was used in the analysis. In the final coding process: the selective analysis, the core category of the research was determined to be ‘Partnership existence with core suppliers’. The relationship of this core category with the other elements in the paradigm model namely: casual conditions, context, intervening conditions, action/interactional strategies, and consequences. The research has its own Theoretical, Methodological, and Managerial contributions. Among these contributions is that it can be considered a novel research, using a grounded theory approach to generate a theory, showing the relationship between buyer-supplier partnership and supply chain agility in this dimensional manner.

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Wendler, Roy [Verfasser], Susanne [Akademischer Betreuer] [Gutachter] Strahringer, and Werner [Gutachter] Esswein. "Towards a Maturity Model to Measure Organizational Agility in the Software and IT Services Industry / Roy Wendler ; Gutachter: Susanne Strahringer, Werner Esswein ; Betreuer: Susanne Strahringer." Dresden : Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://d-nb.info/1119362261/34.

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Wendler, Roy [Verfasser], Susanne [Akademischer Betreuer] Strahringer, and Werner [Gutachter] Esswein. "Towards a Maturity Model to Measure Organizational Agility in the Software and IT Services Industry / Roy Wendler ; Gutachter: Susanne Strahringer, Werner Esswein ; Betreuer: Susanne Strahringer." Dresden : Saechsische Landesbibliothek- Staats- und Universitaetsbibliothek Dresden, 2016. http://nbn-resolving.de/urn:nbn:de:bsz:14-qucosa-209623.

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Durtas, Baspinar Pelin Canan. "Financial Strategic Planning And Knowledge Management : A Comparative Case Study On Turkish Banking Sector." Master's thesis, METU, 2012. http://etd.lib.metu.edu.tr/upload/12615081/index.pdf.

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ABSTRACT FINANCIAL STRATEGIC PLANNING AND KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT: A COMPARATIVE CASE STUDY ON TURKISH BANKING SECTOR DURTAS BASPINAR, Canan Pelin M.Sc., Science and Technology Policy Studies Supervisor: Dr. Nusret G&uuml &ccedil l&uuml September 2012, 103 pages It is not easy to set up a knowledge management system (KMS) in banking due to the size of large services, the variety of products, dealing with large information, serving under high cost pressure and highly competitive market conditions. This thesis proposes that strategic management is a knowledge processing outcome, and should be an integral part of the financial strategic planning (FSP), which is essential in the agility of financial organizations.. This thesis will explore a FSP model that is developed by merging and integrating the two models &ldquo The new knowledge management&rdquo (Firestone &amp McElroy, 2003) and &ldquo APQC Process Classification Framework&rdquo (APQC, 2011). In light of the merged models a measurable indicator set is defined based on the literature and the researcher&rsquo s personal experience. To validate the thesis, two case studies have been carried out by using qualitative and a participatory approach in one foreign owned and one jointly controlled bank in Turkey in order to validate the model. Since the case studies consist of specific information on the studied banks, the details are presented separately in a technical paper. The main findings of the case studies show that two different knowledge management (KM) approaches &ldquo The new knowledge management&rdquo and &ldquo APQC Process Classification Framework&rdquo can be combined in a unified model which can be used to increase agility in turbulent economic environments.

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Lediju, Tonia. "Leadership agility in the public sector| Understanding the impact of public sector managers on the organizational commitment and performance of Millennial employees." Thesis, Saybrook University, 2016. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=10174150.

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This exploratory, sequential, mixed methods study examined the conditions and approaches of public sector leaders who cultivate committed, productive public sector Millennial employees and determine the extent to which these conditions reflect leadership agility. Leadership agility is the ability to lead effectively in times of rapid change, uncertainty, and mounting complexity and when success requires consideration of multiple views and priorities. A total of 81 leaders and Millennials from across three levels of government were involved in the study. Phase 1 consisted of an online questionnaire of leaders who manage Millennial direct reports and Millennials in the public sector to measure managers’ leadership actions and their effect on Millennial subordinates’ organizational commitment and productivity. Phase 2 involved a focus group of managers and a focus group of Millennials to discuss and interpret the survey results. Study findings indicated that the public sector leaders who participated in this study regularly demonstrated the 18 leadership behaviors measured, although both leaders and Millennials wanted leaders to practice these behaviors more frequently. All 18 behaviors were believed to enhance Millennials’ organizational commitment and productivity. Participants reported they would like public sector leaders to increase their expert leadership by becoming highly competent. Additionally, participants reported that agile leadership behaviors have a significant impact on Millennials’ organizational commitment and productivity. These findings suggest that public sector leaders should develop their abilities to demonstrate expert, achiever, catalyst, and co-creator leadership and organizations should define performance standards that correspond to these traits. Additionally, leaders are advised to strengthen their leadership competence and better communicate their vision and be consistent in carrying and pointing out how the organization is meeting its goals. Regarding their direct interactions with Millennials, leaders need to (a) ensure they are readily and regularly accessible to their Millennial direct reports and (b) cultivate their willingness and tactics for welcoming their staff members’ personal and professional aspects.

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Horlach, Bettina [Verfasser]. "Shaping the IT Function for the Digital Age – Re-Designing and Re-Conceptualizing IT Governance Decision Areas and Business IT Alignment for Organizational Agility / Bettina Horlach." Hamburg : Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg Carl von Ossietzky, 2021. http://d-nb.info/1236695070/34.

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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 Science In 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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Wachauf-Tautermann, Sebastian, and Stefanie Weichert. "Impact of External Situational Factors on the Agility of Humanitarian Supply Chains : A Case Study of Haiti Earthquake 2010." Thesis, Internationella Handelshögskolan, Högskolan i Jönköping, IHH, Företagsekonomi, 2015. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-26515.

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Background Developing, emerging and developed countries are vulnerable to disasters and might require external assistance to cope with their aftermaths. It is forecasted that disasters will increase five-fold over the next 50 years. In an environment, which is characterized by many uncertainties, humanitarian supply chains are created to provide disaster relief in a highly complex and dynamic setting. This environment is unique for every disaster, where infrastructure, government, physical, socio-economic and security situational factors can either facilitate or restrict humanitarian operations. Agile supply chain principles enable humanitarian organizations to quickly respond to disasters. Purpose The purpose of this thesis is to explore and analyze the impact of external situational factors on the agility of humanitarian supply chains and humanitarian organizations’ actions taken to address those external situational factors during the immediate response phase of an emergency event. Methodology For the purpose of this study a combination of an inductive and deductive research approach was applied. The study was of exploratory and qualitative nature with a single case study in its focus. Empirical data was collected by conducting semi-structured interviews with nine respondents involved in the disaster relief operations of Haiti Earthquake 2010. Empirical findings were analyzed by using the template analysis. Conclusion External situational factors have a strong impact on capabilities enabling humanitarian supply chains to be agile during the immediate response phase. Humanitarian organizations are able to reduce the negative impact of external situational factors while in other cases the negative impact of external situational factors is further intensified by actions taken by humanitarian organizations. Furthermore, humanitarian organizations are able to utilize and enhance some of the positive impacts of external situational factors. However, the initially positive impact of some external situational factors may be reduced by inappropriate actions taken by humanitarian organizations. Therefore, understanding the context of the disaster’s broader environment is a prerequisite to an effective emergency response.

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Rystadius, Gustaf, David Monell, and Linus Mautner. "The dynamic management revolution of Big Data : A case study of Åhlen’s Big Data Analytics operation." Thesis, Jönköping University, Internationella Handelshögskolan, 2020. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:hj:diva-48959.

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Background: The implementation of Big Data Analytics (BDA) has drastically increased within several sectors such as retailing. Due to its rapidly altering environment, companies have to adapt and modify their business strategies and models accordingly. The concepts of ambidexterity and agility are said to act as mediators to these changes in relation to a company’s capabilities within BDA. Problem: Research within the respective fields of dynamic mediators and BDAC have been conducted, but the investigation of specific traits of these mediators, their interconnection and its impact on BDAC is scant. This actuality is seen as a surprise from scholars, calling for further empirical investigation. Purpose: This paper sought to empirically investigate what specific traits of ambidexterity and agility that emerged within the case company of Åhlen’s BDA-operation, and how these traits are interconnected. It further studied how these traits and their interplay impacts the firm's talent and managerial BDAC. Method: A qualitative case study on the retail firm Åhlens was conducted with three participants central to the firm's BDA-operation. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with questions derived from the conceptual framework based upon reviewed literature and pilot interviews. The data was then analyzed and matched to literature using a thematic analysis approach. Results: Five ambidextrous traits and three agile traits were found within Åhlen’s BDA-operation. Analysis of these traits showcased a clear positive impact on Åhlen’s BDAC, when properly interconnected. Further, it was found that in absence of such interplay, the dynamic mediators did not have as positive impact and occasionally even disruptive effects on the firm’s BDAC. Hence it was concluded that proper connection between the mediators had to be present in order to successfully impact and enhance the capabilities.

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Hangwei, Qian. "Dynamic Resource Management of Cloud-Hosted Internet Applications." Case Western Reserve University School of Graduate Studies / OhioLINK, 2012. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1338317801.

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Llamas, Zogbi Valentina Maria. "Towards an agile methodology for industrial problem solving." Phd thesis, Toulouse, INPT, 2017. http://oatao.univ-toulouse.fr/19421/1/LLAMAS_ZOGBI_Valentina_Maria.pdf.

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In order to survive to the unstable and highly changing market-place, modern organisations need to adapt their business processes to be more agile. Such is, particularly, the case of problem solving processes. Problem solving is a key activity that companies perform on a daily basis to improve quality and to obtain sustainable and continuous improvement. Such processes are built following standard rigid frameworks as Plan, Do, Check, Act (PDCA), Define, Measure, Analyse, Improve, Control (DMAIC), or 8 Disciplines (8D)/ 9 Steps (9S). In these methods, the generalization and reuse of knowledge is facilitated by standardization. However, it is sometimes difficult to react to unexpected events due to over-constrained standards. Then, a need arises to define a problem solving process sufficiently structured but not over constrained by standards, which can be reconfigured and adapted to unexpected situations, and that is based on experience feedback principles. This thesis work describes a proposition of an agile problem solving process driven by the reuse of experiences and knowledge. For this purpose, based on Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) principles, the complete lifecycle of an agile problem solving process is proposed. Following the five steps that compose the agile lifecycle, the agile process can be defined, executed and stored in a dedicated knowledge and experience base. An application of the model to a specific problem solving process of a surface treatment company is presented. The process is analysed, deploying the complete agile lifecycle. It is shown how the standard problem solving method used within the company could become more agile through the application of our method.

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Martin, Steven A. "Culture of Control and its Relationship to Successful Large Scale Agile Transformations." Franklin University / OhioLINK, 2021. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=frank1620731439153882.

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Sánchez, Garzón Felipe. "Supporting the transformation of a company's project management by elaborating an invariant-based project management maturity model and a causal predictive model between maturity criteria and project performance." Electronic Thesis or Diss., Université de Lorraine, 2019. http://www.theses.fr/2019LORR0245.

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Cette thèse CIFRE, réalisée au sein de SOPRA STERIA, apporte une contribution sur l’élaboration d’un modèle causal entre la maturité de la gestion de projet et les performances du projet et propose une méthodologie pour construire une architecture d'un système de prévision des performances d’un projet. Pour élaborer une telle architecture, il nous a fallu définir des modèles décrivant de façon rigoureuse et abstraite ce qu’est la maturité de la gestion de projet et une méthode explicitant la relation causale entre cette maturité et les performances des projets, notamment la réduction du risque de surcoûts. Nos travaux se déclinent dans les contributions suivantes : - Proposition d’un modèle de maturité pour l’évaluation de la maturité de la gestion de projet, plus abstrait et concis que ceux qui existent. - Application du modèle proposé dans le contexte de l’Industrie 4.0 (gestion de projet agile). Nous avons utilisé ce modèle pour développer une méthodologie permettant de passer de la gestion de projet classique à la gestion de projet agile. - Choix d’une technique de modélisation causale, dans le champ de l’Intelligence Artificielle, adaptée au domaine du management de projet. - Proposition d’une méthode pour construire un modèle de réseaux bayésiens permettant d’expliciter le lien entre maturité de gestion de projet et risque de surcoût. Nos propositions ont été validées à partir de l’expertise de consultants et de données issues de grands projets d’ingénierie. Des travaux futurs pourront porter sur l’adaptation du modèle à d’autres types de projets et sur la prise en compte des compétences métiers This thesis, performed in collaboration with the company SOPRA STERIA, proposes the architecture of a system for predicting the performance of a project. To develop such an architecture, we defined what project management maturity is in a rigorous and abstract way. Then we develop a methodology to create models that explain the causal relationship between project management maturity and the operational performance of projects, specifically the predicting cost overrun risks in engineering projects. Our work has the following contributions: - Proposal of a maturity model for project management evaluation more abstract and concise than the existing ones - Application of the proposed model to projects in the specific industrial environment (agile project management). We used that model to develop a methodology to move from classical project management to agile project management. - Choice of a causal modeling technique, in the field of Artificial Intelligence, adapted to the world of project management. - Proposal of a methodology to clarify the link between project management maturity and cost overrun risks in engineering projects. Our proposals were validated on the expertise of consultants and data from large engineering projects. Nevertheless, our methodology and models are general enough to go beyond the strict framework of these sectors

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Pertilla, Franzelle. "Reshaping Management Effectiveness and Its Effect on Organizational Resilience in Multinational Enterprises." ScholarWorks, 2018. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/5248.

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Given the state of accelerating change in technology, globalization, and society, long-term planning has become challenging, thus improving organizational resilience to environmental change has become more important. The management problem addressed the need for strategies to improve organization resilience in the face of environmental change. The purpose of this phenomenological study was to explore the lived experiences of managers to use a firm's human, financial, and technological resources to improve organizational resilience. The lived experiences of organizational leaders in addressing organizational resilience was the central research question. The conceptual framework was built on the World Economic Forum's National Resilience Beta Framework and Kotter's 8-stage process. Data collection involved interviews with 21 managers from American multinational enterprises. Collected data were sorted by use of open and axial coding techniques. The findings of this study underscored the need for leaders to make management capability a priority toward building resilient firms. Management strategies including management intent, data driven decision making, enlightened leadership, and continued building of relationships with stakeholders improved organizational resilience. In reshaping managerial effectiveness and capability, the study's findings may contribute to social change by encouraging collaboration among leaders and stakeholders to effect strategies for organizational and environmental resilience.

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Tudesco, Ana Paula Kloeckner. "Gerenciamento ágil de projetos : fatores de sucesso determinantes da agilidade e facilitadores de resultados inovadores." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/96506.

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No contexto da gestão de projetos surgiram novas abordagens com o objetivo de acompanharem mudanças no ambiente de negócio com agilidade e gerando assim resultados inovadores no desenvolvimento de novas tecnologias, produtos e serviços. O Gerenciamento Ágil de Projetos (GAP) surgiu a partir da união de alguns princípios e valores, os quais têm como principal diferencial das demais abordagens em gestão de projetos o foco nos indivíduos. Considerando esse foco, é necessário evidenciar quais fatores podem estar associados ao sucesso de implementação do GAP para a obtenção da agilidade e de resultados inovadores. Dessa forma, o objetivo geral do presente estudo é identificar os fatores de sucesso do gerenciamento ágil de projetos e de que maneira podem contribuir, através das práticas do gerenciamento ágil, na obtenção da agilidade e resultados inovadores em projetos. Os objetivos específicos são: (i) identificar as práticas, fatores de sucesso, indicadores e ferramentas do gerenciamento ágil de projetos evidenciados na literatura; (ii) identificar a importância desses fatores de sucesso para determinar a agilidade e facilitar a inovação; (iii)identificar as práticas associadas aos fatores de sucesso evidenciados no presente estudo entre profissionais da área; (iv) caracterizar e estruturar uma estrutura de implementação do gerenciamento ágil de projetos com base nos fatores de sucesso identificados em uma empresa de serviços. Para responder a cada um dos objetivos apresentados, o presente trabalho foi estruturado na forma de três artigos, associados a cada um dos objetivos específicos apresentados. Assim, o trabalho foi composto por uma revisão sistemática de literatura (Artigo 1), uma pesquisa do tipo survey (Artigo 2) e um estudo de caso (Artigo 3). O primeiro artigo identificou os fatores de sucesso, assim como as práticas, indicadores e benefícios do GAP. No segundo artigo, selecionou-se seis fatores de sucesso relacionados ao foco nos indivíduos (autonomia, coordenação, colaboração, comunicação, flexibilidade e aprendizado contínuo) e após verificou-se a importância de cada um deles para a determinação da agilidade e facilitação para a geração de resultados inovadores. Já no terceiro artigo foi realizado um estudo de caso, composto por entrevistas em profundidade com profissionais com experiência em GAP para obter um diagnóstico da área de projetos de uma empresa de serviços. O resultado final foi a caracterização e estruturação de uma estrutura de implementação para a empresa em estudo. Os resultados da presente dissertação não podem ser generalizados, entretanto, procuram esclarecer alguns elementos associados ao sucesso do Gerenciamento Ágil de Projetos, servindo como um guia para próximos estudos. In the context of project management, new approaches emerged aiming to monitor changes in the business environment with agility and generating innovative in developing new technologies, products and services results. The Agile Project Management (APM) arose from the union of some principles and values, which have in the focus on individuals the main difference from other approaches in project management. Given this focus, it is necessary to show which factors may be associated with successful implementation of GAP to obtain the agility and innovative results. Thus, the overall goal of this study is to identify the success factors of agile project management and how they can contribute, through the practices of agile management in achieving results in agility and innovative projects. The specific objectives are: (i) identify practices, success factors, indicators and agile management tools highlighted projects in the literature, (ii) identify the importance of these success factors to determine the speed and facilitate the generation of innovation results; (iii) identify practices associated with the success factors highlighted in this study between professionals; (iv) characterize a format and structure for implementation of agile project management based on the success factors identified in a service company. To answer each of the objectives presented, this paper was structured as three items associated with each of the specific objectives presented. Thus, the work was composed of a systematic literature review (Article 1), a research -type survey (Article 2) and a case study (Article 3) . The first article identified the success factors as well as the practices, indicators and benefits of GAP. In the second article, we selected six success factors related to the focus on individuals (autonomy, coordination, collaboration, communication, flexibility and continuous learning) and after it was found the importance of each in determining the agility and facilitation for generating innovative results. In the third article, a case study, consisting of interviews with professionals with experience in GAP for a diagnosis of the project area of a service business was conducted. The end result was the characterization and structure of a format implementation for the company under study. The results of this dissertation can’t be generalized, however, seek to clarify some elements associated with successful Agile Project Management, serving as a guide for future studies.

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Iskanius, P. (Päivi). "An agile supply chain for a project-oriented steel product network." Doctoral thesis, University of Oulu, 2006. http://urn.fi/urn:isbn:9514281489.

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Abstract Agility – namely, the ability of a supply chain to rapidly respond to changes in market and customer demands – is regarded as the bearer of competitive advantage in today's business world. The need for agility has traditionally been associated with supply chains in high technology industry products. However, traditional industries also face similar challenges in terms of speed, flexibility, increased product diversity and customization. This study contributes to the discussion on agility in supply chain management (SCM) and provides a novel focus on the development of an agile supply chain in a traditional industry. The object of this study is the development of an agile supply chain in a steel product network in the Raahe area in Northern Finland. The case network is undergoing a shift towards project-oriented business, where quick responses are the priority and agility is recognised as the facilitating factor. Using a constructive approach, an agile supply chain for a steel product network, SteelNet system, is developed. SteelNet system functions through the Internet and agent software technology. In identifying the new challenges raised by advanced information and communication technologies (ICT) in the development of an agile supply chain, the study presents some valuable ICT options for SCM. Following a review of the current understanding of agility in SCM literature, the study identifies the key elements of agile supply chains and proposes a four-dimensional agile supply chain framework by which to assess levels of agility. Using the framework, the study describes how the key elements appear in the case network. The study assesses the change process, and the necessary improvement steps, towards agility. It is concluded that agile supply chains have a major role also in traditional industry, and comprehensive implementation of ICT throughout the chain is of utmost importance in the development of an agile supply chain. Further insights to the discussion on agility are provided, and these and the conclusions extend a drawbridge to other companies and business networks in traditional industry to consider the clear advantages to developing their own agile supply chains.

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Almeida, Luís Fernando Magnanini de. "Características, fatores críticos e indicadores de agilidade no gerenciamento de projetos de produtos inovadores." Universidade Federal de São Carlos, 2012. https://repositorio.ufscar.br/handle/ufscar/3703.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:51:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 4571.pdf: 2835932 bytes, checksum: 857c4fae6471592b22f205d753d4cdcd (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-08-13 Financiadora de Estudos e Projetos The theory of project management presents difficulties when applied to the development of innovative products. To solve these difficulties, a series of management methods were created. These methods receive the nomenclature of agile project management and increase the agility of the management process which would be a strategy to deal with the difficulties in those particular projects. However, the concept of agility is vague in the project management theory and the studies found that attempts to measure this performance was not satisfactory, presenting too much subjectivity in the definitions of constructs and starting from little robust definitions of agility. To try to solve this problem, a new model for agility in project management was proposed by Conforto (2011), relying on a definition coined from a systematic literature review of several areas that exhibit this same concept, and perform another systematic review on the models to measure agility in order to incorporate their strengths and create solutions to major weaknesses. This study aims to examine the relationships between the dimensions present in this model of agility to manage projects, in order to verify its validity and possibility its future use as a basis for measurement. Thus, the observed relationships between some features arising from the use of practices from the theory of agile project management theory, critical factors that may impact on the performance of the practices and indicators of agility. For this, a survey was made at the members from eight communities in Brazil Linkedin® chosen from among 79 candidates and selected according to 7 criteria. Also, was created the theoretical concept of "profile 500" which can be used in future research with have analysis made between members of this social network. There was obtained 172 valid responses from 966 users considered eligible for the study. Correlation analysis showed that the relationships proposed in the model of Conforto (2011) are valid and that agility is related to the presence of certain characteristics and are not inherent to the management method chosen, but this performance is related to customer participation and time taken decision. Finally, there was evidenced the importance of customer participation in the design and validation of partial results for a faster management process, and the necessity of carrying out the planning, development and validation with the participation of the client to perform better agility. A teoria de gerenciamento de projetos apresenta dificuldades quando aplicada ao desenvolvimento de produtos inovadores. Para solucioná-las, surgiram uma série de métodos de gestão que podem ser agrupados sobre a nomenclatura de gerenciamento ágil de projetos. Esses, afirmam que o aumento da agilidade no processo de gestão seria uma estratégia para lidar com essas dificuldades. Contudo, o próprio conceito de agilidade é vago na teoria de gerenciamento de projetos e as tentativas encontradas de se medir esse desempenho não foram satisfatórias, apresentando demasiada subjetividade nos construtos e partindo de definições pouco robustas de agilidade. Para tentar solucionar esse problema, um novo modelo de agilidade para o gerenciamento de projetos foi proposto por Conforto (2011), se baseando em uma definição de agilidade cunhada a partir de uma revisão bibliográfica sistemática de diversas áreas que apresentam esse mesmo conceito, além de realizar outra revisão sistemática sobre os modelos de agilidade, de modo a incorporar os seus pontos fortes e criar soluções para os principais pontos fracos. Este estudo se propõe a verificar as relações entre as dimensões presentes neste modelo de agilidade para o gerenciamento de projetos a fim de verificar sua validade e possibilidade de utilização futura como base para medida. Desse modo, observa as relações entre algumas características advindas da utilização das práticas provenientes da teoria do gerenciamento ágil de projetos, fatores críticos que possam impactar no desempenho das práticas e os indicadores de agilidade. Para isso, foi realizado um levantamento estatístico entre os membros provenientes de 8 comunidades do Linkedin® Brasil escolhidas dentre 79 candidatas e selecionadas segundo a 7 critérios. Também cria o conceito teórico do perfil 500 o qual pode ser utilizado em pesquisas futuras que tenham como população de análise membros de comunidades dessa rede social. Obteve-se 172 respostas válidas dentre 966 usuários considerados aptos a participar do estudo. As análises de correlação mostraram que as relações propostas pelo modelo de Conforto (2011) são válidas e que a agilidade está relacionada à presença de certas características e não são inerentes ao método escolhido, sendo esse desempenho relacionado com a participação do cliente e tempo de tomada de decisão. Por fim, verificou-se a importância da participação do cliente no planejamento e validação dos resultados parciais para a agilidade do processo, e da necessidade realização do ciclo de planejamento, desenvolvimento e validação com a participação do cliente para um melhor desempenho em agilidade.

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Triaa, Wafa. "Gestion agile de processus métier : proposition d'une approche tirée par les compétences." Thesis, Université Grenoble Alpes (ComUE), 2018. http://www.theses.fr/2018GREAI065/document.

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Dans cette thèse, nous nous sommes intéressés à la gestion dynamique des processus métiers. L’objectif étant de permettre d’une part, une exécution robuste qui prend en compte la dynamicité des différents éléments de processus métiers. D'autre part l’objectif est aussi de gérer les processus en prenant en compte les compétences nécessaires à leurs exécutions. Ce travail de thèse s’appuie sur l’approche BPM et plus précisément à sa phase d’exécution. Dans un monde de travail turbulent et en constante évolution, on parle souvent de modèles adaptables ou adaptatifs, de modèles qui s’enrichissent à chaque exécution et ne suivent pas un modèle structuré et prédéfini tel que le cas du BPM (Business Process Management) classique. En effet, les outils d’automatisation des processus métiers actuels ont été conçus pour fournir un soutien aux acteurs impliqués pour répondre aux questions : Qu'est-ce qui doit être fait? Qui est en charge de le faire? Quand faut-il être effectué? La plupart du temps ces systèmes sont prescriptifs. Ainsi, les acteurs impliqués ne sont pas seulement supportés, ils sont forcés à effectuer les tâches dans des séquences spécifiées. De surcroit, un processus flexible c’est un processus capable de changer que les parties qui ont besoin d'être changées tout en gardant la stabilité de ses autres parties. Dans ce contexte, parmi les approche prometteuses, l’approche orientée services offre aux entreprises une modularité permettant de remplacer facilement un composant par un autre, de le réutiliser et d’étendre son objectif en lui ajoutant un autre composant. De ce fait, dans le but de supporter l’agilité des processus métiers, nous proposons une approche combinant les trois approches suivantes : l’approche BPM, la gestion des compétences et l'approche orientée service dans un environnement social supportant le travail collaboratif In the modern economy, creating agile business processes is one of the conditions to obtain/ maintain competitive advantage on the market. Efficient organizations need to ensure that their business processes are flexible so that these processes can easily accommodate changes in regulations and policies. Actually, the management of business processes is supported by the BPM (Business Process Management) approach. It addresses the management, transformation and improvement of organizational operations. Yet, actual BPM does not feature the means to have a continuous adaptation of their business processes and quick adjustment of their models and resources allocation to meet changing environmental conditions. In this thesis, we aim to support the agility of business processes to ensure a continuous adaptation to changes. The agility of business processes, combined with the agility of employees and that of information technology are prerequisites for achieving business agility. To support agility at IT level, we use the SOA (Service Oriented Architecture) approach. Indeed, the SOA can provide numerous benefits to the organization, enabling it to reduce complexity and increase flexibility through their reutilization and modularity features. Moreover, resources which are important assets in successful process’s implementation are widely supported with agile organization regarded as primordial factor for successful agility implementation. For this reason, we propose an approach that combines management of processes with the required skills to their execution and to better enhance the process flexibility we combine BPM with SOA in a social environment

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Östman, Nicklas, and Rasmus Lindström. "Vertically Scaling Agile : A Multiple-Case Study." Thesis, Linköpings universitet, Programvara och system, 2017. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-136458.

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The conceptual framework of agile software development is an ever-growing movement in the software industry. However, recent studies have shown that large, less software-focused companies, where software development is primarily used for in-house IT-solutions, struggle with giving up traditional command-control type of management. This hits hard on some of the most important principles of agile software development and in many cases this phenomenon has inevitably led to large gaps between development teams and more managerial parts of the organization. This thesis has aimed to study this gap and investigate how it affects software development teams’ ability to carry out their work. By comparing three software teams that were internally highly similar but with varying external conditions, impact on the teams’ behaviour based on their different environments was studied. The study was carried out using a multiple-case study approach with primary data sources consisting of survey gathered data from all team members and interviews with a subset of the team members. The results gathered from this study suggest that agile development teams are extremely dependent on a well-functioning interface to business related parts of an organization. Regarding teams’ ability to make decisions and being agile in their way of working, the results primarily isolate impediments with roots in an unwillingness to adhere to and lack of understanding of agile principles. In this thesis, our gathered results were also correlated with a modern framework called Flow in order to confirm its relevance regarding analyzing software development teams in large-scale environments.

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Rydén, Linus, and Sinan Zahroon. "Projektstyrning i en föränderlig och osäker omvärld : En kvalitativ studie om hur komplexitet orsakas och hanteras i projekt." Thesis, Linnéuniversitetet, Institutionen för ekonomistyrning och logistik (ELO), 2021. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:lnu:diva-105390.

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Bakgrund och problem: En tilltagande globaliseringen, teknisk utveckling och ökad konkurrens har gjort att företag behöver anpassa sig till den föränderliga miljön för att förbli lönsamma och konkurrenskraftiga. Projekt är ett effektivt sätt att anpassa sig till en föränderlig och osäker omvärld. Därför har det skett en ökning av antalet projekt som bedrivs, samtidigt som en allt högre andel projekt misslyckas på grund av faktorerna i projektets miljö som orsakar komplexitet i projektet. Komplexiteten behöver således hanteras för att kunna driva projektet framåt. Syfte: Syftet med studien är att identifiera hur faktorerna i projektets föränderliga miljö orsakar komplexitet samt att skapa bättre förståelse för hur faktorerna hanteras i projektstyrningen. Vidare är det praktiska syftet att skapa vägledning och insikt i hur företag kan hantera komplexiteten som orsakas av dessa faktorer. Metod: Forskningsstrategin är baserad på ett kvalitativt tillvägagångssätt med en abduktiv ansats. Forskningsdesignen bygger en insamling av empiriska data genom semi-strukturerade intervjuer på sex olika verksamheter, där fallen består av både traditionella branscher där det traditionella projektstyrningsidéerna kan tänkas dominera och modernare företag som tar avstamp i mer agila projektstyrningsmetoder. Slutsats: Studiens resultat visade att komplexitetsfaktorerna i slutändan påverkar en eller flera variabler i projekttriangeln, som är tid, kostnad och kvalitet/resultat. Komplexitetsfaktorerna som identifierades är begränsad tid, begränsade resurser, intressenternas inflytande, kompetensbrist, motstånd för förändring, lagar och regleringar samt teknisk utveckling. Studiens resultat visade också på att komplexitetsfaktorerna hanteras genom effektivare kommunikation, långsiktighet, effektiv planering, samt viljan att förändras. Background and problem: Increasing globalization, technological development and increased competition have made it necessary for companies to adapt to the changing environment in order to remain profitable and competitive. Projects are an effective way to adapt to a changing and uncertain world. Therefore, there has been an increase in the number of projects carried out, at the same time as an increasing proportion of projects fail due to the factors in the project environment that cause complexity in the project. The complexity thus needs to be managed in order to be able to drive the project forward. Purpose: The purpose of the study is to identify how the factors in the project's changing environment cause complexity and to create a better understanding of how the factors are handled in project management. Furthermore, the practical purpose is to create guidance and insight into how companies can handle the complexity caused by these factors. Method: The research strategy is based on a qualitative approach with an abductive approach. The research design builds a collection of empirical data through semi-structured interviews of six different companies, where the cases consist of both traditional industries where the traditional project management ideas may dominate and modern companies that are based on more agile project management methods. Conclusion: The results of the study showed that the complexity factors ultimately affect one or more variables in the project triangle, which are time, cost and quality/results. The complexity factors identified are limited time, limited resources, stakeholder influence, lack of competence, resistance to change, laws and regulations and technical development. The results of the study also showed that the complexity factors are managed through more efficient communication, strategic and effective planning and the willingness to change.

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Reigado, Carolina Rodrigues. "Strategies and habits for adapting the plan in agile teams: a grounded theory and improvisation perspective." Universidade de São Paulo, 2018. http://www.teses.usp.br/teses/disponiveis/18/18156/tde-17122018-090903/.

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The ability of agile teams to adapt the project plan to unexpected problems is still a less-researched area. They must change the project plans as facing unexpected challenges and, even though existing studies relate some aspects to this ability, such as participatory decision-making, openness to discuss problems in an immediate sense and focus on actions to be taken in near future, these studies do not yet offer a complete theory, or set of practices, about how adaptation takes place. What actions and decisions of the team allow for adaptation? Improvisation is an approach that could potentially fill this gap and consists of someone executing an action without previously planning it, or doing it differently from the original plan, when facing a problem. This study presents an investigation of how agile teams adapt when facing unexpected changes or problems during the projects. The concept of improvisation is used and the study involved two agile software development teams and using Grounded Theory (GT). The results indicate that the teams apply different improvisation strategies, such as breaking standard work rules, as well as maintain habits that contribute positively to improvisation. Clients also play an important role in helping teams solve unexpected problems and should be invited to collaborate. These results can be used to assist professionals in search of more effectiveness in agile teams in terms of adapting the plan during the project. A habilidade de os times ágeis adaptarem o plano do projeto de acordo com problemas inesperados ainda é uma área de pesquisa pouco explorada. Essas equipes precisam ser capazes de adaptar o plano do projeto quando se deparam com desafios inesperados e, ainda que os estudos relacionem alguns aspectos a essa habilidade, como tomada de decisão participativa, abertura para discutir problemas de imediato e foco em ações de curto prazo, os estudos ainda não oferecem uma teoria completa ou conjunto de práticas que descrevam como, de fato, a adaptação acontece. Quais ações e decisões do time lhe garantem a capacidade de adaptação? A improvisação é uma abordagem interessante para compreender esse gap, e consiste em executar uma ação sem previamente planejá-la, ou de uma maneira diferente do que a planejada, quando da ocorrência de um problema ou mudança inesperada. Esse estudo apresenta uma investigação da adaptação em projetos ágeis quando as equipes se deparam com mudanças ou problemas inesperados. O conceito da improvisação é usado e o estudo envolveu dois times ágeis que desenvolvem software, e utilizando o método Grounded theory (GT). Os resultados indicam que os times utilizam diferentes estratégias de improvisação, como quebrar regras de trabalho, assim como mantem hábitos que contribuem positivamente para a improvisação. O cliente também desempenha um papel importante ao ajudar os times a resolverem problemas inesperados, e portanto devem ser convidados a colaborar. Esses resultados podem ser usados para auxiliar profissionais no sentido de obter-se times ágeis mais efetivos na adaptação do plano durante o projeto.

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Ohlsson, Jesper. "Enforcing Business Rules in E-Business Systems : A Survey of Business Rule Engines." Thesis, University of Skövde, School of Humanities and Informatics, 2006. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:his:diva-22.

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E-business provides important opportunities of trade for businesses, and the supporting business system must handle this environment efficiently. One current trend in business systems is to move business logic, such as business processes and business rules, out from the application logic and into separate support systems. The reason to make this separation is to increase the agility of the business, to make the system able to change more rapidly when the business situation changes.This report focus on business rules enforced in business rule engines. Specific interest is on how such rule engines meet the requirements of the e-business domain. The report presents an overview of business rule engines. Five general categories of characteristics are proposed. The proposed characteristics are then used in a comparison of three business rule engines.

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Fiume, Claudio. "La tecnologia API come fattore di cambiamento per le aziende e per i clienti." Master's thesis, Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, 2019.

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Un interesse sempre maggiore per lo studio dei Business Process ha apportato all'interno delle aziende implementazioni organizzative e software, conseguendo numerosi vantaggi sul coordinamento delle attività e sulla gestione delle risorse in modo efficace. Infatti, l’approccio ai processi di business nel nuovo millennio mette in evidenza come la componente informatica sia fondamentale per ottenere processi snelli ed efficienti. Questo lavoro di tesi nasce dal periodo di stage in Crif S.p.A. dove ho avuto la possibilità di lavorare sulla tecnologia API (Application Programming Interface) ed apprendere il modo in cui essa viene utilizzata, avendo un duplice risvolto in quanto impatta sia sui processi aziendali che sul cliente stesso. Le API offrono un modello comune per aiutare le persone a collaborare, rendendo dati ed informazioni disponibili tramite applicazioni informatiche. Le API sono un'estensione di buoni rapporti commerciali, infatti consentono una migliore comunicazione e condivisione delle risorse, garantiscono un accesso alle informazioni in tempo reale ed infine, di fondamentale importanza, permettono l'accesso a nuovi mercati. Inoltre, offrono un cambiamento rispetto ai metodi del passato in quanto consentono una maggiore agilità, innovazione tecnologica, integrazione e nuove fonti di monetizzazione. È trattato anche il tema del Project Management che è diventato molto più di un insieme di tecniche e di metodologie, infatti può essere definito come un sistema orientato ad obiettivi prestabiliti. Particolare attenzione è rivolta ai progetti software in quanto la tecnologia API è strettamente legata ad uno sviluppo recente che ha una notevole componente tecnologica. Infine, è effettuata una suddivisone delle API (privata, partner e pubblica) dove ognuna ha i propri vantaggi e benefici. Poi, ad ogni fornitore di API spetta la scelta della strategia migliore per avere una buona commercializzazione e di conseguenza maggiori ricavi.

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