Increasing flexibility and agility at the National Reconnaissance Office : lessons from modular design, occupational surprise, and commercial research and development processes

To help the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) become more flexible and agile in an increasingly uncertain world, RAND sought answers to two key questions. First, would the NRO benefit from building modular satellites? RAND researchers developed a method for evaluating whether a system is a goo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autores Corporativos:	National Defense Research Institute (U.S.) Content Provider (content provider), Rand Corporation Content Provider
Otros Autores:	Baiocchi, Dave Author (author), Langeland, Krista S. Contributor (contributor), Langeland, Krista S. Author, Buerkle, Amelia Author, Fox, D. Steven Contributor, Fox, D. Steven Author, Walters, Jennifer Author
Formato:	Libro electrónico
Idioma:	Inglés
Publicado:	[Place of publication not identified] Rand Corporation 2013
Materias:	United States. > National Reconnaissance Office > Management > Evaluation. Artificial satellites, American > Design and construction > Evaluation Organizational behavior Military & Naval Science Law, Politics & Government Military Administration
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:	https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009426452106719

Tabla de Contenidos:

Introduction
Investigating the suitability of modularity toward National Reconnaissance Office space systems
Occupational surprise
Organizational mechanisms that increase responsiveness
Conclusion
Bibliography.

Increasing flexibility and agility at the National Reconnaissance Office : lessons from modular design, occupational surprise, and commercial research and development processes

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