Agile Systems and EnterprisesResponse Ability Tool Templates

Leighton BrownBen BrownChristopher Williams

Team: ___Island Breeze Home LLC______

System:___Agile Home Unit_____________

Strategic Values/Objectives•Affordability•Safe•Durable•Configurable (Expandable, Weather, Terrain, Plumbing, and Utilities)•Energy Efficient•Modular Interior

Descriptive StatementAffordable housing that is easily configurable to accommodate different weather conditions, family, and terrain. Provides energy upgrades as well as accommodate current utility conditions with the ability to upgrade with little or no housing modifications

Strategic Values/ObjectivesFunctional Activity

Strategic Activity ConOps Web

System: __________________________

Change the lines and bubbles,this is not a fill-in-the-blank model

Variable Interior Config

Affordable Home prices

Variable Exterior Config

Upgradeable Utilities

Standard Interfaces

Configuration Mgmt

Survive Extreme Weather

Conditions

Procure local materialsChanges in

family size

Local utility infrastructure

Changes Building codes Mgmt

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• Creation• Affordable Living Environment

• Improvement• Temperature

• Migration• Plumbing• Terrain• Durability• Electrical system• Satellite communication

• Modification• More room required, different rooms required.

• Correction• multiple energy sources.

• Variation• Summer days, cloudy days• Wet and dry weather.

• Expansion• life changes.

System: _ Agile Home Unit_____________ _________________________

General Issues

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General Issues

• Affordable Living Environment• Living space environmental comfort (I.E. temperature)• Migration

• Plumbing• Terrain• Durability• Electrical system

• Modification• Enhanced pimpabilty.• Satellite communication capable homes

• Solar Cells generate power on a summer day.• Auto electrical consumption decrease when cloudy. • Collecting water when raining• Water conservation during low water levels.• Reconfigurable interior design to life changes.

System: __________________________

Response Situation Analysis

Correction

Variation

Reconfigu-ration

Expansion(and

Contractionof Capacity)

Migration

Improvement

Modification(Add/Sub

Capability)

Creation(and

Elimination)

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Change Domain

• Thermal efficiency by N percent (c, q)

• Affordable living environment (c, q)

• Upgraded infrastructure (utilities, plumbing) (c, s) • Adaptation to different terrains (t, c)• Generational compatibility (c, s)

• Different functional use (c, s)

• Obsolete parts (c, q)• Solar system failure/Utility failure (t, c, q)

• Environmental effects (sunny, cloudy) (c, s)• Inclement weather (c, q)

• Module expansion (c)

• Different layout requirements (c, s)

Change/Response Issue

System: ________________________

Self-Contained Units (Encapsulated Modules)• Installers• Floorings, Roofing, Sidings,• Plumbing Interface• Electrical Interface• Solar Panels• Ventilation• Interior Modules

Evolving Standards (Infrastructure/Framework)• Structural Codes• Utility Codes (Electrical, Plumbing• Customer Standard• Material Standard• Transportation Standard• Import/Export Standard

Scal

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Reusable

(Think … Drag-and-Drop / Plug-and-Play)

Self-Contained Units (Encapsulated Modules)• Installers• Floorings, Roofing, Sidings,• Solar Panels• Ventilation

Evolving Standards (Infrastructure/Framework)• Structural Codes• Utility Codes (Electrical, Plumbing• Customer Standard• Material Standard• Transportation Standard• Import/Export Standard

Plug Compatibility (Facilitated Interfacing)• Common Plumbing Interface• Common Electrical Interface

Facilitated Reuse• Homes do not require special foundations, are

easy to move.

Elastic Capacity (Scalable)• Flexible interior for family• Flexible exterior that will allow for home

expansion

Unit Redundancy & Diversity• Homes use similar or interchangeable building

material and components.

Flat Interaction (Peer-Peer, Non-Hierarchical)• Easily modified for different weather conditions.

Deferred Commitment• Build and design on demand

Distributed Control & Information (Decentralization)

• Local requirements are feed to distribution house to insure correct building arrives on site.

Self Organization• Modules can be added subtracted or altered on

customer demand.

Scal

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Reusable

Reconfigurable

RRS Principles for System: _Island Breeze______

Agile Home Unit

Roofing Interior ModulesSidingsFlooring

Electrical /Plumbing Ventilation Solar Panel

Infrastructure evolution

System assembly

Module mix

Module inventory

Import/Export RegulationTransportation Code

Structural CodeUtility Codes

Infrastructure

Terrain 1 Fully LoadedFloor Plan 1

Modules/Components

IntegrityManagement

Active

Passive

Project Engineer

Foreman

Warehouse Manager

Lead Architect

Reality Factors

Organizational Behavior – Survival rules rule, nobody's in control...• Overselling beyond customer configuration needs (more expensive)

Human Behavior – Human error, whimsy, expediency, arrogance...• Incorrect configuration due to design misunderstanding• Purchased configuration not what was expected

Technology Pace – Accelerating vulnerability-introductions, sparse testing...• New standards introduced that extend beyond the capabilities

System Complexity – Incomprehensible, highly networked, unintended consequences, emergence...• Train homeowners on all possible configurations• Train service/building personnel on all possible configurations.

Globalization – Partners with different ethics, values, infrastructures...• Building codes change based on unethical behavior.

Other?• ?

Agile Adversaries/Competitors/Customers – Distributed, collaborative, self organizing, proactive, impatient, innovative...• Competitor reverse engineering the design and providing a house of less quality for cheaper

Creeping Agile Practices – Outsourcing, webservices, transparency, COTS, SOA...• Keep interior configuration as delivered• Always keep exterior configuration for worst case scenario

System: _______________________

Local Utility Infrastructure Change Management

• Gather Data For New Infrastructure Changes• Build a Design Group for the new infrastructure changes• Develop and manufacture design• Deploy required changes to modular home(s), if required• Roll new infrastructure changes forward

Island Breeze Closure MatrixCASE: ISLAND BREEZE

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Principle-Based Activities, and Issues ServedAffordable Living Environment 1 1 1 1Thermal Efficiency by N percent 1 1 1 1

Different functional use Support new utility standards 1 1 1 1 1 1

Obsolete Parts 1 1 1 1 1 1Solar System Failure 1 1 1Environmental Effects 1 1 1Inclement Weather

Due to acreage limitations, give the ability to expand upward 1 1 1 1 1

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Local Utility Infrastructure ChangesChanges In Family SizeStandard Interface Configuration MgmtProcure Local MaterialsBuilding Codes Mgmt

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Closure Matrix ParagraphSelf contained units are impacted by the utility infrastructure changes. Requiring redesign of certain components of self contained units to support new infrastructure.

Implemented utility infrastructure changes could affect plug compatibility of deployed modular units to meet new infrastructure. Units are designed to meet current utility standards. New utility standards would be considered deferred commitment until the new utility standards are required by law before implementing the start of modular design changes.

New utility design changes will include facilitated re-use of the expired utility configuration in the updated modular design to maintain modularity interfaces.

Evolving Standards will require configuration management of the modular designs to incorporating the different utility infrastructure changes.