Data pertaining to nonmotion factors affecting ride quality of transport aircraft have been obtained as part of NASA in-house and sponsored research studies carried out onboard commuter-airline and research aircraft. From these data, quantitative effects on passenger discomfort of seat width, seat legroom, change in cabin pressure, and cabin noise are presented. Visual cu_ effects are also disc...

 The Organization Readiness of Engineering Project Management Based on Virtual Teams has been analyzed in an Iranian Engineering firm. Adapting and analyzing the latest readiness model, experts’ opinions were received by questionnaires and main criteria of the readiness have been identified. The considered readiness criteria are: Infrastructure, Deliverables (Drawings, Reports, Minutes of Meeti...

This research addresses how worker interdependence combined with individual performances affect management’s decision on how to modularize an organizational team that is evolving over time through replacements. A mathematical model is developed for determining how individual and team performances change when a team is split. Through computer simulations, managerial insights are provided on thre...

Many organizations are using virtual teams to meet the increasing time and quality expectations of contemporary marketplaces. While virtual teams present advantages for cost control, access to expertise, and serving markets, they also engender practical challenges as a result of the geographic and temporal distribution of members. Previous research has suggested several factors that are critica...

Although software development projects increasingly incorporate virtual team members they still fall prey to risks which produce challenges as do co-located projects. Most research performed on project risk was conducted on projects using traditional co-located team members. This paper reports on the results of a survey of over 150 Information Technology (IT) practitioners. One goal of the surv...