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Saving Griffin
Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Cowan, Alex; Turse, JasonCase DARDEN-OM-1717-EService and Operations ManagementThis case is designed to introduce general management students to applied digital transformation at the program level. The Griffin program is a midsized but high-stakes program in the US Special Operations Command focused on intelligence gathering and analytics. This case describes how the team and its lead used agile to refocus the program, working to drive valuable outcomes for stakeholders.Starting at €8.20
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Growth Hacking Online Education
Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Cowan, AlexCase DARDEN-OM-1719-EService and Operations ManagementThis case explores the work of a Darden faculty member, Alex Cowan, to assess the demand for a public version of the software development course he taught at Darden. It was no secret that with the technology sector surging, general management jobs in tech were both a growing category and exciting career trajectory. However, managers in the sector tended to work in small, interdisciplinary agile teams. Creative confidence in going from idea to des...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Inventories: Determining Order Quantity
Freeland, James R.; Landel, Robert D.; Weiss, Elliott N.Technical Note DARDEN-OM-1395-EService and Operations ManagementCycle-stock ordering decisions, including cost-element considerations, are examined. Students will see that as materials flow from suppliers through a firm's operations to customers, the cost-effectiveness of inventory investment is improved by the development and implementation of an inventory management system.Starting at €8.20
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NoBull Burger - Teaching Note
Freeland, James R.; Kraft, TimTeaching Note DARDEN-OM-1479TN-EService and Operations ManagementTeaching note for product OM-1479Starting at €0.00
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Continuous Design Using Hypothesis-Driven Development
Cowan, AlexTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1740-EService and Operations ManagementThis technical note introduces readers to two important concepts involving design in the digital sphere: continuous design and hypothesis-driven design (HDD). Continuous design applies the proposition that rather than doing a large amount of design and research up front, a team is better off building smaller, specific items, testing them with users, and iteratively changing the design based on what it learns. HDD operates from the foundation that...Starting at €8.20
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Facilitating Digital Development with Agile User Stories
Cowan, AlexTechnical Note DARDEN-OM-1739-EService and Operations ManagementImplicitly or explicitly, product-development teams in digital spaces will go through a process of gathering and employing data to help them create and iterate upon a user experience that invites high engagement. An important part of gathering this data is having actual users test the product, but in order to learn what testable criteria constitute successful user behaviors, managers and teams can employ user stories, testable micronarratives abo...Starting at €8.20
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Managing Inventories: The Reorder Point System
Freeland, James R.; Landel, Robert D.; Weiss, Elliott N.Technical Note DARDEN-OM-1394-EService and Operations ManagementInventory replenishment concepts and tools are described.Starting at €8.20
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Managing Inventories—Reorder Point Systems
Landel, Robert D.; Freeland, James R.Technical Note DARDEN-OM-0936-EService and Operations ManagementThis note introduces students to the replenishment-inventory management framework, concepts, and tools.Starting at €8.20
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The Testable Design
Cowan, AlexCase DARDEN-OM-1737-EService and Operations ManagementThis case offers applied practice for students in drafting testable user stories (agile), including the use of jobs-to-be-done, storyboards, and metrics to drive toward a specific, testable digital design. It starts with a brief overview of HVAC in a HurrStarting at €8.20
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Managing Inventories: Fundamentals
Freeland, James R.; Landel, Robert D.; Weiss, Elliott N.Technical Note DARDEN-OM-1397-EService and Operations ManagementThis overview of inventory management covers ways to categorize inventories and measure performance. The financial implications of inventory, inventory management systems, economic order quantities, and decision rules for determining safety stocks are discussed.Starting at €8.20