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Selected Publications and Presentations Authored/Co-Authored by Rick Dove:

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• "Relating Agile Development to Agile Operations," Rick Dove and Garry Turkington, Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), University of Southern California, Redondo Beach, April, 2008. Conference presentation.

• "The Manifesto of the Working Group on Systems Security Engineering: A Declaration of Responsibility," Rick Dove and John Wirsbinsky, INCOSE INSIGHT, Vol. 11, No. 2, April 2008, pps 47-49.

• “Semantic Interoperability Research Opportunities,” Semantic Interoperability Symposium, Working Presentation, Stevens Institute of Technology, Apr 11, 2007.
• "Engineering Agile Systems: Creative-Guidance Frameworks For Requirements and Design," 4th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), Los Angeles, CA, Apr 7-8, 2006.
• “Leveraging the Information Infrastructure: Critical Foundation for Business Strategy – Critical Foundation for Business Strategy,” Align Journal, Mar-Apr 2007.
• “On Agility and Governance in Security Systems,” Invited Talk, 5th Annual Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER), Hoboken, NJ, Mar 2007.
• “Wicked Complex Systems of Systems,” Invited Panel on Complex Systems, Wicked Systems, and Systems of Systems, Sandia National Laboratories, Jan 31, 2007.
• “Operational Risk Management – An Agile Enterprise and Systems Approach,” Enterprise Risk World, Houston, Nov 2006.
• "Leveraging The Information Infrastructure - A New Foundation for Business Strategy at Utilities," Paradigm Shift International, Jan 2006.
• "Investment Decision-Quality at Utilities - An Examination of Downward Trends and Upward Leverage," Paradigm Shift International, Nov 2005.
• "Utility Agility -- Oxymoron?," UtiliPoint Conference Proceedings, UtiliPoint International, Albuquerque, NM, August 2005.
• "SOX Auditing at Utilities - Redundant-Data Tell-Tale is Both Opportunity and Mandate," Paradigm Shift International, Jul 2005.
• "Requirements Change is a Natural Law - Learn to Live With It," Panel position statement, INCOSE 2005, Rochester, NY, July 2005.
• "Agile Enterprise Cornerstones: Knowledge, Values, and Response Ability," Keynote paper for IFIP 8.6, Atlanta, GA, May 2005. The presentation is also available.
• "Fundamental Principles for Agile Systems Engineering," Conference on Systems Engineering Research (CSER) 2005, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, NJ, March 2005.
• Value Propositioning: Perception and Misperception in Decision Making, Iceni Books, 2005.
• "Decision Making, Value Propositions, and Project Failures - Reality and Responsibility," Proceeding International Council of Systems Engineering (INCOSE) 2004 Region II Conference, September 2004.
• "Systems Engineering and the Security Imperative," Presented at International Council on Systems Engineering (INCOSE) 2004 Region II Conference, September 2004 ( PowerPoint)
• "On-Demand Application Integration for Agile Business Strategy," Enterprise On-Demand Conference, Delphi Group, Boston, MA, March 2004 (PowerPoint)
• Response Ability - The Language, Structure, and Culture of the Agile Enterprise, John Wiley & Sons, 2001, this is an Amazon.com link.
• "Design Principles for Highly Adaptable Business Systems, With Tangible Manufacturing Examples", Revised version of chapter appearing in Maynard's Industrial handbook, McGraw-Hill, 2001.
• "Knowledge Management, Response Ability, and the Agile Enterprise", Journal of Knowledge Management, March 1999.
• "Realsearch: A Framework for Knowledge Management and Continuing Education", IEEE Aerospace Conference, March 1998.
• "1998 Realsearch Workshop Manual - Tools and Their Application" (workshop pre-reading manual - a collection of essays #33-41), Paradigm Shift International, May 1998.
• "Education in the Year 2020", CAM-I, Overhead presentation before the Education Advisory Board, Aug 97.
• "How Well Does Your Organization Change? Agility and Quality Management", with Starns, Elder, and McCabe, Conference on Federal Quality, Proceedings, Jul 97.
• "Business Practices in the Year 2020", National Research Council, Board on Manufacturing and Engineering Design, Overheads, Invited Presentation, 4/97, Proceedings.
• "Change Proficiency and Critical Business Practices", ISAM/ICAM Proceedings, 1997.
• "Reviewing The Agile Enterprise Reference Model…", Overheads, with Sue Hartman, 6th Annual Agility Conference, Agility Forum, 3/97.
• "The Change Proficiency Maturity Model", Proceedings 6th Annual Agility Conference, Agility Forum, March 1997
• "An Agile Enterprise Reference Model, With a Case Study of Remmele Engineering", with Sue Hartman and Steve Benson, Agility Forum Report, Dec 96 (Hard-copy may be ordered from Paradigm Shift for $50 each within USA, $65 elsewhere).
• "Excerpts From - An Agile Enterprise Reference Model, With a Case Study of Remmele Engineering", with Sue Hartman and Steve Benson, Agility Forum Report, Dec 96
• "An Introduction to Agile Enterprise Concepts - Part One and Two", J. of China Mechanical Engineering, Vol 7, #3 and #4, 1996, Chinese translation.
• "Business Practices Critical to Early Realization of Agile Enterprise", 5th Annual Agility Conf., Agility Forum, 3/96.
• "A Structured Assessment System for Groups Analyzing Agility", with Steve Benson and Sue Hartman, 5th Annual Agility Conf., Agility Forum, 3/96.
• "Tools for Analyzing and Constructing Agile Capabilities", Agility Forum, PA96-01, Jan 1996.
• "Agility Assessment and Metrics", Defense Mfg. Conference, USAF Wright Laboratory MTP, Nov ‘95.
• "Agile Practice Reference Base", (80 cases) with others, AR95-02, Agility Forum, May 1995 (available only from the Agility Forum).
• "Best Agile Practice Reference Base - 1994: Challenge Models and Benchmarks", 4th Annual Agility Conference, Agility Forum, Bethlehem, PA., Mar 1995.
• "Measuring Agility: The Toll of Turmoil", J. of Applied Manufacturing Systems, Vol 7, No 2, Spring 95.
• "Building a Science of Agile Enterprise", Defense Mfg. Conference, Proceedings Vol. IV, USAF Wright Laboratory MTP, Dec ‘94.
• "Agile Manufacturing From Promise to Practice", Overheads, Association for Manufacturing Excellence, 1994 Annual Conference Proceedings.
• "Agile Infrastructure for Manufacturing Systems (AIMS) - A vision for Transforming the US Manufacturing Base", Hisup Park, Jay M. Tenenbaum, and Rick Dove, Proceedings Defense Mfg Conference '93.
• "Lean and Agile: Synergy, Contrast, and Emerging Structure", Proceedings Defense Mfg Conference '93, 12/93.
• "Agile Manufacturing", Proceedings NIST FASD93 Workshop on Systems Integration Needs of US Manufacturers, August, 1993, NIST, Gaithersburg, MD.
• "Putting Agility in Perspective: A profiling Tool", proceedings AMEF 2nd Annual Conference, Dec 1992, Iacocca Institute, Lehigh University.
• "What Is All This Talk About Agility - The 21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise Strategy", Japan Management Association Research, Prevision, 1992, translated into Japanese.
• "An Agile Systems Framework: A Foundation Tool", with Steve Benson and Joe Kahn, proceedings AMEF 2nd Annual Conference, Dec 1992, Iacocca Institute, Lehigh University.
• "Putting Agility in Perspective: A Profiling Tool," proceedings AMEF 2nd Annual Conference, Dec 1992, Iacocca Institute, Lehigh University.
• "A Focus on Agile Production", proceedings AMEF 2nd Annual Conference, Dec 1992, Iacocca Institute, Lehigh University.
• "How to Conduct an Agility Audit in Your Production Environment", overhead presentation at AMEF 2nd Annual Conference, Orlando, FL, Dec 1992, Agility Forum, Lehigh University.
• "The Factory America Net: CALS and the Agile Enterprise Community", overhead presentation at CALS Expo '92, National Security Industrial Association, San Diego, CA, December 1992.
• "Agile Production Technologies: Defense Needs and Opportunities", position paper delivered at Manufacturing, Engineering, Design, Automation 1992 Workshop at Stanford, DARPA, June 1992 (not in the proceedings - available only from PSI).
• "Beyond Flexibility - The Agile Enterprise and Management", ESD Technology, Engineering Technology Publishing, March 1992.
• "Turning the Infrastructure into Reality", presented at the Agile Manufacturing Conference, Orlando, Florida, December 1991, proceedings, Iacocca Institute, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA.
• "21st Century Manufacturing Enterprise Strategy", Co-principal-investigator and co-author of national study and 2-volume report published in November 1991 by Iacocca Institute, Lehigh University. 2-volume report ordered from Paradigm Shift is $75 for each set in USA, $90 elsewhere.
• "The Competitive Manufacturing Enterprise in 2005 - A Vision and Infrastructure", overheads presented at the 1991 Advanced Manufacturing Research 5th Annual Executive Conference, Cambridge, MA, November 26, 1991.
• "IMS Technology East and West", overheads, IMS Special Session, SME Autofact '91, Chicago, IL, November 1991.
• "Systems Technology and International Collaboration", overheads IMS Special Session, SME Autofact '91, Chicago, IL, November 1991.
• "Making Competitive Manufacturing a National Agenda", overheads presented at the Keynote session of the 1991 SME Autofact Conference, Chicago, IL, November, 1991.

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Book: Response Ability - The Language, Structure and Culture of the Agile Enterprise
Book: Value Propositioning - Perception and Misperception in Decision Making

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