Alignent Software Announces Strategic Partnership with Georgia Tech's School of Aerospace Engineering
Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory to use Alignent's Vision Strategist in planning development for NASA's Vehicle Systems Program
Carlsbad, California - August 15, 2005 - Alignent Software, the market leader in enterprise strategic planning software, today announced a strategic partnership with the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory in the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology.
According to Dr. Michelle Kirby, Research Engineer for the Aerospace Systems Design Lab, "the goal of the partnership between Alignent and the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory at Georgia Tech is to incorporate the strengths of Vision Strategist in the development of a strategic planning process for current and future technology portfolios for NASA's Vehicle Systems Program. Vision Strategist will essentially create a better line of communication between the software developer and the customer."
The partnership effectively marries roadmapping to quantitative assessment. Vision Strategist will provide Georgia Tech with a central planning database that is readily accessible to all levels within the organization; from management to technology experts. This will improve the quality of the planning process at Georgia Tech, as well as promote roadmapping as a strategic planning methodology among other large aerospace engineering organizations such as NASA.
As part of the partnership, Georgia Tech's Aerospace Design Laboratory will also use Alignent's Vision Strategist roadmapping software and professional services to develop expertise in technology management among its students. This will improve the quality of Georgia Tech's graduates by enabling them to create forward-looking plans using a strategic planning tool that spans the entire Aerospace Design Laboratory. It will also enable students to manage and track their project portfolios from a centralized database.
According to Carl Dietz, Chief Strategy Officer at Alignent, "This partnership really demonstrates how quantitative measurements can be improved using roadmapping technologies. One of the first projects this partnership will focus on is improving technology management practices utilizing both quantitative and qualitative data in the selection process."
Using Vision Strategist, Georgia Tech's Aerospace System Design Laboratory will be able to use forward-looking visual roadmaps to develop their own plans, as well as trace current and future technologies, capabilities and trends. By revealing the relationships and interdependencies among various critical success factors in the strategic planning process, students and faculty throughout the lab can identify hidden gaps, opportunities and dependencies throughout the planning roadmap.
About the Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory at Georgia Institute of Technology
The Aerospace Systems Design Laboratory (ASDL) in the School of Aerospace Engineering at the Georgia Institute of Technology was founded in 1992. ASDL focuses on the formulation, development, and implementation of comprehensive approaches to the design of affordable and high quality complex systems, including aerospace, naval, and power systems. The ASDL has been at the forefront of advanced design methods for cycle time reduction, uncertainty and risk assessments, technology forecasting, and Systems of Systems, Architecture-based Systems Engineering. The ASDL and Alignent Software partnership seeks to provide a seamless integration between detailed product design and development and program management.
About Alignent Software
Alignent Software, a leader in strategic roadmapping solutions, enables innovation in complex R&D environments, providing enterprises with the vision to map and synchronize emerging products, technologies and markets to create future opportunities. Leading Fortune 500 companies and governmental organizations are using Alignent's Vision Strategist roadmapping software to structure the innovation process, align research with business strategy, and visualize the future possibilities for innovation before resources and investments are made.
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