Monday, October 10, 2005

MITRE uses VenSim

Just did a Google search on MITRE's internal pages, and 45 results were returned for VenSim, the systems dynamics project management software I was panning.

Luckily I only had a small lunch so I have room for dessert when I am forced to eat my words.

3 comments:

Unknown said...

It shouldn't be surprising -- as an aerospace/defense contractor, MITRE is one of those companies that can take as long as it wants to build fancy models ;)

Ilana Reeves said...

Here at MITRE, we refer to such models as "fancy-schmancy," not just "fancy."

( stadium noise )
DEEEE-fense (clap, clap)
DEEEE-fense (clap, clap)
(picture of random guy holding up letter "D" and a cut-out of a fence)
DEEEE-fense (clap, clap)
( / stadium noise)

Anonymous said...

Mmm, that must be some yummy kool-aid. Check out the President's Report in this newsletter: http://www.systemdynamics.org/newsletters/Newsletter_Fall_2001.pdf
(The official system dynamics society newsletter).

Yes, the field is fantastic, the only problem is that there aren't enough competent SysDyn practitioners.

This President, Nam Suh, and Edward Crawley should just engage in a heated threesome and I'm sure all the world's problems will be solved.