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Construction projects approach design in different ways. While many consider design as the final built elements, the building process itself is often neglected. Construction projects contain intermittent operations that should be designed as well. This design is considerably different from conventional product design since the operation, without construction, is not tangible for students. Construction...
This paper presents factors influencing the choice of strategies and means for the communication of large-scale research as a part of science communication. It addresses project leaders, researchers, and communication professionals working for large-scale research projects. The empirical study uses two qualitative methods, focuses on influences on the communication strategies of large-scale research...
This paper proposes an original methodology designed to single out the speaker's social signals expressing either honesty or anxiety induced by his awareness of being suspected of deceit. 24 participants were randomly assigned to one of the three following experimental conditions (namely A, B and C), manipulated during a face-to-face interview. In condition A, participants could win an undeserved...
Agile methods are attracting increasing industry and research interest; however, among studies that have investigated the use of agile methods, most have focused on developed countries (e.g., North America, Europe). The use of agile methods in Asian countries, particularly Thailand, is poorly understood and requires additional investigation. This paper presents findings on the adoption of agile methods...
Previous research recognized the value of entrepreneurial work of university lecturers. Identifying the motives for engagement in entrepreneurial endeavors is required to strengthen the nation's quadruple helix consisting of university, industry government and citizens for socio-economic development. This paper explores the key motives of university lecturers to act entrepreneurial. Through semi-structured...
In the growing competition of company, nowadays, the company not only oriented towards products, but also oriented in the utilization of knowledge and technology. Therefore, an appropriate knowledge management was required so that the organization could compete with other competitors. This study aimed to identify and analyze how individual and organizational culture runs a role in the implementation...
We present a case study on scaling Scrum in a large globally distributed software development project at Nokia, a global telecommunications company. We discuss how the case project scaled Scrum while growing from two collocated Scrum teams to 20 teams located in four countries and employing a total of 170 persons. Moreover, we report scaling challenges the case project faced during this 2,5 year journey...
Software developers and testers have to work together to achieve the goals of software development projects. In globally distributed software projects the development and testing are often scattered across multiple locations forming virtual teams. Further, the distributed projects are so complex that none of team members can possibly possess all the knowledge about the project individually. During...
Even though agile actively seeks collaboration from all its stakeholders, most agile projects do not extend themselves toward the operations people. To solve this problem, DevOps is introduced. DevOps is a conceptual framework for reintegrating development and operations of Information Systems, which is able to break the wall between developers and operations professionals. DevOps improves the work...
Small and Medium Enterprises are recently engaging in the adoption and use of IT systems to not only participate in the global economy but to also become efficient in their service provision. Unfortunately the downfall has been the increasing threats that accompany IT system use, specifically cyber security concerns. Although these concerns have been documented, cyber security remains a mystery, and...
The outsourcing of software development projects has lead to the emergence of global virtual teams. However, the use of outsourcing strategies and consequently the establishment of global virtual teams by multinational corporations have had mixed reviews even though they often create access to a wider talent pool and sometimes at more affordable labor costs. This is the case because it is difficult...
The increasing complexity of software-intensive systems (SIS) has led to a completely new concept: Very Large-Scale Requirements Engineering (VLSRE), where the sheer number of requirements typically exceeds 10,000. Design for eXcellence (DfX) principles and their execution have been studied in different contexts for decades. However, DfX has not been in the focus of the Requirements Engineering (RE)...
The Asia-Europe container trade is the most important trade in the world in terms of volumes transported (overtaking the Trans-Pacific trade in 2014). The typical structure of the supply chains associated with this trade is that containers are stuffed in China and the cargo is subsequently cross-docked at a major European logistics hub or closer to the customer, for further shipment to the final retailing...
The purpose of this research is to examine the ability of Social Networking Technologies in relation to its capability to generate revenue for Rugby League (RL) organisations within the United Kingdom. Social Networking Technologies have blossomed over the past decade, as they have become an integral part of their everyday lives. Organisations are now viewing this technology as a new marketing method...
Pursuant decree law no. 197/2012 and 198/2012 published by Portuguese government, whereby it states that any company with turnover higher than 100.000 € is obliged to possess an electronic billing software, this article seeks to identify and evaluate the impacts of an ERP implementation in Portuguese SME. Through both exploratory interviews performed to three entrepreneurs and questionnaire performed...
This proposed research questions the assumption that strategic performance measurement systems (SPMS) define strategic goals at the individual job level, reducing role ambiguity and ensuring desired employee outcomes. Through qualitative research of both white-collar and blue-collar jobs, we seek to determine the types of jobs most amenable to SPMS guidance.
This paper analyses the key elements that affect the acceptance and effective utilisation of ICT, in Zimbabwean SMEs. The research employed a qualitative research approach and utilised the survey strategy to obtain reliable data and provide a tentative view of the SMEs in context. The data obtained from structured interviews with identified SMEs has practically identified key elements that affect...
Companies and organizations want to use their resources effectively. In order to achieve this they have to have a good organizational structure. In the recent years, social network analysis studies examining the structure of the organizations using the existing natural social networks in organizations that have been made frequently. This study identifies social networks in a medium-sized technology...
Technical debt (TD) is a concept used to describe a sub-optimal solution of a software artifact that negatively affects its comprehensibility, extendability and maintainability. As such, TD adversely affects the costs or quality associated with the artifact, which is also called interest. TD has through research been identified in all types of software artifacts, from architectural design to automated...
Computer Diagrams are the communication mechanism among the different stakeholders of the software development lifecycle. While they are though at school, and promoted to be used by students for current and future projects, we still do not see full adoption in real life context. The literature reviewed points out some reasons related to this issue and propose some solutions, but still the problem...
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