MANAGEMENT OF TIME UNCERTAINTY IN AGILE

ABSTRAC

Análisis, diseño e implementación de un módulo de planificación de construcción de casos de uso

Los procesos actuales de desarrollo de software implican la utilización de una serie de herramientas y de metodologías que permitan dirigir y soportar el proceso de desarrollo y la gestión adecuada del proyecto mismo. Con el paso del tiempo, estas metodologías se han hecho más útiles a medida que la complejidad del software que se desarrolla ha ido en aumento. RUP, por ejemplo, es una metodología que nos guía para lograr este propósito [1]. Uno de los grandes desafíos de la comunidad de investigadores en ingenie ría de software, es involucrar a los stakeholders en el proceso de captura de requerimientos. Un stakeholder se puede definir como aquella persona que está materialmente afectada por el resultado del proyecto. En ese sentido, todo proyecto involucra la satisfacción de necesidades de un grupo diverso de stakeholders. Típicamente, estos tienen diferentes perspectivas sobre el problema, y diferentes necesidades que deben ser convenientemente identificadas [4]. No obstante los avances logrados en los últimos años, hay algunas partes del proceso de desarrollo de software que aún no están adecuadamente soportadas por alguna metodología, y en ese sentido, requieren de la experiencia de quienes manejan el proyecto de software. El proceso de elección del orden de construcción de los casos de uso a partir de los requerimientos capturados, es un ejemplo de lo anterior. El presente proyecto muestra una propuesta de solución a este tema. Se ha implementado un módulo de software que permite capturar la opinión de los stakeholders y a partir de estas, generar una secuencia de construcción de casos de uso.Tesi

Care and Management for Older Adults in Prison and those Transitioning to Community

In most developed countries, the rapid increase in the number of older incarcerated adults along with their complex health and social service needs has become a challenge for both correctional and health systems. Existing evidence consists of largely secondary data and addresses single issues such as mental health. The purpose of this body of work was to explore current practices in the care and management of older people in prison and those transitioning to community and provide recommendations for policy, practice, and future research in the field. The body of work employed a combination of exploratory sequential and concurrent mixed methods study design. The work started with a scoping review to identify international best practices in the care and management of older incarcerated adults. This review further informed two subsequent qualitative studies and a collective mixed methods case study in New South Wales, Australia. The two qualitative studies used focus group discussions with Corrective Services New South Wales (CSNSW) staff and applied thematic analysis to analyse the data. The collective mixed methods case study used interviews and online survey with CSNSW and Justice Health and Forensic Mental Health Network staff and older incarcerated adults. A constant comparative analysis was applied to analyse interviews using NVivo version 12. Qualtrics and SPSS version 26.0 were used to administer and analyse the quantitative data. The series of studies in this thesis have resulted to key empirical and conceptual contributions including: i) best practices to optimise the care and management of older incarcerated adults in mainstream prisons, ii) barriers and enablers to in-prison care and the transition to community, iii) attributes of competing logics (e.g. differing power and priorities) between health and custody in the care and management of older incarcerated adults, iv) sub-optimal application of the principles of equivalence of care, v) weak communication and relationships among prison staff (Relational Coordination index of 2.9 (SD = 0.7), and vi) ad hoc approaches to the care and management of the older incarcerated adult population. In a summary, the evidence from this body of work revealed that the care and management of older incarcerated adults operates through an intersecting triad of correctional safety and security requirements, prison health services ethos and older incarcerated adults’ needs where safety and security considerations take precedence over health services, limiting older incarcerated adults’ involvement and preferences and compromising equivalence of care. More collaborative work between health and custody can improve the organisation and provision of care to older incarcerated adults and achieve equivalence of care in correctional centres