Knowledge transfer model for the development of software equirements analysis CASE tools to be used in cross time-zone projects

This article describes work undertaken to evaluate an approach for developing collaborative requirementsanalysis CASE tools that are specifically designed to address the needs of cross-time-zone development teams, that is, teams spread across different geographical locations around the world. Few of the software requirements analysis computer assisted software environment (CASE) tools readily available are designed specifically for cross-time-zone development activities. We propose a specifically tailored data and knowledge-transfer model, and investigate its suitability for the development of a cross-time-zone oriented CASE tool. The approach was used to develop a working prototype. The approach and prototype will be further evaluated in a collaborative undertaking involving the Wroclaw University of Technology, the University of Technology Sydney and the University of Arizona (UA)

A Systematic Approach to Optimise Management in Global Sourcing Relationships

Despite a large number of studies, global IT sourcing projects are, in practice, performed ad-hoc and rely mostly on the manager’s experience. Outsourcing software development presents extra challenges because development is performed in an inter-organisational network. Although organisations collaborate by transferring knowledge from the customer to the vendor (e.g., requirements) and from the vendor to the client (e.g., product and status reports), each has its own interests and needs; which often conflict. Tacit requirements, conflicting interests and knowledge-domain gaps contribute to generate final solutions that cost more in terms of resources than what was originally planned or that do not help customers to meet their ambitions. In this work we propose eStudio, our semi-automatic quantitative-data based framework to provide guidance to reason about obstacles in, for instance, knowledge co-ordination

E-Learning for Teachers and Trainers : Innovative Practices, Skills and Competences

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Internal report cluster 1: Urban freight innovations and solutions for sustainable deliveries (1/4)

Technical report about sustainable urban freight solutions, part 1 of