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A risk assessment model for collaborative support in software management
Risk assessment in software management involved strategies to estimate and control risk ensuring proper function of the software process without system failure. Software management related to risk assessment has attracted less interest in academic literature. Existing risk assessment models in software process cannot reduce the time involved in carrying out risk assessment; they also don't provide collaborative support among software practitioners in assessing risk and they cannot promote interactions between software practitioners who are distributed across different geographical regions. Thus this paper addresses this limitation and the gap in the current literature and proposed a risk assessment model using knowledge codification and multi software agents. The proposed model can assist practitioners in assessing risk by reducing time, estimating the risk and provides collaborative support within practitioners for managing software across different regions. Qualitative data was collected using semi-structured interview in 2 Malaysian organisations, with 3 respondents based on purposely sampling to identify how the practitioners assessing risk in their respective organisations. Results show that risks in software process are not adequately assessed based on inadequate collaborative support among practitioners and longer time taken to assess the risk
Web Application Software for Ground Operations Planning Database (GOPDb) Management
A Web application facilitates collaborative development of the ground operations planning document. This will reduce costs and development time for new programs by incorporating the data governance, access control, and revision tracking of the ground operations planning data. Ground Operations Planning requires the creation and maintenance of detailed timelines and documentation. The GOPDb Web application was created using state-of-the-art Web 2.0 technologies, and was deployed as SaaS (Software as a Service), with an emphasis on data governance and security needs. Application access is managed using two-factor authentication, with data write permissions tied to user roles and responsibilities. Multiple instances of the application can be deployed on a Web server to meet the robust needs for multiple, future programs with minimal additional cost. This innovation features high availability and scalability, with no additional software that needs to be bought or installed. For data governance and security (data quality, management, business process management, and risk management for data handling), the software uses NAMS. No local copy/cloning of data is permitted. Data change log/tracking is addressed, as well as collaboration, work flow, and process standardization. The software provides on-line documentation and detailed Web-based help. There are multiple ways that this software can be deployed on a Web server to meet ground operations planning needs for future programs. The software could be used to support commercial crew ground operations planning, as well as commercial payload/satellite ground operations planning. The application source code and database schema are owned by NASA
Digital curation and the cloud
Digital curation involves a wide range of activities, many of which could benefit from cloud
deployment to a greater or lesser extent. These range from infrequent, resource-intensive tasks
which benefit from the ability to rapidly provision resources to day-to-day collaborative activities
which can be facilitated by networked cloud services. Associated benefits are offset by risks
such as loss of data or service level, legal and governance incompatibilities and transfer
bottlenecks. There is considerable variability across both risks and benefits according to the
service and deployment models being adopted and the context in which activities are
performed. Some risks, such as legal liabilities, are mitigated by the use of alternative, e.g.,
private cloud models, but this is typically at the expense of benefits such as resource elasticity
and economies of scale. Infrastructure as a Service model may provide a basis on which more
specialised software services may be provided.
There is considerable work to be done in helping institutions understand the cloud and its
associated costs, risks and benefits, and how these compare to their current working methods,
in order that the most beneficial uses of cloud technologies may be identified. Specific
proposals, echoing recent work coordinated by EPSRC and JISC are the development of
advisory, costing and brokering services to facilitate appropriate cloud deployments, the
exploration of opportunities for certifying or accrediting cloud preservation providers, and
the targeted publicity of outputs from pilot studies to the full range of stakeholders within the
curation lifecycle, including data creators and owners, repositories, institutional IT support
professionals and senior manager
Bringing Global Sourcing into the Classroom: Experiential Learning via Software Development Project
Global sourcing of software development has imposed new skill requirements on Information Technology (IT) personnel. In the U.S., this has resulted in a paradigm shift from technical to softer skills such as communications and virtual team management. Higher education institutions must, consequently, initiate innovative curriculum transformations to better prepare students for these emerging workforce needs. This paper describes one such venture between Marquette University (MU), U.S.A. and Management Development Institute (MDI), India, wherein IT students at MU collaborated with Management Information Systems (MIS) students at MDI on an offshore software development project. The class environment replicated an offshore client/vendor relationship in a fully virtual setting while integrating communications and virtual team management with traditional IT project management principles. Course measures indicated that students benefited from this project, gained first-hand experience in the process of software offshoring, and learned skills critical for conduct of global business. For faculty considering such initiatives, we describe the design and administration of this class over two semesters, lessons learned from our engagement, and factors critical to success of such initiatives and those detrimental to their sustenance
Library project management in a collaborative web-based working environment
This paper discusses the emerging paradigm of project management performed in a web-based
working environment. It highlights how project management and its associated features are
strongly linked to fulfilling quality and value criteria for customers, and it examines how
collaborative working environments can greatly reduce the administrative burden of managing
large projects, especially and almost paradoxically, when resources are limited. Specifically, the
paper examines the application of a project management methodology (PRINCE2) together
with the use of a collaborative web-based working environment over a number of pilot projects
at Leeds University Library. It describes the pilot phase of a library management decision to
run a series of major Library projects using project management methodology, while
continuing to run other projects through the existing locally developed planning mechanisms
and describes the pitfalls of these latter alternatives, less sophisticated project management
tools, and describes the main issues that this change in practice has brought to light. It draws
preliminary conclusions about the effectiveness of this change in practice in one of the UKās
largest academic libraries
Towards a business-IT alignment maturity model for collaborative networked organizations
Aligning business and IT in networked organizations is a complex endeavor because in such settings, business-IT alignment is driven by economic processes instead of by centralized decision-making processes. In order to facilitate managing business-IT alignment in networked organizations, we need a maturity model that allows collaborating organizations to assess the current state of alignment and take appropriate action to improve it where needed. In this paper we propose the first version of such a model, which we derive from various alignment models and theories
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