Gamification for Software Development Processes – Relevant Affordances and Design Principles

A Gamified Information System (GIS) implements game concepts and elements, such as affordances and game design principles to motivate people. Based on the idea to develop a GIS to increase the motivation of software developers to perform software quality tasks, the research work at hand aims at investigating relevant requirements from that target group. Therefore, 14 interviews with software development experts are conducted and analyzed. According to the results, software developers prefer the affordances points, narrative storytelling in a multiplayer and a round-based setting. Furthermore, six design principles for the development of a GIS are derived

Ökologische Putenmast: Abstimmung von Genotyp, Haltung und Fütterung

In der Studie sollte überprüft werden, ob in der ökologischen Putenmast für das Verlustgeschehen sowie relevante Merkmale der Mastleistung und des Schlachtkörperwertes zwischen Genotyp (schnell (BIG 6) vs. langsam wachsende Herkunft (Kelly BBB)), Haltung (Auslauf vs. kein Auslauf) und Fütterung (Variante (M = mittlere Fütterungsintensität) vs. Variante (L = niedrige Fütterungsintensität) Interaktionen bestehen. Es wurde in zwei zeitlich aufeinander folgenden Durchgängen mit jeweils 192 Tieren (männliche Eintagsküken) eine vierphasige Mast durchgeführt (Aufzuchtphase, drei Mastphasen, Schlachtung in der 21. Lebenswoche). Die Haltung erfolgte in der Aufzuchtphase in einem klimatisierten Feststall. Die eigentlichen Mastphasen wurden in Mobilställen (mit oder ohne Auslaufmöglichkeit) absolviert. Für die Fütterungsgruppen wurden abgestufte ME- und Aminosäuren-Gehalte in den Alleinfuttermischungen eingestellt (Gruppe M: ca. 12 MJ ME/kg; Gruppe L ca. 11,0 MJ ME/kg). Es ergaben sich durchschnittliche Verluste in Höhe von 21%. Die Verluste traten gehäuft in der Aufzucht sowie am Ende der Mast auf. Hierbei waren bei den nahezu schlachtreifen Tieren Herz-/Kreislaufversagen häufige Abgangsursachen. Hiervon betroffen waren vornehmlich die Tiere der Haltungsgruppe ohne Auslauf. Die Herkunft BIG 6 zeigt sich in der Mehrzahl der Mastleistungsmerkmale der Herkunft Kelly BBB signifikant überlegen. Lediglich beim Futteraufwand pro kg Zuwachs unterscheiden sich die beiden Herkünfte nicht. Auch im Schlachtkörperwert weisen die BIG 6-Hähne signifikant höhere Gewichte auf (Schlachtkörpergewicht + 3,5 kg; Brustmenge + 1,5 kg). Die Mastputen mit Auslauf verzeichnen am Ende der Mast signifikant erhöhte Endgewichte und daraus folgend erhöhte Schlachtkörpergewichte sowie einen verbesserten Schlachtwert (Brustmenge + 0,7 kg). Puten, die mit ME-reduzierten Futtermischungen versorgt werden, zeigen auch unter Auslaufbedingungen eine Kompensation, indem sie erhöhte Futtermengen aufnehmen und nahezu gleiche Endgewichte erreichen. Eine ökologische Putenmast auf der Basis von Futtermischungen mit abgesenkten ME- und Aminosäuren-Gehalten, in Verbindung mit einem Auslaufangebot führt zu geringeren Tierverlusten und hohen Mast- und Schlachtleistungen. Für die untersuchten Merkmale können keine Genotyp-Umwelt-Interaktionen festgestellt werden

The Role of Environmental Factors for the Success of Digital Start-ups

Digital start-ups are perceived as an engine for innovation and job promotor. While success factors for non-IT start-ups have already been extensively researched, this study sheds light on digital entrepreneurs, whose business model relies primarily on services based on digital technologies. Applying the Grounded Theory method, we identify relevant environmental success factors for digital entrepreneurs. The study’s research contribution is threefold. First, we provide 16 relevant and less relevant environmental success factors, which enables a comparison with prior identified factors. We found out that several prior environmental success factors, such as accessibility to transportation or the availability of land and facilities are less relevant for a digital entrepreneur. Second, we derive and discuss hypotheses for the influence of these factors on digital start-up success. Third, we present a theoretical model that lays the foundation for explaining the environmental influence on digital entrepreneurship success

Towards a Contingency Theory based Model of the Influence of Regulation on MIS

In modern societies and in particular since the financial crisis legal requirements and regulations get more and more attention. The massive amount of regulations also affects management information systems (MIS) with an impact on both, the system level as well as the organizational level. To consider all these regulations is a challenging task for organizations which handle regulative complexity in different ways. Until now, the influence of the degree of regulation on the organization of MIS received only little attention in IS research. This paper introduces a theoretical model and research design that enables investigating the influence of regulation on the organization and success of MIS. The presented model is based on the contingency theory

Applicability of Business Process Model Analysis Approaches – A Case Study in Financial Services Consulting

The analysis of business process models gains more and more attention in IS research. Several analysis approaches have been developed. All of them provide different features, such as syntax checking or pattern recognition. This paper investigates the applicability and relevance of business process model analysis approaches using a case study from financial services consulting. Two research contributions are provided. First, an overview about common model analysis features and its relevance for consulting processes are provided. Second, the applicability of the automatic business process model analysis approaches is investigated. Results show that the majority of features can raise efficiency of analyses in business process reengineering projects

LEVERAGING SOCIAL NETWORK DATA FOR ANALYTICAL CRM STRATEGIES - THE INTRODUCTION OF SOCIAL BI

The skyrocketing trend for social media on the Internet greatly alters analytical Customer Relationship Management (CRM). Against this backdrop, the purpose of this paper is to advance the conceptual design of Business Intelligence (BI) systems with data identified from social networks. We develop an integrated social network data model, based on an in-depth analysis of Facebook. The data model can inform the design of data warehouses in order to offer new opportunities for CRM analyses, leading to a more consistent and richer picture of customers? characteristics, needs, wants, and demands. Four major contributions are offered. First, Social CRM and Social BI are introduced as emerging fields of research. Second, we develop a conceptual data model to identify and systematize the data available on online social networks. Third, based on the identified data, we design a multidimensional data model as an early contribution to the conceptual design of Social BI systems and demonstrate its application by developing management reports in a retail scenario. Fourth, intellectual challenges for advancing Social CRM and Social BI are discussed

Data warehouse design and legal visualization – the applicability of H2 for reporting

The steady increase of regulations and its acceleration due to the financial crisis heavily affect the management of regulatory compliance. Regulations, such as Basel III and Solvency II particularly impact data warehouses and lead to many organizational and technical changes. From an IS perspective modeling techniques for data warehouse requirement elicitation help to manage conceptual requirements. From a legal perspective attempts to visualize regulatory requirements &ndash; so called legal visualization approaches &ndash; have been developed. This paper investigates whether a conceptual modeling technique for regulatory-driven data warehouse requirements is applicable for representing data warehouse requirements in a legal environment. Applying the modeling technique H2 for Reporting in three extensive modeling projects provides three contributions. First, evidence for the applicability of a modeling technique for regulatory-driven data warehouse requirements is given. Second, lessons learned for further modeling projects are provided. Third, a discussion towards a combined perspective of information modeling and legal visualization is presented.<br /

Supporting Business Process Compliance in Financial Institutions – A Model-Driven Approach

Recently, several approaches have been developed to check process models for compliance with laws and regulations. In this paper a contribution is made with respect to reducing the com-plexity of compliance checking by partially automating business process compliance (BPC) checking. We present a model check-ing approach that is able to check process models for BPC. In particular, we apply a generic pattern matching approach to the Semantic Business Process Modeling Language (SBPML) allow-ing for extended model checking not being restricted to predeces-sor-successor relationships. Finally, we apply the BPC checking approach to the example of a credit approval process from a real-world bank scenario using a demonstrator modeling software