Construction industry reports by Latham [1994] and more recently Sir John Egan [1998], have highlighted the need for the construction industry to increase productivity, improve quality and reduce defects. In particular, the Egan report urged the industry to focus on construction processes as route to these improvements. However, the industry has not had a recognised framework or methodology to ...

In this poster, we propose a capability-maturity model (CMM) for scientific data management that includes a set of process areas required for data management, grouped at three levels of organizational capability maturity. The goal is to provide a framework for comparing and improving project and organizational data management practices.

Undoubtedly, in today’s new business information has donated the most competitive advantage for the organizations. Although just collecting, processing and retrieving of data were significant in the past, the subject of information security is turned into a serious challenge in micro and macro levels of organizational management. Indeed, observance of the information security principals is coun...

This paper reviews, compares, and integrates existing Knowledge Management Maturity Models (KMMM) to propose a General KMMM (G-KMMM), which focuses on assessing the maturity of people, process and technology aspects of KM development in organizations. An accompanying assessment tool is also developed to facilitate practical application. The utility of G-KMMM is explored in a case study of a lar...

Özet. Bu bildiride otomatik bellek yönetimi, bellek çöp toplama ve yazılım mühendisliğinin bilgi teknolojileri metodolojilerinden Bilgi Teknolojisi Altyapı Kütüphanesi (ITIL) ve Yetenek Olgunluk Model Entegrasyonu (CMMI) ile olan bağlantıları ele alınmaktadır. Bu bildiride ayrıca, dünyada yazılım mühendisliğinin bir dalı olarak kabul görmüş fakat Türkiye’de gerek akademik gerekse yazılım sektör...

Fifty percent of the titles I've addressed since embarking on writing this article series are a result of my having received 5 or more concerned phone calls relating to a given subject. This installment: The latest or updated generation of Computerized Maintenance Management Systems selling techniques to be encountered at the National Manufacturing Week Conference in Chicago: 1) Are you going t...

The efforts of a Government to provide ICTs in a developing country are mostly well intended but not always successful. To establish why this happens can be a complex process. Influencing government initiatives are a variety of inhibitors, enablers and influences ranging from the diversity of stakeholders and their cultures and history, to skill levels, existing infrastructure, economic conditi...