This paper describes the preliminary work aimed to develop a model for learning process maturity based on the concepts and ideas of the Capability Maturity Model. In developing the learning process maturity model, the principles behind the Capability Maturity Model are explored and a mapping to a learning process maturity model is developed. The model is to be used within the normal teaching cy...

This paper concerns the effects of macroeconomic announcements on the covariance structure of US government bond returns for six different maturities; the study shows that the conditional variances, covariances, and correlation coefficients are significantly greater on announcement days. On non-announcement days, the correlation coefficients are relatively large and are greater the closer the b...

Özet. Bu bildiride CMMI v1.3 Seviye 3 olgunluğundaki Aselsan REHİS (Radar, Elektronik Harp ve İstihbarat Sistemleri) Sektör Başkanlığı Yönetim Sistemi yazılım geliştirme süreç iyileştirme ölçme deneyimleri sunulmaktadır. REHİS Yazılım İyileştirme Ekibi (YİE) tarafından 2011 yılı süreç güncelleme çalışmaları ile birlikte sürecin etkinlik ve verimlilik göstergelerinin de yeniden belirlenmesi için...

IT Governance (ITG) adoption remains a relevant topic of study. While extensive research has been done looking into the drivers and critical success factors of ITG practice, there seems to be a lack of interest in identifying the barriers to its adoption. This study reports on a survey conducted to first: provide some primary data that suggest ITG adoption and maturity levels are still low, esp...

This paper presents a Logistic Maturity Model. The goal is to provide companies with a system that allows both to assess their logistic processes current status and to outline an action plan for improvement, considering four key elements: Modeling Framework, Maturity Framework, Performance Framework and Improvement Systems.

Our movements allow us to interact with the surrounding world. The contribution of the motor system in acquisition of sensory information is particularly critical for vision. Because high visual acuity is restricted to the central part of the retina, saccadic eye movements are necessary for collecting detailed visual information. Thus, a series of different snapshots of the visual scene is prov...