Contemporary organizations are producing and storing more information then ever before in history. The resulting information overload, combined with the lack of quality assurance for information management, has led to a questionable state of information quality in many organizations. Furthermore, assessing, enhancing, and managing information quality has proven to be a notoriously difficult und...

This Journal details a maturity model for SQA services which has been developed during QMS implementation in the IT division of a large multinational organization. The scope of the engagement was to establish a standard set of processes based on CMMI® and ITIL® Framework across four business verticals scattered in Europe, United States and Asia. The services of Software Quality Analyst (SQA) fr...

An increasing number of contemporary organizations are coming to realize the importance of Information Quality (IQ) to effective decision making. However, assessing and enhancing the quality of information can still be a daunting task. Consequently, we propose a TDQM based Capability Maturity Model (CMM) for Information Quality Management (IQM). It is believed that the maturity model may assist...

Information quality has become a decisive factor in organizations since it is the basis of strategic decisions. Many researching lines over the last decade have looked at specific data and information quality issues from different standpoints. Taking care about data and information quality goes beyond the definition of data quality dimensions, and today, there is still a lack of an integrative ...

Harvest maturity is closely related to peach fruit quality and has a very important effect on the fresh fruit market. Unfortunately, at present, it is difficult to determine the maturity level of peach fruits by artificial methods. The objectives of this study were to develop quadratic polynomial regression models using near-infrared spectroscopy that could determine the peel color difference, ...

Literature presents attributes of effective quality management in building software systems. The value of the capability maturity model (CMM), ISO 9000, and total quality management (TQM) concepts in managing software quality has been widely acknowledged. However, shortcomings of these approaches have also been recognized. For instance, scholars have acknowledged CMM implementation difficulties...

Information quality has already become a decisive factor in information dependent business. Much has been said about the growing importance of data and information quality, and many researching lines over the last decade have looked at specific data and information quality issues from different standpoints. However data and information quality goes beyond the definition of data quality dimensio...

Currently, the use of maturity models is widespread for evaluating success project management (PM) processes. Project (PMMM) are valuable methodologies to improve In this context, present paper seeks an answer these questions: Which levels aimed organization make sustainable PM sound? propositions made based on obtained levels? This aims propose a PMMM by analysing knowledge areas. response obj...