nowadays, issues such as global climate change, poverty and inequity, and the unsustainable use of resources are driving organizations to incorporate the principles of sustainable development into projects. sustainable development of organizations and companies requires consideration of all three sustainability dimensions: environmental, economic and social should integrate economic, social and...

OBJECTIVES Due to the non-commercial, research-oriented context, software in medical informatics research projects is often developed by researchers as a proof-of-concept without applying structured software development process models. A guideline for software development can bring sufficient structure to the development process while avoiding the complexity of industry-standard methods. METH...

In common with all projects, evaluating an Information Technology (IT) based research and development project is necessary in order to discover whether or not the outcomes of the project are successful. However, evaluating large-scale collaborative projects is especially difficult as: (i) stakeholders from different countries are involved who, almost inevitably, have diverse technological and/o...

This paper discusses the nature of contemporary action research approaches to developing practice and considers how this methodology has been applied to a recent education research project on a tertiary award program. The program was initiated using a co-operative inquiry approach to leadership and management practice development under an action research methodology (Heron 1996, Heron & Reason,...

The Exeter Research Alliance for Diabetes is a research project recently implemented at the Royal Devon and Exeter Hospital. The project investigates the genetic and environmental influences on the development of diabetes and its associated complications. This article describes the process of instigating the study from an initial research idea through to the implementation of the project.

Todd J. Urbatsch, Allan B. Wollaber, Kelly G. Thompson, Jeffery D. Densmore, Gabriel M. Rockefeller, CCS-2; Timothy M. Kelley, CCS-7 The Jayenne Project, which began in 1997, provides simulation capability for thermal radiative transfer in the X-ray regime for high-energy-density physics applications such as supernova explosions, inertial confinement fusion, and radiation flow experiments at fa...

most researches in the felid of human resource development by means of personal development plan has focused on education and health industries. the aim of this research is to explain human resource development process in order to gain a better understanding and identifying factors affecting this process in project- based organizations. to this end, by adopting grounded theory methodology, data...

The Usable Image project provides usability and user-centred design support to a scientific software development project. OMERO is a complex software application aimed at supporting the management, analysis and processing of microscopy images and associated data. In order to gather a richer understanding of the diversity and similarities of scientific practice and the role technology plays in s...