For decades the IS community has been struggling with the delivery of low quality systems. Software process improvement (SPI) programs are accepted as one of the remedies to overcome this problem, with process maturity being a key element. A major contributor of process maturity is the capability maturity model integration (CMMI). However, most studies regarding process maturity and the determi...

The capability approach focuses on understanding and removing unfreedom, so it is surprising that connections between oppression have been little discussed. I take seven steps towards filling void. (1) There an intuitive conceptual connection if we understand “oppression” as being held or confined to low levels. (2) Normatively, noteworthy oppressed people are at levels a result of the agency o...

Uncertainty and sensitivity analysis methods are introduced, concerning the quality of spatial data as well as that of output information from Global Positioning System (GPS) and Geographic Information System (GIS) integrated applications for transportation. In the methods, an error model and an error propagation method form a basis for formulating characterization and propagation of uncertaint...