Moving from Information Tunnels to Configurable, User-Model Driven Environments: A Vision for Future Project Information Technologies

Abstract Having competitive processes has become as important (if not more) as having competitive products. Simply designing good products is not enough to gain competitive edge. Business processes have grown complex and fragmented in an ad-hoc manner. They span several departments and are very inefficient. Often the work being performed conflicts with the organizations’ goals and strategic objectives. Traditional practices and policies tend to encourage this, resulting in being part of the problem instead of being part of the solution. This paper presents a model driven methodology for Business Process Engineering (BPE) to support an organization’s migration to effective, agile and efficient processes. The essential elements of the methodology are process modeling, process analysis, and process execution by utilizing an array of information technologies. The methodology steps depend on process models for understanding, analyzing, simulating, improving, innovating, and implementing the business processes. The methodology starts by defining the goals and objectives of the BPE project. Candidate business processes are identified. The selected strategic “As-Is” business processes are analyzed to find where problems exist. Several techniques are employed to engineer the “To-Be” process. The new process may be a radical departure from the old process. The alternatives are evaluated using cost/benefit analysis. The selected processes are then implemented using a phased approach that relies on information technology solutions alongwith the implementation of recommended organizational and cultural changes. A continuous improvement program is put into place to ensure long term success.

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USE OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES IN FUTURE PROJECT MANAGERS' TRAINING

Information Technologies and Learning Tools ◽

10.33407/itlt.v63i1.2038 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 63 (1) ◽

pp. 107 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Oksana V. Dubinina ◽

Lesia D. Hrytsiak

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Information Systems ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Model Development ◽

Project Planning ◽

Project Managers ◽

Education Management ◽

Management Project ◽

Management Students ◽

Future Project

The article clarifies the concepts of project and project management, substantiates the use of information systems and technologies in training specialists in project management (project manager and program manager), discusses the characteristics and functions of project management information systems as well as describes the materials and methods of project implementation and the advantages of using IT for project creation. The author outlines the contents of project managers' training at the University of Education Management Educational-Scientific Institute of Management and Psychology and claims that future project managers must know the main characteristics and functionalities of and be trained to use the MS Project, Oracle Primavera, etc. The project management students also have to be able to determine the purpose of and tools for a calendar network model development, to formulate requirements for project management software in solving specific problems as well as to use software for project planning, monitoring and analysis.

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Modeling Framework for Medical Data Semantic Transformations

10.29007/l2vs ◽

2018 ◽

Author(s):

Alexander Vodyaho ◽

Nataly Zhukova ◽

Dmitry Kurapeev ◽

Mikhail Lushnov

Keyword(s):

Model Transformation ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Main Idea ◽

Model Driven Engineering ◽

Modeling Framework ◽

Suggested Approach ◽

Model Driven ◽

Is Development ◽

Model Driven Approach ◽

Wide Usage

Nowadays inthe domain of modern information technologies there is an evident trend of wide usage of intel- ligent information systems (IS), where processing of incoming data is based on multiple semantic-oriented transformations. Model Driven Engineering approach is widely used for intelligent IS development. The effectiveness of this approach is defined by availability for developers sufficient number of domain oriented models, which describe the classes of solutions and suggest effective tools for model transformation. In the paper a model driven approach for development of intelligent IS is described. The main idea of the suggest- ed approach is an implementation of semantic oriented transformations. This approach was used by the authors for building real IS for different subject domains. The example of practical usage of the suggested approach for medical IS development is described.

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Development of a software platform for the design of district heating systems

E3S Web of Conferences ◽

10.1051/e3sconf/202020902027 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 209 ◽

pp. 02027

Author(s):

Dmitry Sokolov ◽

Evgeny Barakhtenko

Keyword(s):

Information Technologies ◽

Methodological Approach ◽

District Heating ◽

Heating System ◽

Practical Significance ◽

Software Platform ◽

District Heating System ◽

Heating Systems ◽

Model Driven ◽

District Heating Systems

The paper presents a new methodological approach to developing a universal platform for the design of district heating systems. The reasons for the development of the platform are considered and a scientific statement of the problem is given. The main methodological results obtained during the development of the platform are presented. The description of the scientific and practical significance of the results is given. A new methodological approach was developed using modern information technologies. The methodological approach is based on the paradigm of Model-Driven Engineering. The essence of this paradigm is that the software is generated on the base of formal description provided by the models. The proposed approach allows one to successfully solve the problem of separation of methods for solving applied problems and models of elements of a district heating system. The paper describes the developed architecture of the software platform. A description of the architectural subsystems of the platform is presented: the computing subsystem and the graphics subsystem.

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Model Representation through UML and SPEM

Managing Enterprise Information Technology Acquisitions - Advances in Business Information Systems and Analytics ◽

10.4018/978-1-4666-4201-0.ch012 ◽

2013 ◽

pp. 281-297

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Software Engineering ◽

Process Modeling ◽

Information Technologies ◽

It Services ◽

Engineering Process ◽

Model Driven ◽

Strategic Fit ◽

Software Engineering Process

Establishing strategic fit dynamically between information systems and information technologies for having a well managed IT acquisition life cycle in the organization is quite challenging. Despite advancements in software engineering process modeling techniques and the existence of maturity in handling multi-disciplinary challenges in designing appropriate information systems, there is growing popularity in developing model-driven methods. This chapter discusses application of a model-driven method that aims to use software engineering process modeling. It also aims to showcase the appropriateness of the application of the model in software engineering. The chapter discusses the role of SDLC-driven approaches for IT services acquisitions and relates to the UML and SEPM principles while discussing the deliverables of the model.

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Mapping a Nursing Terminology Subset to open EHR Archetypes

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.3414/me14-01-0053 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 54 (03) ◽

pp. 271-275

Author(s):

T. W. Cook ◽

L. T. Cavalini ◽

J. R. M. Nogueira

Keyword(s):

Information Systems ◽

Functional Status ◽

Health Informatics ◽

Multilevel Model ◽

Information Technologies ◽

Healthcare Information ◽

Healthcare Information Systems ◽

Model Driven ◽

Data Granularity ◽

Model Driven Approach

Summary Background: Healthcare information technologies have the potential to transform nursing care. However, healthcare information systems based on conventional software architecture are not semantically interoperable and have high maintenance costs. Health informatics standards, such as controlled terminologies, have been proposed to improve healthcare information systems, but their implementation in conventional software has not been enough to overcome the current challenge. Such obstacles could be removed by adopting a multilevel model-driven approach, such as the open EHR specifications, in nursing information systems. Objectives: To create an open EHR archetype model for the Functional Status concepts as published in Nursing Outcome Indicators Catalog of the International Classification for Nursing Practice (NOIC-ICNP). Methods: Four methodological steps were followed: 1) extraction of terms from the NOICICNP terminology; 2) identification of previously published open EHR archetypes; 3) assessment of the adequacy of those open EHR archetypes to represent the terms; and 4) development of new open EHR archetypes when required. Results: The “Barthel Index” archetype was retrieved and mapped to the 68 NOIC-ICNP Functional Status terms. There were 19 exact matches between a term and the correspondent archetype node and 23 archetype nodes that matched to one or more NOIC-INCP. No matches were found between the archetype and 14 of the NOIC-ICNP terms, and nine archetype nodes did not match any of the NOIC-ICNP terms. Conclusions: The open EHR model was sufficient to represent the semantics of the Functional Status concept according to the NOICICNP, but there were differences in data granularity between the terminology and the archetype, thus producing a significantly complex mapping, which could be difficult to implement in real healthcare information systems. However, despite the technological complexity, the present study demonstrated the feasibility of mapping nursing terminologies to open EHR archetypes, which emphasizes the importance of adopting the multilevel model-driven approach for the achievement of semantic interoperability between healthcare information systems.

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