An architecture as a code framework to manage documentation of IT projects

PurposeIn the present article, the authors tackle the problem of IT documentation, which plays an important role in information technology (IT) project management.Design/methodology/approachThey provide a simple tool based on five complementary views, which should be detailed by the project team using a classic source code management platform.FindingsThe proposed tool is open source and may be reused by any IT team in various project contexts and heterogeneous development methods.Originality/valueThis research provides an operational framework, which facilitates IT project management and documentation. The framework is open source and may be easily downloaded by any other IT team.

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Keeping your options open

Reference Services Review ◽

10.1108/rsr-05-2016-0033 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 44 (3) ◽

pp. 375-389 ◽

Cited By ~ 3

Author(s):

Mara Rojeski Blake ◽

Catherine Morse

Keyword(s):

Higher Education ◽

Open Source ◽

Teaching And Learning ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Source Code ◽

Library Instruction ◽

Content Type ◽

Descriptive Information ◽

Potential Use ◽

College Or University

Purpose Technologies for teaching abound, but many of them are proprietary systems and software that require institutional and individual subscriptions for use. Instructors and librarians in higher education have open source and free options for many types of teaching technologies. While some of these technologies are free to users, open source goes beyond that and makes the source code that runs it available as well. These provide more options to enhance teaching. Design/methodology/approach This paper will provide an overview of the open source landscape and evaluate free and open source technologies of potential use in the college or university classroom. Findings The paper found a number of free and open source tools appropriate for teaching and learning in higher education. These tools may possibly generate savings over proprietary tools, but could have other costs such as additional learning investment or require hosting. Additionally, free and open source technologies provide students with knowledge about tools that they can continue to access after graduation. Libraries have a role in connecting their constituencies to these tools. Originality/value The paper provides descriptive information about a variety of tools for teaching and learning in higher education, as well as examples from the literature of how the tools might be integrated into the classroom and into library instruction.

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Open source software for library systems – 1

Library Hi Tech News ◽

10.1108/lhtn-05-2016-0023 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 33 (5) ◽

pp. 1-3 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Adetoun A. Oyelude

Keyword(s):

Literature Review ◽

Open Source ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Source Code ◽

The Internet ◽

Content Type ◽

Different Types

Purpose This literature review goes ten years back to see what has been and is going on in the open source world. Effort has been made to be as comprehensive as possible, but the review has been limited again to internet sources and what can be garnered from the internet cybersphere. Design/methodology/approach What is Open Source? This issue has been treated by scholars interested in the topic. Different types of open source have been discussed and comparisons between open source integrated library systems done. Findings Open source software is a software source code that is available free of cost on the internet. Once downloaded, the software can be enhanced and customized. Originality/value The software is managed through a licensing process that protects the rights of the creators and collaborators (Jaffe and Careaga, 2007, p. 2).

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IT project management capabilities enhancement impacts of contingent employment policy in Hong Kong organisations

International Journal of Managing Projects in Business ◽

10.1108/ijmpb-08-2013-0035 ◽

2013 ◽

Vol 7 (1) ◽

pp. 144-157 ◽

Cited By ~ 1

Author(s):

Chui-Ha Ng ◽

Derek H.T. Walker ◽

Ginger Levin

Keyword(s):

Hong Kong ◽

Project Management ◽

Project Managers ◽

Contingent Workers ◽

It Project Management ◽

Content Type ◽

Doctoral Thesis ◽

Contingent Employment ◽

It Project ◽

The Way

Purpose – This paper aims to present a summary of findings of a doctoral thesis on the impacts of contingent employment on IT project management (PM) practices in three large representative Hong Kong organisations. It also presents the candidate's experience of the doctoral process in successfully completing the thesis as a mature and experience PM practitioner. Design/methodology/approach – This is a thesis research note reporting on the thesis that was undertaken as a series of case studies and includes reflections on the doctoral experience by the candidate and one of the two supervisors. Findings – The doctoral research findings are summarised and the URL link to the thesis is provided http://researchbank.rmit.edu.au/view/rmit:160254. Important findings about the way that the case study organisations managed the attraction, retention and career development of contingent workers are summarised. The nature of the doctoral journey is presented as findings through reflection. Practical implications – The thesis addresses a poorly researched area, contingent employment and the relationship between project managers and the organisations that hire them. The way that contingent workers develop their skills and how they may effectively engage in knowledge transfer is vital to organisational learning. Originality/value – The paper places its discussion in a Hong Kong context. There are few if any such studies in the PM literature in this region and consideration of HR issues for project managers are also an emerging area of research. The doctoral thesis reported upon and the link to it as provided allows readers access to a highly current source of literature and empirical work.

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Excellence in IT Project Management

International Journal of Human Capital and Information Technology Professionals ◽

10.4018/ijhcitp.2015070105 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 6 (3) ◽

pp. 71-84

Author(s):

Michael Elliott ◽

Ray Dawson

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Career Paths ◽

Step Change ◽

It Project Management ◽

Technology Learning ◽

Agile Methodology ◽

Current Thinking ◽

It Project ◽

Personal Skills ◽

Silver Bullet

With almost thirty years since the start of our quest to find Fred Brooks' magical “Silver Bullet” to slay our productivity horrors, and twenty years since the first Standish report on IT project success and failures, are we getting closer? This paper discusses and challenges current thinking on process improvement initiates to provide answers of how we can significantly improve IT project productivity and consider that to achieve a step change in improvement requires a different approach. Recent Standish research has highlighted the Agile Methodology as being particularly successful for the smaller IT project. However, what specifically is creating this improvement? Is it the process itself or is there something that the process enables? The hypothesis presented is that in order to create the step change improvement in IT project management delivery, we need to significantly improve the inter-personal skills of the whole IT project management team. The revolution for improved productivity will stem from challenging the typical career paths of technology learning to provide a much greater focus on the softer skills.

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Options for putting CDS/ISIS databases on the internet

Program electronic library and information systems ◽

10.1108/00330330610681367 ◽

2006 ◽

Vol 40 (3) ◽

pp. 286-295 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Andrew Buxton

Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Programming Languages ◽

Operating Systems ◽

Open Source Software ◽

Design Methodology ◽

The Internet ◽

Content Type

PurposeTo review the variety of software solutions available for putting CDS/ISIS databases on the internet. To help anyone considering which route to take.Design/methodology/approachBriefly describes the characteristics, history, origin and availability of each package. Identifies the type of skills required to implement the package and the kind of application it is suited to. Covers CDS/ISIS Unix version, JavaISIS, IsisWWW, WWWISIS Versions 3 and 5, Genisis, IAH, WWW‐ISIS, and OpenIsis.FindingsThere is no obvious single “best” solution. Several are free but may require more investment in acquiring the skills to install and configure them. The choice will depend on the user's experience with CDS/ISIS formatting language, HTML, programming languages, operating systems, open source software, and so on.Originality/valueThere is detailed documentation available for most of these packages, but little previous guidance to help potential users to distinguish and choose between them.

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Concurrent and sustainable development of a local-scale digital heritage inventory through action research at Bat, Oman

Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development ◽

10.1108/jchmsd-01-2016-0005 ◽

2016 ◽

Vol 6 (2) ◽

pp. 195-212

Author(s):

Yasuhisa Kondo ◽

Takehiro Miki ◽

Taichi Kuronuma ◽

Yuichi S. Hayakawa ◽

Kyoko Kataoka ◽

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Keyword(s):

Action Research ◽

Open Source ◽

Geographical Information Systems ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Heritage Management ◽

Geographical Information ◽

Network Access ◽

Content Type ◽

Digital Heritage ◽

Local Agent

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to present a concurrent implementation of sustainable inventory for the UNESCO World Heritage sites of Bat, Al-Khutm and Al-Ayn in the interior of Oman. Design/methodology/approach – A digital heritage inventory (DHI) was developed through an action research to realize demands of the local agent and to co-design the solution. The Ministry of Heritage and Culture of Oman, the local agent, demanded to have archaeological information of the sites shared with foreign expeditions, which had worked at the sites for decades, for efficient heritage management, scientific research, outreach, and education. To this end, the Bat Digital Heritage Inventory (BatDHI) was implemented by a combination of network-access-ready database application, open source geographical information systems, and a web-based map service to incorporate and visualize previous works, which were concurrently cross-checked and updated by ground-truth surveys. Findings – The online inventory made it possible to update information during archaeological fieldwork in real time and accelerated the decision-making process in heritage management by prompt data updates and visualization. Research limitations/implications – The DHI is extendable for other sites or regions. It should also be considered to install Arches, an open-source suite of digital heritage inventories. Practical implications – The BatDHI was implemented through the action research mentioned in the design/methodology/approach section and yielded the implications mentioned in the findings section. Originality/value – This paper is a challenging application of transdisciplinary approach to the sustainable heritage management, in which researchers and societal stakeholders collaborate for co-design of research agendas, co-production of knowledge, and co-dissemination of outcomes.

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Distributed digital preservation: preserving open journal systems content in the PKP PN

Digital Library Perspectives ◽

10.1108/dlp-11-2017-0043 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 34 (4) ◽

pp. 246-261 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Bronwen Sprout ◽

Mark Jordan

Keyword(s):

Open Source ◽

Design Methodology ◽

Public Knowledge ◽

Business Relationship ◽

Content Type ◽

The Public ◽

Interface Usability ◽

Unique Part ◽

Formal Business ◽

Open Journal Systems

PurposeThis paper aims to discuss the public knowledge project (PKP) preservation network (PN), which provides free preservation services for eligible journals by collecting article content and preserving it in a network of (at the time of writing) eight “preservation nodes” using the LOCKSS system. The PKP PN was launched in June 2016. Design/methodology/approachThis paper addresses the development and implementation of a free, distributed digital PN for open journal systems (OJS) content. It discusses challenges in developing the network, in particular relating to preserving content from a set of partners who have no formal business relationship with PKP. The paper examines data regarding journals that have opted in to the network to date and considers interface usability and other barriers facing those that have not joined. FindingsWithin 18 months of launch, more than 600 journals had opted to be preserved in the PKP PN. Many more journals are eligible to join the network; the paper explores potential strategies to increase participation and identifies and proposes methods to overcome technical and communication barriers. Originality/valueThis paper describes a highly collaborative, open-source preservation initiative which forms a unique part of the e-journal preservation landscape and preserves a particularly vulnerable portion of the scholarly record.

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