scholarly journals Design of an environmental management information system for the Universidad Distrital

2022 ◽  
Vol 25 (1) ◽  
pp. 529
Author(s):  
Edwin Arturo Quintero Torres ◽  
William Andrés León Beltrán ◽  
Juan Manuel Sánchez Céspedes
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Extreme Programming ◽  
Customer Requirements ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Agile Methodology ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Management Policies ◽  
Efficient Software

This article presents the design, development and implementation of a software tool, serving as an alternative to the problems involving management, control and reporting of processes within the institutional plan for environmental management (known as plan institucional de gestión ambiental (PIGA) by its Spanish acronym) for the Universidad Distrital Francisco José de Caldas. The software is focused on carrying out such processes to the automation setting, based on the extreme programming (XP) Agile methodology that mainly centers on the continuous development of the customer requirements to offer a more assertive tool, in line with the plan institucional de gestión ambiental in Spanish (PIGA) processes. The result is a complete satisfaction of users and a highly usable, adaptable and efficient software, inherently optimizing and automating the environmental management processes of the PIGA program. This work delivers an applet that meets the design and implementation requirements of environmental management policies. The proposed tool manages to reduce process-related times by 97%, therefore, allowing to aim efforts in other missional functions and increase the overall value offer of the organization.

eXtreme Programming

2011 ◽  
pp. 108-133
Author(s):  
Fabrizio Fioravanti
Keyword(s):  
The Other ◽  
Extreme Programming ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Project Development ◽  
Success Story ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Main Component ◽  
Development And Management

One of the emerging techniques that is becoming increasingly popular for managing software project is eXtreme Programming (XP) (Beck, 1999, 2000; Williams, 2000). XP surely changes the way in which we develop and manage software, as all the other methodologies related to the Agile Manifesto do (Agile Alliance, 2001; Boehm, 2002; Cockburn, 2001; Highsmith, 2001; Rakitin, 2001). XP has been the methodology that I have adopted in recent years to develop and manage software projects — before modifying it in order to create my own methodology, ADPD (Agile and Defined Project Development), which is described in Chapter XI. In order to understand ADPD, it is necessary to acquire all the possible knowledge about XP, since ADPD is XP 80% and recognizes quite all the values of this revolutionary technique for developing and managing software projects. The most interesting feature of XP consists in the fact that it is human oriented (Brooks, 1995). XP considers the human factor as the main component for steering a project toward a success story. On the other hand, it is important to notice that XP is guided by programming rules, even if its more interesting aspects deal with the values that are the real guides for the design, development, and management processes.

Effiziente Produktionsgestaltung*/Efficient production design - Development of a software tool for a process- and competence-oriented decision support

2016 ◽  
Vol 106 (07-08) ◽  
pp. 544-549
Author(s):  
V. K. Bellmann ◽  
P. Prof. Nyhuis
Keyword(s):  
Decision Support ◽  
Software Tool ◽  
Software Tools ◽  
Efficient Production ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Huge Amount

Zur Erhaltung ihrer Wettbewerbsfähigkeit setzen Unternehmen sowohl prozessverbessernde als auch kompetenzsteigernde Methoden ein. Jedoch erschwert die Vielzahl an Methoden eine anwendungsspezifische Auswahl. Somit wird ein Software-Tool benötigt, das neben den individuellen Zielstellungen auch die Voraussetzungen für eine erfolgreiche Umsetzung der Methoden berücksichtigt. Dieser Fachbeitrag beschreibt die Entwicklung eines Software-Tools zur zielgerichteten Entscheidungsunterstützung.   Companies apply process-improving and competence-increasing methods to maintain their competitiveness. However the huge amount of existing methods impedes an application-oriented selection. Thus a software tool is needed which considers individual objectives as well as requirements for a successful application of the methods. This paper describes the development of a software tool for a target-oriented decision support.

scholarly journals The incorporation of Māori environmental values as part of the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Implementation Programme in the Wellington Region, Aotearoa New Zealand

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Bryn Cal Hickson Rowden
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Decision Making ◽  
New Zealand ◽  
Theory Approach ◽  
Structured Interviews ◽  
Environmental Decision Making ◽  
Aotearoa New Zealand ◽  
Management Processes ◽  
Local Government Level ◽  
Implementation Programme

<p>In recent years, there has been significant efforts to create frameworks in which Māori values are incorporated as part of environmental management processes in Aotearoa New Zealand(Forster, 2014; Harmsworth et al., 2016). This research explores the factors that influence the incorporation of Māori values at the local government level, and what barriers Māori values face to being incorporated in environmental management. This research focused on a case study of the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committe Implementation Programme process in the Wellington region. Semi-structured interviews were used to collect information on the opinions of members of the Ruamāhanga Whaitua Committee. The interviews were analysed using a critical theory approach. The research found that there was a clear discrepancy between the values and behaviours expressed by some non-Māori members of the Committee. The result of such a discrepancy was that Māori values were not sufficiently part of environmental decision making. Such a discrepancy was a result of the political structures of the Regional Council’s Whaitua Implementation Programme process. The majority of the decision-making power was found to be situated ‘higher’ up in the organisation, outside of the Committee. Overall this research found that there are important opportunities to make sure iwi values are not only included, but form the basis of decisions.</p>

scholarly journals AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (12) ◽  
Author(s):  
Gopalkrishna Waja ◽  
Jill Shah ◽  
Pankti Nanavati
Keyword(s):  
Software Development ◽  
Agile Software Development ◽  
Extreme Programming ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Research Papers ◽  
Agile Methodology ◽  
Development Methodology ◽  
Software Development Methodology ◽  
Agile Software ◽  
The Impact

Agile Software Development plays a quintessential part in modern day software development. The term Agile refers to frequent reassessment and adaptation of plans and techniques and dividing tasks into shorter tasks for efficiency. Agile Software Development differs considerably from Traditional Software Development Methodology. Agile methodology aims to deliver features of a software project in small steps within a short duration of time (i.e., iterations). Hence, it becomes necessary to use agile software development methodology in todays’ fast-paced revolutionizing software industry. This paper discusses the important subtopics of Agile Software Development which gathered by reviewing/surveying of research papers. First, is the Agile Planning Life Cycle which consists of various stages such as pre-planning, planning, release planning and product backlog management. In the next section, principles such as Scrum, Extreme Programming, Kanban and Lean are discussed. The last section comprises the impact of Agile principles on software quality.

The role of environmental management control systems for ecological sustainability and sustainable performance

2020 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Shafique Ur Rehman ◽  
Anam Bhatti ◽  
Sascha Kraus ◽  
João J. M. Ferreira
Keyword(s):  
Environmental Management ◽  
Management Control ◽  
Organizational Capabilities ◽  
Equation Modeling ◽  
Ecological Sustainability ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Sustainable Performance ◽  
Construction Organizations ◽  
Environmental Strategies

PurposeThe purpose of this study determines how environmental management control system (MCS) packages influence ecological sustainability and sustainable performance through the mediating role of environmental strategies. Furthermore, this applies organizational capabilities as moderating variables between environmental strategies, ecological sustainability and sustainable performance in a sample of 373 construction firms.Design/methodology/approachThe authors apply quantitative questionnaire data from construction firm representatives (from project, sales and construction managers and contract managers, executive directors and engineers) to structural equation modeling and SmartPLS for our analysis.FindingsThe results demonstrate that recourse to environmental MCS packages significantly influence ecological sustainability, sustainable performance and environmental strategies. Additionally, environmental strategies and organizational capabilities significantly influence ecological sustainability and sustainable performance. Moreover, environmental strategies mediate between environmental MCS packages, ecological sustainability and sustainable performance. Organizational capabilities significantly moderate the relationship between ecological sustainability and sustainable performance.Practical implicationsThis research highlights the issue of how the management of construction organizations deploy environmental MCS packages, organizational capabilities and business strategies to measure ecological sustainability and improve their sustainable performance. This study fills a gap in the literature and facilitates the management of construction organizations in strengthening their internal resources in terms of environmental MCS packages, environmental strategies and organizational capabilities able to help improve their ecological sustainability and sustainable performance.Originality/valueThere are few studies building theoretical frameworks for incorporating environmental MCS packages, organizational capabilities, environmental strategies, ecological sustainability and sustainable performance into a single study. Although the influence of various types of intangible resources on ecological sustainability and sustainable performance receive considerable examination in the literature, there is a dearth of attention paid to understanding the role of environmental MCS packages, environmental strategies and organizational capabilities in determining the ecological sustainability and sustainable performance of construction organizations.

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