scholarly journals Addressing Security Requirements through Onshore Agile Development When Packaging Software in the Distributed Development Domain: An empirical study

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 245-253
Keyword(s):  
Security Requirements ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Distributed Development ◽  
Packaged Software ◽  
Team Working ◽  
Multiple Structures ◽  
Increase In Productivity ◽  
Requirements Development ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Multiple Clients

Designing software for use by multiple clients has become commonplace in the software sector and has led to many vendors focusing on developing software for a specific sector, marketing the product then modifying it to a customer’s requirements. To fit the software to the client’s needs involves a unique form of teamwork, and it is usually an offshore team that processes the requests and implements the changes to the initial infrastructure. Unfortunately, this contravenes organizations’ information security requirements, due to their multiple structures and infrastructures and their need for privacy as well as swift processing of requests at reasonable cost. This study proposes a hybrid model, the Onshore Agile Security Requirements Development (OASRD) model, which uses Agile to meet the security implications arising from the onshore team working at the client’s site while it processes the customization requirements. It investigates the impact of the model on productivity, measured by the number of security and customization requirements that are processed and the estimated cost in terms of human resources. The evaluation reveals a statistically significant increase in productivity of about 40%, accompanied by a reduction in cost of more than 48% over the entire customization process, demonstrating the advantages of customizing packaged software through distributed development.

scholarly journals The Impact of Productivity Increasing in Indonesian Maritim Sector: General Equilibrium Analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 133-148 ◽  
Author(s):  
Widyastutik Widyastutik
Keyword(s):  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Equilibrium Analysis ◽  
Productivity Improvement ◽  
Marine Transport ◽  
Transport Services ◽  
Increase In Productivity ◽  
Trade Analysis ◽  
Global Trade Analysis Project ◽  
The Impact

The increase in productivity in the maritime sector will realize the maritime sector as a prime mover. This study aims to analyze the impact of the maritime sector productivity improvement on the performance of the economy. This research simulates increased productivity in the maritime sector (consisting of the fisheries, oil, gas sub-sector and marine transport services sector) using the Global Trade Analysis Project (GTAP) version 8. Simulation analysis showed an increase in productivity in the maritime sector has a positive impact on welfare, real GDP, and trade balance of Indonesia. However, the impact of the increase in productivity is not followed by an increase in output in all sectors. This indicates that if the increase in productivity occurs only in the maritime sector alone without being followed by an increase in productivity in other sectors, the sectoral performance is not optimal.DOI: 10.15408/sjie.v5i2.3403

C-MAC© videolaryngoscopy: The anaesthetic assistant’s view

2018 ◽  
Vol 28 (4) ◽  
pp. 83-89 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lydia Jones ◽  
Kathleen Mulcahy ◽  
Jeremy Fox ◽  
Tim M Cook ◽  
Fiona E Kelly
Keyword(s):  
Patient Safety ◽  
Difficult Airway ◽  
Clinical Benefit ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Force Application ◽  
Team Working ◽  
Working Practices ◽  
Laryngeal Anatomy ◽  
The Impact ◽  
And Training

Although videolaryngoscopy plays a major role in the 2015 Difficult Airway Society guidelines, the impact on anaesthetic assistant working practices and training has not previously been reported. We surveyed anaesthetic assistants in our hospital to document their experience with using the C-MAC© videolaryngoscope (48 practitioners, 100% response rate). Improvements in the following were reported: patient safety 100%; ability to see whether laryngoscopy is difficult 98%; ability to anticipate the ‘next step’ 98%; team-working and human factors 96%; ability to call a senior anaesthetist more quickly 94%; assessment or adjustment of cricoid force application 92%, understanding of laryngeal anatomy 92%; training in intubation 98%; training in cricoid force application 87%. Concerns were primarily about local issues such as decontamination and blade availability. Ninety percent reported that the clinical benefit outweighed any additional workload. In conclusion, the C-MAC© videolaryngoscope is judged by anaesthetic assistants to confer numerous advantages for their working practice and training.

The Impact of Artificial Intelligence and Virtual Personal Assistants on Marketing

2018 ◽  
pp. 5748-5756 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christina L. McDowell Marinchak ◽  
Edward Forrest ◽  
Bogdan Hoanca
Keyword(s):  
Artificial Intelligence ◽  
Customer Satisfaction ◽  
Security Requirements ◽  
Marketing Effort ◽  
Ethical Implications ◽  
Personal Assistants ◽  
Customer Trust ◽  
The Impact

This entry will review the state of the art in AI, with a particular focus on applications in marketing. Based on the current capabilities of AI in marketing, the author's explore the new rules of engagement. Rather than simply targeting consumers, the marketing effort will also be directed at the algorithms controlling the consumers' virtual personal assistants (VPAs). Rather than exploiting human desires and weakness, marketing will need to focus on meeting the user's actual needs. The level of customer satisfaction will be even more critical as marketing will need to focus on establishing and maintaining a reputation in competition with those of similar offerings in the marketplace. This entry concludes with thoughts on the long-term implications, exploring the role of customer trust in the adoption of AI agents, the security requirements for agents and the ethical implications of access to such agents.

The critical care environment

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sheila Adam ◽  
Sue Osborne ◽  
John Welch
Keyword(s):  
Critical Care ◽  
Clinical Information ◽  
Electronic Patient Records ◽  
Care Environment ◽  
Team Working ◽  
Use Of Technology ◽  
Design Structure ◽  
Key Factor ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Location Design

This chapter details the optimal location, design, structure, staffing, and equipment required to support high quality critical care. The chapter covers the impact of the critical care environment on patients, family, and staff themselves. The use of technology, including clinical information systems and electronic patient records, is described. Staffing numbers and roles and the importance of team working and collaboration as a key factor in the effectiveness of the critical care environment are also covered. The impact of cleanliness and infection control features as part of the design. The role that the environment has in mitigating the impact on patients in critical care as well as improving outcomes is described as well as other aspects of safety within critical care.

scholarly journals Do Production Contracts Raise Farm Productivity? An Instrumental Variables Approach

2008 ◽  
Vol 37 (2) ◽  
pp. 176-187 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nigel Key ◽  
William D. McBride
Keyword(s):  
Instrumental Variable ◽  
The United States ◽  
Farm Productivity ◽  
Hog Farms ◽  
Production Contracts ◽  
Instrumental Variable Method ◽  
Increase In Productivity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Instrumental Variables Approach ◽  
Unobservable Factors

Estimating how the use of production contracts affects farm productivity is difficult when unobservable factors are correlated with both the decision to contract and productivity. To account for potential selection bias, this study uses the local availability of production contracts as an instrument for whether a farm uses a contract in order to estimate the impact of contract use on total factor productivity. Results indicate that use of a production contract is associated with a large increase in productivity for feeder-to-finish hog farms in the United States. The instrumental variable method makes it credible to assert that the observed association is a causal relationship rather than simply a correlation.

scholarly journals The impact of cloud software’s agile development on staff roles and delivery of client services: A case study of the University of Auckland Libraries & Learning Services

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
◽  
Bryony Sinclair
Keyword(s):  
Online Survey ◽  
Organisational Change ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Multiple Perspectives ◽  
Frontline Staff ◽  
Case Study Methodology ◽  
Services Delivery ◽  
The University ◽  
The Impact

<p>Research problem: In 2014, the University of Auckland replaced its legacy Voyager library management system installed in 1998 with the Ex Libris Alma system, which has been developed around Software as a Service (SaaS) architecture. The objective of this research was to investigate the impact of cloud software’s agile development on staff roles and client services delivery in a tertiary library environment, using University of Auckland Libraries and Learning Services as a case study.  Methodology: Framed by organisational change management in the context of technological innovation, a detailed exploration of the University of Auckland’s shift to the cloud software was carried out, from an employee perspective. As a means of collecting rich data from a variety of sources and multiple perspectives from within the organisation, an online survey about Alma Fulfillment, the functional area of Ex Libris Alma used to deliver client services, was distributed to frontline staff six months after Alma’s implementation.  Results: The research found that, notwithstanding the perceived strengths of the new cloud software to deliver enhanced client services from the staff-user perspective, there was a strong preference for ongoing dissemination of information and instruction for frontline staff, particularly on the enhancements and new features regularly deployed by the service provider.  Implications: This research enables further understanding of factors affecting engagement for employees in new systems and potential barriers to effective and efficient service during significant cultural, functional, and technical change.</p>

Agile Development in Data Warehousing

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 64-77 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nayem Rahman ◽  
Dale Rutz ◽  
Shameem Akhter
Keyword(s):  
Business Intelligence ◽  
Data Warehousing ◽  
Agile Development ◽  
Successful Implementation ◽  
Design Development ◽  
Frequent Change ◽  
Development Teams ◽  
Waterfall Model ◽  
Business Requirements ◽  
The Impact

Traditional data warehouse projects follow a waterfall development model in which the project goes through distinct phases such as requirements gathering, design, development, testing, deployment, and stabilization. However, both business requirements and technology are complex in nature and the waterfall model can take six to nine months to fully implement a solution; by then business as well as technology has often changed considerably. The result is disappointed stakeholders and frustrated development teams. Agile development implements projects in an iterative fashion. Also known as the sixty percent solution, the agile approach seeks to deliver more than half of the user requirements in the initial release, with refinements coming in a series of subsequent releases which are scheduled at regular intervals. An agile data warehousing approach greatly increases the likelihood of successful implementation on time and within budget. This article discusses agile development methodologies in data warehousing and business intelligence, implications of the agile methodology, managing changes in data warehouses given frequent change in business intelligence (BI) requirements, and demonstrates the impact of agility on the business.

Bridging the Gap between Agile and Free Software Approaches

2011 ◽  
pp. 54-66 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul J. Adams ◽  
Andrea Capiluppi
Keyword(s):  
Free Software ◽  
Software Project ◽  
Software Projects ◽  
Short Period ◽  
Increase Productivity ◽  
Increase In Productivity ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Small Team ◽  
Primary Contribution

Agile sprints are short events where a small team collocates in order to work on particular aspects of the overall project for a short period of time. Sprinting is a process that has been observed also in Free Software projects: these two paradigms, sharing common principles and values have shown several commonalities of practice. This article evaluates the impact of sprinting on a Free Software project through the analysis of code repository logs: sprints from two Free Software projects (Plone and KDE PIM) are assessed and two hypotheses are formulated: do sprints increase productivity? Are Free Software projects more productive after sprints compared with before? The primary contribution of this article is to show how sprinting creates a large increase in productivity both during the event, and immediately after the event itself: this argues for more in-depth studies focussing on the nature of sprinting.

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