A Study on Relationships Among Software Engineering Capabilities in Japan Using Panel Analysis

2013 ◽  
pp. 180-192
Author(s):  
Yasuo Kadono
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Assurance Process

To understand how software engineering capabilities relate to IT vendors’ business performance and business environment, the author designed social research on software engineering excellence (SEE) and administered it in 2005, 2006 and 2007 with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The author measured the SEE survey results with regard to seven factors including service science characteristics: deliverables, project management, quality assurance, process improvement, research and development, human development, and contact with customers. This paper integrates 233 responses to the SEE surveys into a new database and identified 151 unique IT firms. Based on the results of the panel analysis, most SEE factors for a year had significant positive influences on the same factors the next year. Three paths existed to improving the level of deliverables through project management, quality assurance and research and development. Some SEE factors had significant positive influence on different factors in the following year diagonally. Some negative paths existed, implying that effort put toward a particular factor did not pay off during the research. These efforts may have longer-term effects on other SEE factors. In comparison to the overall structure, stratified analysis on the relationships among the seven factors suggested that year-to-year relationships of the independent vendors tend to be strengthened due to enhancement of series correlation.

A Study on Relationships Among Software Engineering Capabilities in Japan Using Panel Analysis

2011 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 20-32 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yasuo Kadono
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Social Research ◽  
Business Environment ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
Management Quality

To understand how software engineering capabilities relate to IT vendors’ business performance and business environment, the author designed social research on software engineering excellence (SEE) and administered it in 2005, 2006 and 2007 with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. The author measured the SEE survey results with regard to seven factors including service science characteristics: deliverables, project management, quality assurance, process improvement, research and development, human development, and contact with customers. This paper integrates 233 responses to the SEE surveys into a new database and identified 151 unique IT firms. Based on the results of the panel analysis, most SEE factors for a year had significant positive influences on the same factors the next year. Three paths existed to improving the level of deliverables through project management, quality assurance and research and development. Some SEE factors had significant positive influence on different factors in the following year diagonally. Some negative paths existed, implying that effort put toward a particular factor did not pay off during the research. These efforts may have longer-term effects on other SEE factors. In comparison to the overall structure, stratified analysis on the relationships among the seven factors suggested that year-to-year relationships of the independent vendors tend to be strengthened due to enhancement of series correlation.

Study on Management of Software Engineering Capability in Japan through Cross-Section Analysis and Panel Analysis

2012 ◽  
Vol 601 ◽  
pp. 576-583
Author(s):  
Kadono Yasuo
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Project Management ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Human Resource Development ◽  
Cross Section ◽  
Process Improvement ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Section Analysis

Surveys on software engineering excellence (SEE) were designed and administrated in 2005, 2006, and 2007 in conjunction with the Japanese Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry. In the survey, the software engineering capability was measured from the seven viewpoints of deliverables, project management, quality assurance, process improvement, research and development, human development, and customer contacts. In the present paper, we present the results of a cross-section analysis and a panel analysis. Through a cross-section analysis of the SEE data, we found superior deliverables and business performance to be significantly correlated with the effort expended on human resource development, quality assurance, research and development, and process improvement. For the panel analysis, we integrated 233 valid responses for the three years into a new database and identified 151 unique IT firms. Based on the results of the panel analysis, first, most SEE factors for a particular year had significant positive influences on the same factors the following year. Second, there were three paths to improving the level of deliverables, namely, through project management, quality assurance, and research and development, in a particular year. Third, some SEE factors had a significant positive influence on different SEE factors in the following year. Finally, several negative paths were observed, which implies that the effort put into a particular factor did not pay off in the short-term.

Quality Improvement in Automotive Software Engineering Using a Model-Based Approach

2009 ◽  
pp. 374-399 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tibor Farkas
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Object Constraint Language ◽  
Automotive Software ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Control Units ◽  
Preventive Actions ◽  
Automotive Software Engineering ◽  
Automotive Control Software ◽  
Assurance Process

Premium quality and innovation are the cornerstones of the leading positions of car manufacturers and suppliers in the world market. The permanently increasing complexity of in-car electronics and the rapidly growing amount of automotive software running on embedded electronic control units, places higher demands on quality assurance for the future. Quality cannot be implemented into software on embedded control units after their development. Methods for defects detection have to be constituted to automatically stop development to fix a problem before the defect continues downstream. In addition preventive actions have to be taken in respect of front-loading quality and reliability. An automatic and tool independent check of custom development rules, quality standards and enterprise wide guidelines can support the quality assurance process in the development of automotive control software. In the domain of automotive software engineering there is a lack of automated checking for standard conformance. Especially, a formal and tool independent notation of rules to follow is missing. In this chapter, the model-based design of automotive vehicle functions is taken as an example to show how textual rules describing development standards to be met can be transformed into a formal notation using the open standards Meta Object Facility and Object Constraint Language. Thereafter these rules can be checked automatically. The feasibility of this approach is shown by a software demonstrator.

scholarly journals Open Source Engineering Processes

2013 ◽  
Vol 55 (5) ◽  
Author(s):  
Wolfgang Mauerer ◽  
Michael C. Jaeger
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Software Development ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Technical Issues ◽  
Release Management ◽  
Traditional Approaches

AbstractSoftware engineering in open source projects faces similar challenges as in traditional software development (coordination of and cooperation between contributors, change and release management, quality assurance, …), but often uses different means of solving them. This leads to some salient distinctions between both worlds, especially with respect to communication and how technical issues are addressed. The variations within open source software (OSS) communities are considerable, and many different approaches are currently in use, ranging from informal conventions to highly systematic, formally specified and rigidly applied processes. We discuss the archetypal best practises in the field, illustrate them by presenting example projects, and provide a comparison to traditional approaches.

scholarly journals A Study On Relation Between Accounting Treatment For Capitalization Of R&D Expenditure And Earnings Management In The Korean Defense Industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 34 (2) ◽  
pp. 369-380
Author(s):  
Kyungkook Im ◽  
Chaechang Im
Keyword(s):  
Theoretical Model ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Earnings Management ◽  
Positive Relationship ◽  
Discretionary Accruals ◽  
Defense Industry ◽  
Positive Influence ◽  
Panel Analysis ◽  
Development Expenditure

Overall, this paper examines and finds the relation between the ratio of accounting treatment for capitalization of research and development expenditure (RCR&D). The theoretical model derived from panel analysis resource on Korean defense industry information from 2009 to 2014 indicates that the RCR&D positively affect earnings management direction through a significantly positive relationship. Also, the effect of large defense industry firms’ RCR&D on earnings management direction is higher than that of small ones despite that large defense industry firms have discretionary accruals in (-) direction compared with small ones. In addition, the effect of defense industry firms’ RCR&D on earnings management direction is strong especially in earnings increasing group. Also the change of RCR&D is positive influence on discretionary accruals. This enforces that RCR&D can be related with earnings management direction.

The Use of Port Performance Indexes in the Transport Economy and the Strengthening of Port Competitiveness

2019 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 387-394
Author(s):  
Astrida Rijkure ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Performance Indicators ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
International Competitiveness ◽  
International Experience ◽  
Multimodal Integration ◽  
Pricing Policies ◽  
Performance Indexes ◽  
Quality Assurance Process ◽  
Assurance Process

Ports in the transport economy have an important role to play in the competitiveness of ports. There is an increasing climate of competition, which causes ports to invest in development and to improve their transport corridors, governance principles and pricing policies in order to strengthen international competitiveness of ports and to ensure that their management practices are in line with the positive international experience. In order to increase the efficiency of transport, to promote the use of environmentally friendly technologies and to improve the international competitiveness of port transport corridors, it is important for ports to determine their own KPI indicators that would be used to assess port performance indicators. As ports are responsible for the quality assurance of port services, even if they do not provide such services, monitoring and assessing of the KPI must be part of the quality assurance process. The objective of this study is to define the port performance-enhancing KPI indexes and to make suggestions for how KPI application in the transport economy can strengthen the international competitiveness of ports and ensure that their management practises international experience. The study’s tasks are to define the appropriate KPI indexes, group them according to interlinked principles, and provide proposals on how to use them to improve the international competitiveness of ports and the main transport system multimodal integration.

Quality assurance and quality improvement in medical practice – Part 1. Definition and importance of quality in medical practice

2012 ◽  
Vol 153 (3) ◽  
pp. 83-92
Author(s):  
Sándor Gődény
Keyword(s):  
Quality Assurance ◽  
Health Status ◽  
Quality Management ◽  
Medical Practice ◽  
Quality Measurement ◽  
The European Union ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
Hungarian Population ◽  
Healthcare Finance

In Hungary healthcare finance has decreased in proportion with the GDP, while the health status of the population is still ranks among the worst in the European Union. Since healthcare finance is not expected to increase, the number of practicing doctors per capita is continuously decreasing. In the coming years it is an important question that in this situation what methods can be used to prevent further deterioration of the health status of the Hungarian population, and within this is the role of the quality approach, and different methods of quality management. In the present and the forthcoming two articles those standpoints will be summarized which support the need for the integration of quality assurance in the everyday medical practice. In the first part the importance of quality thinking, quality management, quality assurance, necessity of quality measurement and improvement, furthermore, advantages of the quality systems will be discussed. Orv. Hetil., 2012, 153, 83–92.

DEVELOPING ESP TEACHING MATERIALS FOR THE STUDENTS OFTHE SOFTWAREENGINEERINGBASED ON PROBLEM BASED LEARNING AT THE AL-WASHLIYAHTELADAN VOCATIONAL SCHOOL

TABULARASA ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 12 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Rodiani Fatmah Hasibuan ◽  
Busmin Gurning ◽  
Eddy Setia
Keyword(s):  
High School ◽  
Software Engineering ◽  
Research And Development ◽  
Engineering Students ◽  
Vocational School ◽  
Vocational High School ◽  
School Grade ◽  
English Reading ◽  
High School Grade ◽  
Reading Materials

This study dealt with the development of English Reading Materials of vocational school, Al-WashliyahTeladan Medan, majoring Software Engineering. The objectives of this study were to: 1) find out language skill and materials are needed by the students of Software Engineering, 2) develop the English materials for the majoring in software engineering students at the vocational high school grade XII. This study was conducted by Educational Research and Development R&D (Borg & Gall, 1989). The data of this research were from existing documents and the result of interview with teacher and student. The results of the research conveyed that the existing reading materials were mostly irrelevant because the title and content of the material was not appropriate and was not required for the students majoring in software engineering. The new English reading materials and syllabus were developed based on the students need related to the workplace. The materials and syllabus were developed from the existing materials from teacher. The developing materials were validated by two experts.

The Links between the Companies Market Price Quality and that of its Management and Business Quality: A System Panel Data Approach

GIS Business ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 11 (6) ◽  
pp. 28-38
Author(s):  
Dinis Daniel Santos ◽  
Elias Soukiazis
Keyword(s):  
Panel Data ◽  
Business Performance ◽  
Market Price ◽  
Equation System ◽  
Simultaneous Equation ◽  
System Equation ◽  
Simultaneous Equation System ◽  
Management Quality ◽  
The Relationship

This work uses a simultaneous equation system approach to analyze the relationship between the management and business quality of companies and their market price quality. Using panel data we found that both the management and the business quality of companies positively influence the market price quality of the studied American companies. Additionally, variables like the actual position of the company price quality compared to the industry average, being on the top or the bottom, or the beta value of a company, also influence the market price quality of the respective company. It is shown that the system equation approach is the most appropriate to explain the linkages between price, business, and management quality providing consistent estimates. Also, using ratings to express the three core variables in the system is the most adequate way to define the quality characteristics in terms of price, management, and business performance of the companies considered in this study.

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