In this position paper we argue against the application of universal quality criteria for the visual notation of modeling languages. Instead, we make a point that (1) the cognitive capabilities that modelers have, and...
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ISBN:
(数字)9783319192437
ISBN:
(纸本)9783319192437;9783319192420
In this position paper we argue against the application of universal quality criteria for the visual notation of modeling languages. Instead, we make a point that (1) the cognitive capabilities that modelers have, and (2) the different cognitive requirements placed on them while modeling specific aspects (e.g., processes, goals, regulations) mean that a visual notation should be optimal for a specific modeling effort, and not a best-for-everyone solution. We clarify this point by giving an example of a modeling effort where this comes into play, and propose a research agenda that can set out to deal with these issues.
Research collaboration in a globalized world has become one of the most important challenges for higher-education today. Collaboration between researchers all over the world is still an intricate and difficult challen...
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ISBN:
(数字)9783319149806
ISBN:
(纸本)9783319149806;9783319149790
Research collaboration in a globalized world has become one of the most important challenges for higher-education today. Collaboration between researchers all over the world is still an intricate and difficult challenge, which is the motive for this study that aims at filling this gap in the field of social science research. Based on the review of the literature, we propose a conceptual framework for designing a cyberinfrastructure to promote the collaboration among researchers across institutions. We present an example to illustrate the application of the framework that supports international collaboration between a research laboratory in a developed country and its partners in developing countries. Future work and research directions are also suggested in order to apply and extend the framework at a broader scale.
For over a decade, dedicated E-markets have been facilitating globally distributed systems development by enhancing the traditionally high-risk global sourcing processes. At the same time, the success and potential of...
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ISBN:
(数字)9783319267395
ISBN:
(纸本)9783319267395;9783319267388
For over a decade, dedicated E-markets have been facilitating globally distributed systems development by enhancing the traditionally high-risk global sourcing processes. At the same time, the success and potential of E-markets for sourcing project globally can be questioned, as E-markets embody a variety of temporal, geographical and socio-cultural gaps. To study the effectiveness of the mechanisms offered by the E-markets, we ran a field experiment in which four development teams worked for 10 weeks to have a software development product designed, programmed and tested by remote developer(s) using an E-market. Three out of the four teams managed to deliver a successful product within time and budget. This result exceeded our expectations and contradicts the critical observations and opinions in several blogs and news articles. We find that for effective e-Market sourcing a skilled customer team with competences including vendor selection, software contracting, software requirements specification, development methods, cross-cultural and virtual communications, use of various cloud based tools, frequent functional and non functional testing are necessary.
Enterprises are complex live organisms of humans and networked machines including diverse types of computational devices. Enterprise interoperability promotes the interaction between companies based in the interoperab...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783662471579;9783662471562
Enterprises are complex live organisms of humans and networked machines including diverse types of computational devices. Enterprise interoperability promotes the interaction between companies based in the interoperability between such companies and between devices and services inside the company. Knowledge management is another important aspect that is extensively observed in the dynamic enterprise ecosystem. It is understandable that studies make different types of assessment for machines and people. In this sense we can ask on the interest of studying humans along machines in the chain of collaboration inside the Enterprise Interoperability Ecosystem. What we propose is to establish measures that promote interoperability between computational devices and humans, at the same time that we can promote interoperability between humans using computational devices to interact between each other.
The considerations presented in this position paper provide a starting point for incorporating model representations on additional perception channels, e.g., by using audio, into the concrete syntax specification of m...
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ISBN:
(数字)9783319158952
ISBN:
(纸本)9783319158952;9783319158945
The considerations presented in this position paper provide a starting point for incorporating model representations on additional perception channels, e.g., by using audio, into the concrete syntax specification of modeling languages. As it turns out, this cannot be done inside the frameworks of existing concrete syntax specification approaches, but first means to question the state-of-the-art of treating concrete syntax definitions as static mapping structures, and subsequently requires to widen the understanding of what concrete syntax is to an operative view on how humans interact with models.
Whether or how firms can employ the halo effect to facilitate their mobile payment service adoption remains a critical and puzzling issue in e-commerce research. Using the schema theory and the value literature as the...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783319179575;9783319179568
Whether or how firms can employ the halo effect to facilitate their mobile payment service adoption remains a critical and puzzling issue in e-commerce research. Using the schema theory and the value literature as theoretical lenses, this study investigates the role of halo effect on mobile payment value perceptions and usage intentions. More specifically, we identify two types of mobile payment value: utilitarian and hedonic value. A field survey with 273 responses is conducted to test the research model and hypotheses. Our findings show that the two factors of the web-mobile payment relationship, namely perceived similarity and perceived business tie, can lead to increased value perceptions of mobile payment. Moreover, both utilitarian value and hedonic value are positively associated with mobile payment usage intention. We expect this study can provide valuable insights regarding the significant role of halo effect when consumers make the decision to use mobile payment services. Limitations, theoretical and practical implications are also discussed.
The paper describes a, framework and implementing issues addressing service orientation in the management and control of enterprises. A hybrid, semi-heterarchical control model based on the paradigm of holonic manufac...
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ISBN:
(数字)9783319149806
ISBN:
(纸本)9783319149806;9783319149790
The paper describes a, framework and implementing issues addressing service orientation in the management and control of enterprises. A hybrid, semi-heterarchical control model based on the paradigm of holonic manufacturing is proposed;it switches its operating mode from hierarchical to heterarchical in the presence of perturbations to ensure both global optimization and agility to changes in batch orders, while featuring robustness to disturbances in the production environment. In order to ensure these conflicting functionalities, a service oriented architecture is proposed and implemented, whose structure includes a distributed fault-tolerant Resource Service Access Model. Besides the design of a generic structural and dynamic model, a real implementation solution is proposed using a multi-agent framework.
Modern high-performing software product development organizations are nowadays more and more often transforming their operations towards continuous higher-level ends. In general, customer satisfaction (CS) is such a g...
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ISBN:
(纸本)9783319186122;9783319186115
Modern high-performing software product development organizations are nowadays more and more often transforming their operations towards continuous higher-level ends. In general, customer satisfaction (CS) is such a goal. This paper presents an approach of gauging and improving customer satisfaction in an industrial B2B product development project organization for continuous customer experience (CX) management. In order to do that, the Customer Satisfaction Index (CSI) used in the company was systematized with an applied impact analysis technique. The resulting artifact (called CSI Impact Mapping Grid) combines a set of satisfier improvement strategies derived from our initial work with the GQM+Strategies method coupled with the company assets (capabilities) and insights. It is furthermore aimed to be integrated with rich online measurement inputs for real-time predictive feedback. Such transparency across the whole organization enables employees to realize and insightfully support - even proactively in real time - the various cause-effect relationships of the CS/CX.
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