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Researchers in the Enterprise Agility cluster are focusing on improving an organization's ability to drive change, to sense and respond readily to change, and to learn from that change in today's business environment of unprecedented turbulence. Research in this cluster focuses on agile and lean methods of software development and their ability to proactively harness change. This cluster includes 20 staff, 5 postdoctoral researchers and 15 existing doctoral students, across the School of Business & Economics (i.e., Accountancy & Finance, Business Information Systems, Management and Marketing), the School of Law, the School of Psychology, CROLS, and DERI. The group has attracted over 4m euro in direct funding and has been involved in national and European project consortia attracting over 30m euro. Sources of direct funding include the EU Commission, Science Foundation Ireland, the Fulbright Commission, Enterprise Ireland, and IRCSET. The funding has been used to establish strong industry links, establishing the Agile Forum with ITAG, a monthly research and industry seminar series for showcasing NUI Galway research, which now attracts up to 40 companies per event. The group has secured 2.5m euro in industry contribution to NUI Galway to sustain this activity until 2015. Contributors include international market and technology leaders in their field, such as Information Mosaic (Dublin), Intel (Leixlip), Ericsson (Athlone), Cisco (Galway), Lumension Security (Galway), APC Schneider (Galway) and QAD (Shannon), as well as leading consultants in agile and lean management, namely Almir (Limerick) and Lean Business Systems (Limerick).
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Information Mosaic to Contribute 1.1 Million Euro to Research Decision Processes on Agile Teams
Friday, 8 October 2010: Working with Dr. Meghann Drury, Information Mosaic, the Dublin-based market leader for corporate actions and custody solutions to the global investment services industry, have contributed 1.1 million Euro to research in the Enterprise Agility group over the next 5 years. Information Mosaic has dedicated a team of 8 developers to work on the project.
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A Coevolving Systems Approach to the Organization of Agile Software Development
(2009)Despite the popularity of agile methods in software development and increasing adoption by organizations there is debate about what agility is and how it is achieved. The debate suffers from a lack of understanding of ... -
Health promoting school indicators: schematic models for children.
(Emerald, 2007-06)Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to outline a three-stage process for engaging with students to develop school level indicators of health; in sequential class groups students first generated, then categorised indicators ... -
A coevolving systems approach to the organization of agile software development.
(Institute of Management Sciences, 2009)Despite the popularity of agile methods in software development and increasing adoption by organizations there is debate about what agility is and how it is achieved. The debate suffers from a lack of understanding of ... -
Implementing e-government in Ireland: a roadmap for success.
(IGI Global, 2003-10)E-government provides unparalleled opportunities for governments to streamline processes and improve customer service. As a result, achieving successful citizen centric e-government has become a key concern for many ... -
E-tailing in Ireland: A review of Ireland's top 25 retailers
(Mercury Publications Ltd., 2003)Electronic commerce provides a new sales channel for traditional retailers (Gulati and Garino, 2000, Griffith and Krampf, 1998). Yet, many traditional retailers have been slow to embrace the new technology (Bellman, 2001, ... -
An assessment of biometric identities as a standard for e-government services.
(Inderscience, 2005-03)This paper investigates the applicability and potential use of biometrics for e-government services. An in-depth case study is presented outlining the development of e-government services in Ireland, highlighting potential ... -
The influence of quality on e-commerce success: an empirical application of the Delone and Mclean IS success model
(IGI Global, 2010-01)This research addresses difficulties in measuring e-commerce success by implementing the DeLone and McLean (D&M) model of IS success (1992, 2003) in an e-commerce environment. This research considers the influence of quality ... -
An assessment of biometric identities as a standard for e-government services.
(Mercury Publications Ltd., 2003-03)This paper investigates the applicability and potential use of biometrics for e-government services. An in-depth case study is presented outlining the development of e-government services in Ireland, highlighting potential ... -
From Business Process Management to Business Process Ecosystem
(2006)New technologies, notably service oriented architectures and Web services, are enabling a third wave of business process management (BPM). Supporters claim that BPM is informed by complexity theory and ... -
Understanding Agility in Software Development through A Complex Adaptive Systems Perspective
(2009)Agile software development methods have emerged in recent years and have become increasingly popular since the start of the century. While much research claims to study agile methods, the meaning of agility itself in ... -
E-tailing in Ireland: a review of Ireland's top 25 retailers
(2002)Electronic commerce provides a new sales channel for traditional retailers (Gulati and Garino, 2000, Griffith and Krampf, 1998). Yet, many traditional retailers have been slow to embrace the new technology (Bellman, ... -
An Assessment of Biometric Identities as a Standard for E-Government Services
(2005)This paper investigates the applicability and potential use of biometrics for E- Government services. An in-depth case study is presented outlining the development of E-Government services in Ireland, highlighting potential ... -
Where agile research goes: starting from a 7-year retrospective (report on agile research workshop at XP2009)
(2009)This report summarizes the key findings from a workshop at the 10th International Conference on Agile Processes and eXtreme Programming in Software Engineering (XP2009) called "Agile Research" A 7-Year Retrospective", ... -
Building a dolmen: an ISD approach to the management of innovation
(Springer, 2008-10-24)This paper addresses a ¿challenge in practice¿ by describing the initial stage of an information systems development (ISD) project to support the management of innovation within a subsidiary of APC-MGE. To begin with, a ... -
Agile Practices in Use from an Innovation Assimilation Perspective: a Multiple Case Study
(2007)Agile methods have been adopted by many information systems development (ISD) teams and organizations in recent years. However, while agile method research is growing, many studies lack a strong theoretical and conceptual ... -
Decisive and Incisive - The Path of DSS
(2008)Through this study we explore the literature discussing what management information systems are what decision support systems are in an attempt to clarify the taxonomies available in the literature into a holistic discourse. ... -
Modelling the Effects of Decision Tools in Online Shopping
(2009)The provision of tools to focus user interaction in analysing data to come to a decision is the core principle of a decision supporting system. This became the inherent characteristic of decision support systems to ... -
Optimal Product Information Display Formats in Online Shopping Scenarios: Implications for Management Practice and Policy Formation
(2009)The second key challenge noted by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (2004) eBusiness Strategy report is the building of confidence among Irish SME's and Micro-enterprises in the development of online ... -
Turning Time from Enemy into an Ally using the Pomodoro Technique
(Springer, 2010)Time is one of the most important factors dominating agile software development processes in distributed settings. Effective time management helps agile teams to plan and monitor the work to be performed, ...