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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, ... -
The U.S. Navy's aviation safety program: a critical review.
(2007)Safety research has shown that human error, as opposed to mechanical failure, is a major causal factor in accidents in high reliability organizations. In U.S. Naval aviation, human error accounts for more than 80% of ... -
'The UN "Beijing Platform for Action" 1995-2005: Local Global Political Spaces, NGO Advocacy, and Governmental Responses in the Republic of Ireland',
(Routledge, 2005)Introduction September 2005 marks the tenth anniversary of the Fourth World Conference on Women (Beijing 1995) and the adoption of the Beijing Platform for Action (BPFA) by 189 governments, including Ireland. From February ... -
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 ... -
Understanding eGovernment implementation from an NPM strategic reform perspective
(Association for Information Systems, 2010)New Public Management (NPM) is a set of private sector management principles which have had a significant impact in the shaping of policy reform agendas in many governments. This article seeks to understand the influence ... -
Understanding net benefits: a citizen-based perspective on e-government success
(2009)eGovernment promises more efficient services and a more responsive government. Despite substantial investment, increasing failure rates have prompted critics to argue that policy makers are not achieving this vision. ... -
Usability and Acceptance in Small-Screen Information Systems
(2004)The small screen sizes of mobile phones can create problems for users. There is a need for acceptable user interfaces that enable a better, more maximised use of the limited screen size while still providing high ... -
The use of people management in technologies in Ireland
(CISC Working Paper No 11, 2004)This report summarises the findings of a survey about the use of Human Resource Information Systems (HRIS) associated with people management activities in Ireland. A total of 520 responses were received. - The study was ... -
Using Agile Practices to Influence Motivation within IT Project Teams
(2011)This exploratory study of IT project teams in Sweden and Ireland investigates how three agile practices, namely daily stand-ups, iteration planning and iteration retrospectives, contribute to motivation or de-motivation ... -
Using focus groups in studies of ISD team behaviour
(Academic Conferences International, 2010-06-25)This paper discusses an innovative focus group approach used to study an Information Systems Development (ISD) environment. The research had to cope with the application of a broad framework, untested in practice, seeking ... -
Value creation and capture with open source software: a theoretical model for understanding the role of value networks
(2010-06-07)This paper aims at examining how firms create and capture value with open source software (OSS). OSS is seen as an excellent exemplar of both peer production and open innovation. Nevertheless, the use of OSS as a form ... -
What's technology got to do With IT? A Dephi study on collaborative learning in distance educatio
(London School of Economics, 2009)Collaborative Learning (CL) is increasingly being used in Distance Education (DE), as it has been identified as an effective solution to known weaknesses such as high average rates of dropout and low quality of learning ... -
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", ... -
Whitaker Institute Policy Brief
(2012)With the growing discontent to the Austerity policies in Europe, there is also a growing demand for seeking alternative policies for solving the crisis. The alternative policies would only come about by recognizing the ... -
Wireless Valley, Silicon Wadi and Digital Island - Helsinki, Tel Aviv and Dublin and the new economy GPN
(Elsevier, 2004-06)Hyper-capitalism in global information and communication technology (ICT) markets during the late 1990s created a new global production network, shaped by multinational corporations, international capital flows, and a ... -
The wizard of OZ: instilling a resilient heart into self-service business applications
(Springer, 2006)Speech enabled business applications are characterized by complex implementations that bring together language processing technologies, applications development, and end-user psychology. Resilience is critical to ...