Berry sensory analysis (BSA) follows a standardized set of 20 descriptors, assessing the ripeness of wine grapes by judging fruit stems, skin, pulp, and seeds separately (Winter et al., 2004). It uses a four-point scoring system to determine relative ripeness and the change in ripeness over time. As with any maturity analysis, this system is most advantageously used in conjunction with other as...

The concept of process maturity proposes that a process has a lifecycle that is measured by the extent to which the process is explicitly defined, managed, measured, controlled and effective. A maturity model assumes that progress comes in stages, ultimately reaching an end goal. The supply chain maturity model is based upon concepts developed by Philip Crosby, who devised a maturity grid for t...

Many maturity models have been used to assess or rank e-government portals. In order to assess electronic services provided to the citizens, an appropriate e-government maturity model should be selected. This paper aims at comparing 25 e-government maturity models to find the similarities and differences between them and also to identify their weaknesses and strengths. Although the maturity mod...

This paper describes the preliminary work aimed to develop a model for learning process maturity based on the concepts and ideas of the Capability Maturity Model. In developing the learning process maturity model, the principles behind the Capability Maturity Model are explored and a mapping to a learning process maturity model is developed. The model is to be used within the normal teaching cy...

Information Systems and Technologies (IST) in healthcare have evolved gradually, and theories about IST adoption and maturity are sufficiently established in the literature of organizational management. This paper examines the evolution of IST in healthcare. The author introduces concepts associated with maturity models, addresses the generic maturity model for IST management, and presents the ...

We studied the effects of intrauterine neurotoxicity by methylmercury (MeHg) on the postnatal developing and adult stages of rats. We used offspring delivered from dams that had been given 1 mg/kg/day methylmercury chloride for 5 pregestational days and throughout pregnancy. Histopathological examination of the brains of a proportion of the offspring on postnatal days 1 (P1) and P3 revealed deg...

the age of maturity is one of the most important issues in the jurisprudence book” hijr”. the shiite and sunnite jurisprudents discussing prohibition of repossessing the properties deals with the maturity conditions. in this part they study maturity age of male and female and neuter. in this article jurisprudentially researching the writer reviews the verses and riwayas and jurisprudents’ opini...

Traditionally , information security management standards listing generic means of protection have received a lot of attention in the field of information security management. In the background a few information security management-oriente d maturity criteria have been laid down. These criteria can be regarded as the latest promising innovations on the information security checklist standard fa...

Purpose – Maturity models are a prospering approach to improving a company’s processes and business process management (BPM) capabilities. In fact, the number of corresponding maturity models is such high that practitioners and scholars run the risk of losing track. We therefore provide a systematic in-depth review of BPM maturity models. Design/methodology/approach – The paper follows the acce...

May 1999 Continuous process improvement is based on many small, evolutionary steps rather than revolutionary innovations. The Capability Maturity Model (CMM) provides a framework for organizing these evolutionary steps into five maturity levels that lay successive foundations for continuous process improvement. These five maturity levels define an ordinal scale for measuring the maturity of an ...