introduction agriculture still constitutes the backbone of the rural economy and is an engine of rural household income growth in developing countries. according to the evidence, agriculture sector has an important role also in rural economy in islamic republic of iran. thus, in order to promote rural economy, rural development programs and policies have been focused on agricultural investments...

Developing projects in computing-oriented courses is a well-known practice. However, the dynamic nature of the computing sciences poses new challenges for students and their instructors. They have a direct influence on the diversity in the project development aspects: diversity of the project types, topics, goals, participation, presentation, assessment, applications, and ethical issues introdu...

Die Diskussion „Market Pull“ versus „Technology Push“ hat in der betriebswirtschaftlichen Innovationsforschung bereits eine gewisse Tradition. Die hierzu durchgeführten empirischen Untersuchungen sind insbesondere der Frage nachgegangen, welche der beiden Vorgehensweisen welchen Einfluss auf den späteren Innovationserfolg hat. Wir wollen mit unserem Beitrag diesen Aspekt der Diskussion nicht er...

every year, for realizing the goals of five-year state civil development plan, a great part of state credits and financial resources are spent for investment in national projects, whilst most of national projects are performed with considerable delay. essential objectives of applying this research is design and explanaion of national projects managers’ competencies model, focusing on risk that ...

Most rural development projects include ecological considerations, and most conservation projects include some reference to sustainable development. However, conservation projects frequently fail because they do not incorporate local communities' perceptions and needs. Many development projects are also unsuccessful because they are not based on adequate ecological assessment. We focus here on ...

This paper explores the apparent contradiction between the 'linearity' of most Sustainable Development projects, with time-bound and defined outputs achieved at a fixed cost, and an implied 'circularity' of the theory whereby there is no 'end'. Projects usually have clear parameters within which they are implemented, and the inclusion of elements such as the need for accountability, measurable ...

Offshoring has become a viable alternative for companies to lower software development costs and leverage labor resources worldwide. To achieve success in offshoring software development projects, a vendor must choose appropriate development methodologies. This study aims to examine how methodology fit affects offshoring project performance. It proposes that methodology fit affects project perf...

In this paper, we introduce a methodology to be employed for collaborative projects. This methodology, called HORIZON, has been successfully employed in the past for FP6 and FP7 EU projects, but we strongly believe it can be fruitfully employed for H2020 projects as well, guaranteeing quality requirements to be met.

The paper explains and clarifies the differences between Waterfall and Agile development methodologies, establishes what criteria could be taken into account to properly define project success within the scope of software development projects, and finally tries to clarify if project success is the reason why many organizations are moving to Agile methodologies from other ones such as Waterfall....