This paper describes our REDEPEND tool for i* modelling and analysis, and its features designed to make it more usable and useful in industrial projects. We present usability features, pattern-based techniques that generate text requirements statements from i* models, an extension to i* means-end links using satisfaction arguments, and an approach to integrate i* with an existing in-house requi...

The objective of the research was to identify and measure factors that influence competitiveness agricultural projects. Nineteen projects were executed by INCAGRO program in four regions (Amazonas, San Martín, Loreto Ucayali) analyzed. factorial analysis grouped 22 variables into factors: F1, Knowledge-facilities; F2, Funds; F3, Plans F4, Impact. estimated regression model Y = 3.421 + 0.391F1 +...

Disease is a major constraint in small ruminant production systems in lesser-developed countries throughout the world. Animal health projects have been an integral part of the Small Ruminant Collaborative Research Support Program (SR-CRSP) from its inception. At the onset, these projects were oriented toward herd health care and veterinary extension activities. Later, all the projects developed...

User interfaces for interactive proof assistants have always lagged behind those for mainstream programming languages. Whereas integrated development environments—IDEs—have support for features like project management, version control, dependency analysis and incremental project compilation, “IDE”s for proof assistants typically only operate on files in isolation, relying on external tools to i...

Joint research projects are create new knowledge and lessons learned from experience. A research project with several partners is a challenging environment for systematic reuse of knowledge and experience. Knowledge management is often considered overhead, with several tasks added to the workload of the project. This overhead can become overwhelming, since partners from academia and industry ha...

This paper proposes an extension of the EVM technique through the integration of historical cost performance data of processes as a means to improve the predictability of projects cost. The proposed technique was evaluated through an empirical study, which evaluated the implementation of the proposed technique in 17 software development projects. The proposed technique has been applied in real ...

—Agile is one of the terms with which software professionals are quite familiar. Agile models promote fast development to develop high quality software. XP process model is one of the most widely used and most documented agile models. XP model is meant for small-scale projects. Since XP model is a good model, therefore there is need of its extension for the development of medium and large-scale...

Effectively communicating with diverse groups involved in environmental management is critical to facilitating successful projects. This five-step communication plan designed enable resource managers and extension professionals successfully engage their stakeholders. plan, which uses oyster reef as an example, was informed by two primary sources: expert meeting stakeholder leaders coastal res- ...

today water supply issue in large cities seems to be a big problem. this becomes more important with population growth and urbanization extension. to cope with this problem lots of irrigation and drainage projects have been implemented and operated that subsequently many socio- economic and cultural effects have been brought to the areas . the objective of the present study is to survey the soc...