Literature presents attributes of effective quality management in building software systems. The value of the capability maturity model (CMM), ISO 9000, and total quality management (TQM) concepts in managing software quality has been widely acknowledged. However, shortcomings of these approaches have also been recognized. For instance, scholars have acknowledged CMM implementation difficulties...

The notions of process and process management are slowly (and painfully) entering the mainstream. Most organizations have not embraced process management. Some have done so only half-heartedly, with unsatisfactory results. Finally, those (relatively few) organizations that devoted serious attention to managing and/or reengineering their processes have reaped huge rewards. They have defined and ...

Information quality has become a decisive factor in organizations since it is the basis of strategic decisions. Many researching lines over the last decade have looked at specific data and information quality issues from different standpoints. Taking care about data and information quality goes beyond the definition of data quality dimensions, and today, there is still a lack of an integrative ...

In the context of monitoring abundance of artificial light at night, the year-to-year stability of Sky Quality Meters (SQMs) is investigated by analysing intercalibrations derived from two measurement campaigns that were held in 2011 and 2012. An intercalibration comprises a light sensitivity factor and an offset for each SQM. The campaigns were concerned with monitoring measurements, each last...

Information quality has already become a decisive factor in information dependent business. Much has been said about the growing importance of data and information quality, and many researching lines over the last decade have looked at specific data and information quality issues from different standpoints. However data and information quality goes beyond the definition of data quality dimensio...