The implementation of an enterprise-wide Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a complex task. In most cases, evolutional approaches are used to handle this complexity. Maturity models are a possibility to plan and control such an evolution as they allow evaluating the current maturity and identifying current shortcomings. In order to support an SOA implementation, maturity models should also ...

Business process management maturity model enables description of ''as-is'' enterprise’s state, from the perspective of process management maturity. In the hart of this model there are five factors or levers, critical for successful business process management implementation. These factors are: strategic alignment, process management, methods and technology, employees and business culture. Ment...

This study evaluated the change in nutritive value and situ degradability of Desmanthus spp. (desmanthus) cultivars JCU2; D. virgatus, JCU4; bicornutus JCU7; leptophyllus harvested at varying maturity stages to test hypothesis that desmanthus differ between with stage harvest. In Experiment 1, was 11, 38, 72 103 days regrowth (maturity), separated into leaf stem portion, dried analysed for dry ...

Leading market analysts such as Gartner, Forrester Research and IDC expect again for 2012 an increase of global information technology (IT) spending between 3.7% and 6.9% compared to 2011. This trend emphasises the fact that ensuring the effectiveness and efficiency of IT or IT evaluation is a substantial task of strategic IT management. Weighing costs and benefits is already a real challenge f...

Corn is physiologically mature when kernels reach maximum dry weight and are safe from frost. All milky fluid disappears from the kernel, and the black layer, a dark layer of cells, forms near the tip of mature kernels. Most hybrids adapted to Wisconsin reach this stage when kernel moisture decreases to 30–32%, but it may not occur until moisture content decreases to 28% for some early hybrids....

INTRODUCTION With PACS and medical imaging technology maturing, the importance of organizational maturity and effective deployment of PACS in the hospital enterprise are becoming significant. OBJECTIVE The objective of this paper is twofold. Firstly, PACS literature on maturity and evolvability in the hospital enterprise is analyzed, resulting in an overview of the relevant developments conce...

As a “System of Systems” (SoS), Air Traffic Management (ATM) in Europe will be improved by simultaneous and coordinated evolutions of its constituting systems. The SESAR Program aims at reaching an ambitious performance target (for 2020) by developing a large collection of “Operational Improvement Steps” (OIs). This development is achieved by more than 300 projects, themselves involving a numbe...

Two studies using commercially fed cattle were conducted to determine the relationship of the USDA bone ossification-based maturity system to one based on the number of permanent incisors present at slaughter. These studies showed that 91.5 to 100% of cattle with zero permanent incisors (< 23.8 mo of age), 89.1 to 97.5% of cattle with two permanent incisors (23.8 to 30.4 mo of age), 75 to 82.2%...

Software product line engineering is an inter-disciplinary concept. It spans the dimensions of business, architecture, process, and the organization. Similarly, Education System engineering is also an inter-disciplinary concept, which spans the dimensions of academic, infrastructure, facilities, administration etc. Some of the potential benefits of this approach include continuous improvements ...