This paper explores the operational context of software processes and how it can inform the micro-process level environment. It examines the case of software project performance, describing a novel explanation. Drawing on the management literature, project performance is modeled as the contested outcome of learning as a driver of success and certain barrier conditions as drivers of failure, thr...

Research Objective We introduce the novel concept of applying economic mechanism design to the software development process, and aim to find ways to A task is an atomic unit executed by individuals and teams of actors that are interacting and making several investment decisions. Here we describe a generic view for the software decision making with four major components: adjust the incentives an...

This paper presents a survey of actual conditions of use of standard indicators in a Japanese software development organization. This survey is conducted in order to investigate possible criteria for selecting and customizing standard indicators according to the context of each project. Based on results of the survey, a process tailoring support system that is mainly focusing to quantitative ma...

Irrigated agriculture in Idaho faces a decline in the availability of water and increasing costs for that available water. The demand for recreational and environmental urban water use continues to grow. Adopting improved irrigation technology is one of the few remaining alternatives that agriculture can use to address this problem. Development of large-scale water projects to enhance water sup...

With the development of molecular biology, some DNA-based technologies have showed great potentiality in promoting the efficiency of crop breeding program, protecting germplasm resources, improving the quality and outputs of agricultural products, and protecting the eco-environment etc., making their roles in modern agriculture more and more important. To better understand the application of DN...

Precision agriculture is an important choice for the future agriculture. It is the base for precision agriculture development to change the state of small-scale farmland production and weak agricultural foundation in China gradually. Combined with the poorness of village in China, the variation of farmland and the dominance of small-scale peasant economy, this paper analyzed the adaptability of...

This paper describes an ongoing empirical investigation into software project schedule behaviour at a leading, international software development organisation. Due to the complexity of the phenomena being observed and the diversity and volume of empirical evidence being collected, a framework is proposed. The framework both facilitates the organisation of single and multiple sources of evidence...

In earlier debates on economic development, the agricultural sector’s role was somewhat controversial. While dualistic models highlighted the importance of agriculture, the mainstream literature placed a greater emphasis on the creation of a modern industrial sector. Soon agriculture disappeared from the mainstream development literature to re-emerge recently with a variety of multiple-sector g...

Task allocation is considered an important activity in software project management. However, the process of allocating tasks in agile software development teams has not received much attention in empirical research. Through a pilot study involving mixed open-ended and closed-ended interviews questions with 11 agile software practitioners working within a software development organization in Ind...