074 0 -74 5 9 /12 / $ 31. 0 0 © 2 012 I E E E Steve McConnell deSCribed technical debt as including both intentional and unintentional violations of good architectural and coding practice1—an expansion of Ward Cunningham’s original focus on intentional decisions to release suboptimal code to achieve objectives such as faster delivery.2 By choosing debt as a metaphor, Cunningham engaged a set of...

The Internet-enabled connectivity has created opportunities for businesses to conduct various forms of collaborative activities. However, the findings of several surveys indicate that the deficiencies in data quality might compromise the potential benefits of joint efforts. Global data synchronization (GDS), the process of timely updating product data to maintain the data consistency among busi...

determination of the amount of sugar in sugar beet is usually accomplished by polarimetric method in sugar industry. this method is not accurate due to impurities such as sodium, potassium and amino-nitrogen that are present and might cause some errors in the evaluation of the technical quality of sugar beet. in this research, 7309 samples of sugar beet from two semi- arid county, isfahan and c...

Due to the benefits associated with Agile practices, such as flexibility, responsiveness. Large-scale software companies have been attracted to scale Agile practices which has led to software vices like technical dependencies. This study investigates the challenges associated with technical dependencies, and the challenges of communicating technical dependencies in large-scale Agile software de...

A pilot scheme for technical quality control in histopathology is described. The test material used and the methods of assessment and reporting are detailed. The scheme outlines not only interlaboratory comparison of technical performance but also provides a method of sharing uncommon material.