This paper firstly explores the decision-making process in agile teams using scrum practices and secondly identifies factors that influence the decision-making process during the Sprint Planning and Daily Scrum Meetings. We conducted 34 semi-structuredinterviews and 18 observations across four agile teams. Our findings show that a rational decision-making process is sometimes followed in the Sp...

OBJECTIVES We sought to evaluate socioeconomic disparities in serum screening for Down syndrome and assess whether such disparities are more likely to reflect limits in access or information or, rather, informed decisionmaking. METHODS A nationally representative sample of 12 869 French women completed interviews after giving birth. RESULTS We found substantial disparities in the likelihood...

The objective of my doctoral research is bring together two fields: partially-observable reinforcement learning (PORL) and non-parametric Bayesian statistics (NPB) to address issues of statistical modeling and decisionmaking in complex, realworld domains.

The objective of my doctoral research is bring together two fields: partially-observable reinforcement learning (PORL) and non-parametric Bayesian statistics (NPB) to address issues of statistical modeling and decisionmaking in complex, realworld domains.

This paper employs a system dynamics-based framework to examine the limitations of experiential learning as a guide for decisionmaking in organizations. This framework departs from the more traditional approach to modelling experiential learning processes in organizations by emphasizing the systematic interaction between decisionmaking agents and their environments, rather than the effects of v...

Requirements result from stakeholders’ decisions. These decisions are governed by hard issues such as the balance between cost and functionality, and soft issues such as social processes and organisational politics. The quality of the decision-making process is crucial as good-enough requirements is the foundation for a successful focusing of the available development resources. In this paper i...

This paper provides a survey of the terrain of theories of human judgment and decisionmaking (JDM). It provides an introduction, overview, and some insight into the understanding of some conceptual theories, frameworks, and the literature of JDM. This paper is in no way an exhaustive meta-analysis of the literature on JDM, nor is it intended to be. It does not seek to categorise and compare exi...

This is a progress report to describe the processes by which enterprise architects make decisions in practice. Decisions regarding enterprise architecture are among the most complex decisions in the IT domain. Architectural recommendations such as choice of an enterprise system are strategic decisions in the sense that they influence and constrain corporate decisions. Formal and informal method...

Individuals make decisions under uncertainty every day based on incomplete information concerning the potential outcome of the choice or chance levels. The choices individuals make often deviate from the rational or mathematically objective solution. Accordingly, the dynamics of human decisionmaking are difficult to capture using conventional, linear mathematical models. Here, we present data f...

In this lecture, I will draw upon my research career to present my latest ideas about career decisionmaking and career progression. Career decision-making was one of my first research interests, as part of a longitudinal study of the short-lived Training Credits scheme for young people, in the early 1990s. Based upon that work, I, Andrew Sparkes and Heather Hodkinson developed a new theory of c...