Business-IT alignment is pervasive today, as organizations strive to achieve competitive advantage. Like in other areas, e.g., software development, maintenance and IT services, there are maturity models to assess such alignment. Those models, however, do not specifically address the aspects needed for achieving alignment between business and IT in inter-enterprise settings. In this paper, we p...

Software Process Improvement efforts rely heavily on the use of software capability maturity models. These models are used to identify problems in an organization’s software processes and point to, and prioritize, necessary improvements. Using models for this purpose will, however, automatically turn our attention to certain problems and issues and ignore others. In this paper we argue that the...

In this paper, we present a process for linking organizational training efforts with defects causal analysis in software development organizations. The process is being implemented in a CMMI maturity level 3 organization. Since causal analysis is not an expected process area at maturity level three, key success factors for the implementation of the process are identified and analyzed. The concl...

The focus of this paper is to outline the experience of a European based software organization utilizing the IDEAL model, while implementing a tailored Capability Maturity Model (CMM) software process improvement program. The goal was to achieve process improvement rather than a specific CMM maturity level. In doing this, the IDEAL model was extensively researched and employed. The benefits and...

This research begins with gap on the influence of introduction entrepreneurial orientation company performance based Resource-based theory (RBT). study analyzes effect assistance and learning ability which is mediated by competitive advantage halal food SMEs in city Salatiga. The results multiple linear regression 112 respondents stated that orientation, had a significant positive performance, ...

Research in shared mental models has immeasurably aided our understanding of effective teamwork and taskwork. However, little research has focused on the role that leaders play, if any, in influencing, developing and/or fostering shared mental models and thereby improving team performance. We developed an agent-based computational model based on McComb's theory of three-phase mental model devel...