technology development projects, unlike many other kinds of projects don’t have pre-defined goals or clear implementation methods at the beginning of the project. among other uncertainties that any project could have, technology development projects have a high degree of uncertainty in the definition of project. for this reason, conventional project management methods such as those provided in ...

it is fair to say that the man by including agricultural, industrial activities and exploitation-of natural resources in his survival agenda is the most responsible of all for environmental changes. fundamentall development in various parts of a watershed is unavoidable and sometimes necessary. in recent years, large number of environmentally improper developments including new town development...

using crop simulation models is an efficient complement to experimental research. crop models can also be helpful with respect to decision-making in sustainable farming system. this study was done to estimate genetic coefficients and evaluate performanced dssat in prediction of development, growth and yield in wheat. data from various field experiments for four wheat cultivars koohdasht, shirou...

One of the major challenges in software development projects consists of defining appropriate development processes and tailoring them to project and organizational constraints. One solution for this problem is to develop domainspecific adaptable reference process models based on empirically gained experience, observation of real processes, and comparison of these processes. This article presen...

The paper explains and clarifies the differences between Waterfall and Agile development methodologies, establishes what criteria could be taken into account to properly define project success within the scope of software development projects, and finally tries to clarify if project success is the reason why many organizations are moving to Agile methodologies from other ones such as Waterfall....

Measurement of a software development process is an important way to understand and improve processes. In this paper we propose that measurement programs should be based on a solid understanding of the process and the process context. One way to achieve this type of understanding is to rst build formal process and context models. It is pointed out that process and context models can be used to ...

The success of agile software development has drawn attention to coaching as an alternative management style. In this paper, we argue that coaching, with its focus on trustful relationships, empathetic communication, mental models, and experiential learning, is suitable to facilitate the sustainable application of agile software development.