Presentation describes the journey of Chandigarh Master Plan right from its inception and tries to bring out facts which have gone into making of the Master Plan of 2013
REGIONAL PLAN: A CASE OF MUMBAI METROPOLITAN REGIONYash Shah
Regional planning deals with the efficient placement of land-use activities, infrastructure, and settlement growth across a larger area of land than an individual city or town. Regional planning is a sub-field of urban planning as it relates land use practices on a broader scale. It also includes formulating laws that will guide the efficient planning and management of such said regions.
Regions require various land uses; protection of farmland, cities, industrial space, transportation hubs and infrastructure, military bases, and wilderness. Regional planning is the science of efficient placement of infrastructure and zoning for the sustainable growth of a region. Advocates for regional planning such as new urbanist Peter Calthorpe, promote the approach because it can address region-wide environmental, social, and economic issues which may necessarily require a regional focus.
A ‘region’ in planning terms can be administrative or at least partially functional, and is likely to include a network of settlements and character areas. In most European countries, regional and national plans are ‘spatial’ directing certain levels of development to specific cities and towns in order to support and manage the region depending on specific needs, for example supporting or resisting polycentrism.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Planning Committee (MMPC) was formed under the provisions of the Maharashtra Metropolitan Planning Committee Act 1999 and has been entrusted with the task of preparing a Regional Plan for the Mumbai Metropolitan Area with help from MMRDA. Currently, the Regional Plan 1996 is in operation which was prepared by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and sanctioned in 1999. The MMRDA was established under the MMRDA Act, 1974 and undertook the revision of the First regional plan prepared by the Regional Planning Board and sanctioned in 1973, under the provisions of the MR& TP Act, 1966.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region extends over an area of 4355 sq. km and comprises Municipal Corporations of Greater Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, Navi Mumbai and Ulhasnagar; 15 municipal towns; 7 non-municipal urban centers; and 995 villages. Its administrative limits cover Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban Districts, and parts of Thane and Raigad District. There are 40 Planning Authorities in the Region that are responsible for the micro-level planning of the different areas.
Presentation describes the journey of Chandigarh Master Plan right from its inception and tries to bring out facts which have gone into making of the Master Plan of 2013
REGIONAL PLAN: A CASE OF MUMBAI METROPOLITAN REGIONYash Shah
Regional planning deals with the efficient placement of land-use activities, infrastructure, and settlement growth across a larger area of land than an individual city or town. Regional planning is a sub-field of urban planning as it relates land use practices on a broader scale. It also includes formulating laws that will guide the efficient planning and management of such said regions.
Regions require various land uses; protection of farmland, cities, industrial space, transportation hubs and infrastructure, military bases, and wilderness. Regional planning is the science of efficient placement of infrastructure and zoning for the sustainable growth of a region. Advocates for regional planning such as new urbanist Peter Calthorpe, promote the approach because it can address region-wide environmental, social, and economic issues which may necessarily require a regional focus.
A ‘region’ in planning terms can be administrative or at least partially functional, and is likely to include a network of settlements and character areas. In most European countries, regional and national plans are ‘spatial’ directing certain levels of development to specific cities and towns in order to support and manage the region depending on specific needs, for example supporting or resisting polycentrism.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Planning Committee (MMPC) was formed under the provisions of the Maharashtra Metropolitan Planning Committee Act 1999 and has been entrusted with the task of preparing a Regional Plan for the Mumbai Metropolitan Area with help from MMRDA. Currently, the Regional Plan 1996 is in operation which was prepared by the Mumbai Metropolitan Region Development Authority (MMRDA) and sanctioned in 1999. The MMRDA was established under the MMRDA Act, 1974 and undertook the revision of the First regional plan prepared by the Regional Planning Board and sanctioned in 1973, under the provisions of the MR& TP Act, 1966.
The Mumbai Metropolitan Region extends over an area of 4355 sq. km and comprises Municipal Corporations of Greater Mumbai, Thane, Kalyan, Navi Mumbai and Ulhasnagar; 15 municipal towns; 7 non-municipal urban centers; and 995 villages. Its administrative limits cover Mumbai City and Mumbai Suburban Districts, and parts of Thane and Raigad District. There are 40 Planning Authorities in the Region that are responsible for the micro-level planning of the different areas.
Planning Laws - Its Implications for Urban Development JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper tries to analyse the role and importance of legal framework in the context of urban development and the need to make urban laws more rational, simple and supportive of the urban development.
DDA - Delhi Development Authority instigated operations in 1957 under the Delhi Development Act for a well-planned, orderly and swift development of Delhi into a capital city in its true sense. The biggest challenge in front of the Ministry of Urban Development Delhi has always been to provide adequate residential and commercial infrastructure facilities to over 11 million people in the city.
Activities OF DDA :
DDA Master Plans
DDA Housing
DDA Land Development
DDA Commercial Properties
DDA Sports Complexes etc.
Urban conservation techniques and strategies mainly followed in the INDIA.This is done for my friends in B.ARCH(VIIth semester) JNAFAU & JNTUK.
University.
TDR - CASE STUDIES OF MUMBAI CHENNAI BANGALORE
TRANSFERABLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
Transferable Development Rights or TDR can be considered as an important raw material in the real estate industry as it allows the developer to build over and above the permissible Floor Space Index (FSI) under the prevalent rules of the respective locations.
Growth pattern of towns Natural and Planned,
Types of zoning and importance,
various road networks(Grid iron pattern, shoe string development,
Surveys for data collection, physical survey, social survey, economic survey, civic survey,
Town aesthetics, landscape architecture,
Rehabilitation of slum and urban renewal,
10 Insightful Quotes On Designing A Better Customer ExperienceYuan Wang
In an ever-changing landscape of one digital disruption after another, companies and organisations are looking for new ways to understand their target markets and engage them better. Increasingly they invest in user experience (UX) and customer experience design (CX) capabilities by working with a specialist UX agency or developing their own UX lab. Some UX practitioners are touting leaner and faster ways of developing customer-centric products and services, via methodologies such as guerilla research, rapid prototyping and Agile UX. Others seek innovation and fulfilment by spending more time in research, being more inclusive, and designing for social goods.
Experience is more than just an interface. It is a relationship, as well as a series of touch points between your brand and your customer. Here are our top 10 highlights and takeaways from the recent UX Australia conference to help you transform your customer experience design.
For full article, continue reading at https://yump.com.au/10-ways-supercharge-customer-experience-design/
Planning Laws - Its Implications for Urban Development JIT KUMAR GUPTA
Paper tries to analyse the role and importance of legal framework in the context of urban development and the need to make urban laws more rational, simple and supportive of the urban development.
DDA - Delhi Development Authority instigated operations in 1957 under the Delhi Development Act for a well-planned, orderly and swift development of Delhi into a capital city in its true sense. The biggest challenge in front of the Ministry of Urban Development Delhi has always been to provide adequate residential and commercial infrastructure facilities to over 11 million people in the city.
Activities OF DDA :
DDA Master Plans
DDA Housing
DDA Land Development
DDA Commercial Properties
DDA Sports Complexes etc.
Urban conservation techniques and strategies mainly followed in the INDIA.This is done for my friends in B.ARCH(VIIth semester) JNAFAU & JNTUK.
University.
TDR - CASE STUDIES OF MUMBAI CHENNAI BANGALORE
TRANSFERABLE DEVELOPMENT RIGHTS
Transferable Development Rights or TDR can be considered as an important raw material in the real estate industry as it allows the developer to build over and above the permissible Floor Space Index (FSI) under the prevalent rules of the respective locations.
Growth pattern of towns Natural and Planned,
Types of zoning and importance,
various road networks(Grid iron pattern, shoe string development,
Surveys for data collection, physical survey, social survey, economic survey, civic survey,
Town aesthetics, landscape architecture,
Rehabilitation of slum and urban renewal,
10 Insightful Quotes On Designing A Better Customer ExperienceYuan Wang
In an ever-changing landscape of one digital disruption after another, companies and organisations are looking for new ways to understand their target markets and engage them better. Increasingly they invest in user experience (UX) and customer experience design (CX) capabilities by working with a specialist UX agency or developing their own UX lab. Some UX practitioners are touting leaner and faster ways of developing customer-centric products and services, via methodologies such as guerilla research, rapid prototyping and Agile UX. Others seek innovation and fulfilment by spending more time in research, being more inclusive, and designing for social goods.
Experience is more than just an interface. It is a relationship, as well as a series of touch points between your brand and your customer. Here are our top 10 highlights and takeaways from the recent UX Australia conference to help you transform your customer experience design.
For full article, continue reading at https://yump.com.au/10-ways-supercharge-customer-experience-design/
How to Build a Dynamic Social Media PlanPost Planner
Stop guessing and wasting your time on networks and strategies that don’t work!
Join Rebekah Radice and Katie Lance to learn how to optimize your social networks, the best kept secrets for hot content, top time management tools, and much more!
Watch the replay here: bit.ly/socialmedia-plan
http://inarocket.com
Learn BEM fundamentals as fast as possible. What is BEM (Block, element, modifier), BEM syntax, how it works with a real example, etc.
Content personalisation is becoming more prevalent. A site, it's content and/or it's products, change dynamically according to the specific needs of the user. SEO needs to ensure we do not fall behind of this trend.
Lightning Talk #9: How UX and Data Storytelling Can Shape Policy by Mika Aldabaux singapore
How can we take UX and Data Storytelling out of the tech context and use them to change the way government behaves?
Showcasing the truth is the highest goal of data storytelling. Because the design of a chart can affect the interpretation of data in a major way, one must wield visual tools with care and deliberation. Using quantitative facts to evoke an emotional response is best achieved with the combination of UX and data storytelling.
Succession “Losers”: What Happens to Executives Passed Over for the CEO Job?
By David F. Larcker, Stephen A. Miles, and Brian Tayan
Stanford Closer Look Series
Overview:
Shareholders pay considerable attention to the choice of executive selected as the new CEO whenever a change in leadership takes place. However, without an inside look at the leading candidates to assume the CEO role, it is difficult for shareholders to tell whether the board has made the correct choice. In this Closer Look, we examine CEO succession events among the largest 100 companies over a ten-year period to determine what happens to the executives who were not selected (i.e., the “succession losers”) and how they perform relative to those who were selected (the “succession winners”).
We ask:
• Are the executives selected for the CEO role really better than those passed over?
• What are the implications for understanding the labor market for executive talent?
• Are differences in performance due to operating conditions or quality of available talent?
• Are boards better at identifying CEO talent than other research generally suggests?
AutoDCR® is a unique and innovative e-governance solution for automation of building plan scrutiny and approval. It reads CAD drawings and maps them to the development control regulations for approval by municipal corporations and approving authorities.
AutoDCR® is one of the most widely implemented architecture engineering software for e-governance of building plans across India. It is seamlessly integrated to an online approval workflow to monitor the approval process with associated document scrutiny and site visits (where applicable). It integrates SMS and Personal Digital Assistants for creating alerts and notifications to concerned authorities.
AutoDCR® acts as a unified platform for the citizens, urban local bodies and authorities. It helps in improving compliance, efficiency and effectiveness through collaboration between urban local bodies, government, citizens and other stakeholders.
Today, especially the developing country like India, Municipal Corporations are facing the challenges of rapid urbanization, haphazard development, political interference, poor work culture, eroding accountability and a declining public image due to the increasing gap between service delivery and public expectations. Governments need to align their services to meet with the growing needs of the urbanization, to bring about Simple, Moral, Accountable, Responsive and Transparent Governance.
To achieve the above objectives, SoftTech Engineers Pvt Ltd has made extensive research and has strong technology product AutoDCR to help Municipal corporations and urban development authorities deliver a comprehensive set of services to citizens.
Cloudpreneurs - McKinsey Reveals Fast Growth of Cloud AdoptionNewvewm
At Technomy 2012 in Tucson , Bertil Chappuis, Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, explored how cloud technology is helping to boost business.
His talk focused on the high trending growth of cloud services on enterprise, small businesses, and individual levels.
Using Newvem’s AWS cloud usage data, Mr. Chappuis covered rapid cloud growth.
2010 Software Licensing and Pricing Survey Results and 2011 PredictionsFlexera
2010 Software Licensing and Pricing Survey Results and 2011 Predictions by Amy Konary, Director, Software Pricing and Licensing, IDC
Presented at SoftSummit 2010
Hitachi ID Identity Manager: Self-service and automated user provisioningHitachi ID Systems, Inc.
Hitachi ID Identity Manager:
Managing the User Lifecycle Across On-Premises and Cloud-Hosted Applications.
User provisioning, RBAC, SoD and access certification.
http://hitachi-id.com/
EdgeSoft eLMS Permitting And Business Process App Oct 2012lorider08
Edgesoft’s Enterprise Land Management System (eLMS™) is a web-based solution, developed shoulder-to-shoulder with government staff, that improves interdepartmental communication by providing shared access to accurate, real-time data. The location-based system manages data across various City departments, providing a one-stop solution to cities to automate functionalities within Permits, Licenses and more.
DashMash: a Mashup Environment for End User DevelopmentMatteo Picozzi
Web mashups are a new generation of applications based on the “composition” of ready-to-use services. In different contexts, ranging from the consumer Web to Enterprise systems, the potential of this new technology is to make users evolve from passive receivers of applications to actors actively involved in the “creation of innovation”. Enabling end users to self-define applications that satisfy their situational needs is emerging as an important new requirement. In this paper, we address the current lack of lightweight development processes and environments and discuss models, methods, and technologies that can make mashups a technology for end user development.
A scenario demonstrating the usage of Rational Team Concert for System i. This is a tool set for building team collaboration around RPG, COBOL, CL, and DDS assets.
VENUS-C is the first European distributed computing infrastructure to adopt a User-centric approach to Cloud Computing, putting the needs of end-User communities of researchers and small businesses at the forefront of development.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Observability Concepts EVERY Developer Should Know -- DeveloperWeek Europe.pdfPaige Cruz
Monitoring and observability aren’t traditionally found in software curriculums and many of us cobble this knowledge together from whatever vendor or ecosystem we were first introduced to and whatever is a part of your current company’s observability stack.
While the dev and ops silo continues to crumble….many organizations still relegate monitoring & observability as the purview of ops, infra and SRE teams. This is a mistake - achieving a highly observable system requires collaboration up and down the stack.
I, a former op, would like to extend an invitation to all application developers to join the observability party will share these foundational concepts to build on:
Why You Should Replace Windows 11 with Nitrux Linux 3.5.0 for enhanced perfor...SOFTTECHHUB
The choice of an operating system plays a pivotal role in shaping our computing experience. For decades, Microsoft's Windows has dominated the market, offering a familiar and widely adopted platform for personal and professional use. However, as technological advancements continue to push the boundaries of innovation, alternative operating systems have emerged, challenging the status quo and offering users a fresh perspective on computing.
One such alternative that has garnered significant attention and acclaim is Nitrux Linux 3.5.0, a sleek, powerful, and user-friendly Linux distribution that promises to redefine the way we interact with our devices. With its focus on performance, security, and customization, Nitrux Linux presents a compelling case for those seeking to break free from the constraints of proprietary software and embrace the freedom and flexibility of open-source computing.
State of ICS and IoT Cyber Threat Landscape Report 2024 previewPrayukth K V
The IoT and OT threat landscape report has been prepared by the Threat Research Team at Sectrio using data from Sectrio, cyber threat intelligence farming facilities spread across over 85 cities around the world. In addition, Sectrio also runs AI-based advanced threat and payload engagement facilities that serve as sinks to attract and engage sophisticated threat actors, and newer malware including new variants and latent threats that are at an earlier stage of development.
The latest edition of the OT/ICS and IoT security Threat Landscape Report 2024 also covers:
State of global ICS asset and network exposure
Sectoral targets and attacks as well as the cost of ransom
Global APT activity, AI usage, actor and tactic profiles, and implications
Rise in volumes of AI-powered cyberattacks
Major cyber events in 2024
Malware and malicious payload trends
Cyberattack types and targets
Vulnerability exploit attempts on CVEs
Attacks on counties – USA
Expansion of bot farms – how, where, and why
In-depth analysis of the cyber threat landscape across North America, South America, Europe, APAC, and the Middle East
Why are attacks on smart factories rising?
Cyber risk predictions
Axis of attacks – Europe
Systemic attacks in the Middle East
Download the full report from here:
https://sectrio.com/resources/ot-threat-landscape-reports/sectrio-releases-ot-ics-and-iot-security-threat-landscape-report-2024/
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
Climate Impact of Software Testing at Nordic Testing DaysKari Kakkonen
My slides at Nordic Testing Days 6.6.2024
Climate impact / sustainability of software testing discussed on the talk. ICT and testing must carry their part of global responsibility to help with the climat warming. We can minimize the carbon footprint but we can also have a carbon handprint, a positive impact on the climate. Quality characteristics can be added with sustainability, and then measured continuously. Test environments can be used less, and in smaller scale and on demand. Test techniques can be used in optimizing or minimizing number of tests. Test automation can be used to speed up testing.
GraphSummit Singapore | The Art of the Possible with Graph - Q2 2024Neo4j
Neha Bajwa, Vice President of Product Marketing, Neo4j
Join us as we explore breakthrough innovations enabled by interconnected data and AI. Discover firsthand how organizations use relationships in data to uncover contextual insights and solve our most pressing challenges – from optimizing supply chains, detecting fraud, and improving customer experiences to accelerating drug discoveries.
UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series, part 5DianaGray10
Welcome to UiPath Test Automation using UiPath Test Suite series part 5. In this session, we will cover CI/CD with devops.
Topics covered:
CI/CD with in UiPath
End-to-end overview of CI/CD pipeline with Azure devops
Speaker:
Lyndsey Byblow, Test Suite Sales Engineer @ UiPath, Inc.
Removing Uninteresting Bytes in Software FuzzingAftab Hussain
Imagine a world where software fuzzing, the process of mutating bytes in test seeds to uncover hidden and erroneous program behaviors, becomes faster and more effective. A lot depends on the initial seeds, which can significantly dictate the trajectory of a fuzzing campaign, particularly in terms of how long it takes to uncover interesting behaviour in your code. We introduce DIAR, a technique designed to speedup fuzzing campaigns by pinpointing and eliminating those uninteresting bytes in the seeds. Picture this: instead of wasting valuable resources on meaningless mutations in large, bloated seeds, DIAR removes the unnecessary bytes, streamlining the entire process.
In this work, we equipped AFL, a popular fuzzer, with DIAR and examined two critical Linux libraries -- Libxml's xmllint, a tool for parsing xml documents, and Binutil's readelf, an essential debugging and security analysis command-line tool used to display detailed information about ELF (Executable and Linkable Format). Our preliminary results show that AFL+DIAR does not only discover new paths more quickly but also achieves higher coverage overall. This work thus showcases how starting with lean and optimized seeds can lead to faster, more comprehensive fuzzing campaigns -- and DIAR helps you find such seeds.
- These are slides of the talk given at IEEE International Conference on Software Testing Verification and Validation Workshop, ICSTW 2022.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
A tale of scale & speed: How the US Navy is enabling software delivery from l...sonjaschweigert1
Rapid and secure feature delivery is a goal across every application team and every branch of the DoD. The Navy’s DevSecOps platform, Party Barge, has achieved:
- Reduction in onboarding time from 5 weeks to 1 day
- Improved developer experience and productivity through actionable findings and reduction of false positives
- Maintenance of superior security standards and inherent policy enforcement with Authorization to Operate (ATO)
Development teams can ship efficiently and ensure applications are cyber ready for Navy Authorizing Officials (AOs). In this webinar, Sigma Defense and Anchore will give attendees a look behind the scenes and demo secure pipeline automation and security artifacts that speed up application ATO and time to production.
We will cover:
- How to remove silos in DevSecOps
- How to build efficient development pipeline roles and component templates
- How to deliver security artifacts that matter for ATO’s (SBOMs, vulnerability reports, and policy evidence)
- How to streamline operations with automated policy checks on container images
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Communications Mining Series - Zero to Hero - Session 1DianaGray10
This session provides introduction to UiPath Communication Mining, importance and platform overview. You will acquire a good understand of the phases in Communication Mining as we go over the platform with you. Topics covered:
• Communication Mining Overview
• Why is it important?
• How can it help today’s business and the benefits
• Phases in Communication Mining
• Demo on Platform overview
• Q/A
Transcript: Selling digital books in 2024: Insights from industry leaders - T...BookNet Canada
The publishing industry has been selling digital audiobooks and ebooks for over a decade and has found its groove. What’s changed? What has stayed the same? Where do we go from here? Join a group of leading sales peers from across the industry for a conversation about the lessons learned since the popularization of digital books, best practices, digital book supply chain management, and more.
Link to video recording: https://bnctechforum.ca/sessions/selling-digital-books-in-2024-insights-from-industry-leaders/
Presented by BookNet Canada on May 28, 2024, with support from the Department of Canadian Heritage.
DevOps and Testing slides at DASA ConnectKari Kakkonen
My and Rik Marselis slides at 30.5.2024 DASA Connect conference. We discuss about what is testing, then what is agile testing and finally what is Testing in DevOps. Finally we had lovely workshop with the participants trying to find out different ways to think about quality and testing in different parts of the DevOps infinity loop.
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1. Rapid urbanization of industrial, commercial and residential properties
2. Complex Bye Laws – slow and error prone manual approval process
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Automates scrutiny of
Innovation drawings vis-à-vis DC
rules/ Building bye laws
Provides alerts Accelerates
Performance scrutiny process
and reports for Acceleration
Monitoring
different by eliminating
stakeholders via lengthy and
SMS and email cumbersome
computations
Enables
Maps authorized
Accountability Collaboration collaboration
roles and
between various
responsibilities
stakeholders
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MIS Reports
Municipal Commissioner
Building Permission officials
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Architect Document Approval
Submits application online Verify the submitted document
Views status online 2
Site Visit Approval
Site Inspection Report
Views Reports online
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Final Drawing in .pdf format
Drawing Approval
Drawing scrutiny report generated
View sanctioned details by AutoDCR™
Citizens
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• Architect fills in proposal
online.
• Attaches drawing with
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• Gets file number for future
reference.
• Sends for drawing scrutiny,
document checklist and site
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• Authorities will look into the document
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• Generate Acknowledgement letter of the
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Textual Reports.
Failed Entity on CAD Drawings.
Area Statements on CAD Drawing.
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• System automatically calculates fee required to
be paid.
• Generates letters and receipts.
• Payment alerts through SMS / e-Mails.
• Optional facility to integrate with Payment
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Final approval
• System Generated Permission Letters and
Certificates.
• Localized Certificates.
• Attaching conditions and remarks on certificates.
• Permission alerts through SMS / e-Mails.
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Pune Municipal Municipal Corporation Corporation of
Corporation of Greater Mumbai Chennai
Coimbatore City Maharashtra Industrial Thane Municipal
Municipal Corporation Dev. Corporation Corporation
Thiruvanthapuram Bhubaneswar
Municipal Nagpur Development
Corporation, Kerala Municipal Corporation Authority
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Pimpri Chinchwad Hubli Dharwad Jaipur Development
Municipal Corporation Municipal Corporation Authority
Bhavnagar Gujarat International
Municipal Corporation Finance Tec-City Lavasa Corporation
Aurangabad Municipal Kolhapur Municipal Mira Bhayandar
Corporation Corporation Municipal Corporation
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Thiruvananthapuram
Corporation Kollam Corporation Cochin Corporation
Indore Municipal
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Ujjain Municipal Kolhapur Municipal
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AutoDCR got an Award in The World Leadership Awards, 2007
Pune Municipal Corporation bagged the World Leadership Award for Automatic
Scrutiny of the Building Proposals at World forum Awards 2007 at London
Manthan Asia Award – 2010 : e-Governance category
Manthan Award is given for excellence in innovative digital technology across
15 different categories. AutoDCR™ won this prestigious in the e-governance
category
Prime Minister’s Award for Excellence in Public Administration
“Building Plan Scrutiny (AutoDCR) & Approval Management System (BPAMS)”
was nominated under the category “Implementation of Innovative Scheme/
Projects” by PMC Officials (Pune Municipal Corporation
JNNURM Best Practices – Building plan Approval
Recommended as Best Practices in e-Governance by Ministry of Urban
Development. Link : http://jnnurm.nic.in/nurmudweb/e-Gov/BP_BPA.pdf
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Uniformity and • Ensures uniform interpretation of complex rules
standardization • Standardization of process across all entities
• Transparency of process to citizens and other
Good stakeholders
governance
• Showcase for best practices
• Digitized data management
Better quality of
• Timely delivery
services
• Standard Procedures
• Every process with fixed time limits
Accountability • All roles mapped
• Early alerts through SMS / Email / Web
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Editor's Notes
SoftTech Engineers Pvt. Ltd. (An ISO 9001:2000 company) is engaged in the information technology industry particularly in the business of providing software and systems integration services world-wide and has developed it’s proprietary a building Bye-laws software by name “AutoDCR” for automatic approval and sanctioning of building plans. The project constitutes the approval management information system integrated with CAD drawing scrutiny tool.India is on the verge of information revolution and with the changing perception of citizens, it is necessary to go ‘citizen centric’ . AutoDCR helps in enhancing internal efficiencies, providing transparent and efficient automated online services to citizens.
Today, especially in the developing country like India, Municipal Corporations are facing the challenges of rapid urbanization , haphazard development and a declining public image due to the increasing gap between service delivery and public expectations. Due to lack of proper and smooth systems, there are challenges like-Multiple agencies- There is no single point of presence for the citizens to avail the government services. The citizen needs to visit each department to avail a service provided by that department. (As the number of staff available in each department is much less that required, they need to stand in long queues).Manual reading of drawing-Authorities engaged are interpreting the rules as they could understand.Complex rules and bylaws-Complex nature of land records and many rules interrelated to each other.End-to-end traceability- In today’s paper based system, finding out status of proposal or locating a file of a particular proposal within rigid hierarchy and complicated procedures in corporations can be a very perplexing experience. There is no standard process for determining the efficiency of the staff. (It is nearly impossible to know the actual process being followed inside the department. It is also very difficult to know the status of the applications submitted to any department).Information not aligned-The information available with higher authorities is fragmented, contradictory, out-of-date, poorly indexed, or simply not of interest or use. There is no systematic way of collecting, maintaining and analyzing data/information that may be relevant for planning and approval purposes resulting in re-work and redundancy in data. Inadequate citizen interface-Dependence of citizens on any corporation for various services is huge. The citizens are expected to go to the service counters situated at the department premises for availing the services from a particular department, the waiting time for the citizens is very high. In the absence of monitoring system and manual interventions, there is a lack of efficiency in redressing citizen’s complaints.
Transparency- All the relevant building permission data will be made available to increase citizen’s knowledge base to achieve citizen empowerment through access to information. Escalation of Alerts on unnecessary delays.Accountability- Generation of regular MIS report & evaluation of workforce efficiency. Maps authorized roles and responsibilities.Collaboration- There will be a single point contact with the departments, reducing the time required for request the service and deliver the service. Enables collaboration between various departments.Acceleration- All the failures in the rules for any particular proposal will be conveyed to concerned architect at one time.Faster approval as every process will have a fixed accountability with time limit set.Innovation- Scrutiny of proposal by reading CAD drawing, eliminates lengthy manual process and Human errors, reduce the Architects and Authority's effort for drawing and calculation to save valuable time.
Proposal flow-Architect submits the plan and proposal basic data online.After initial scrutiny of the documents and chalan payment, the date of site visit is notified to the concerned officer and architect via system generated SMS.After detail document scrutiny & site visit, scrutiny of building plan is done by AutoDCR, reading layer based drawing entities, geometrically mapping them with development Control rules, generating scrutiny reports in just few seconds.-Proposal is rejected or forwarded to higher authority at various stages but within stipulated time period- Architects can view proposal status, scrutiny reports and approved drawing copy in PDF format online.
When submitting new proposal the Architect will have to fill in the relevant details, attach drawing file & submit case for scrutiny online.Online proposal submitted by architect is received by single window clerk.The person at Single window accepts the proposal only if all the relevant mandatory and optional documents are present.
AutoDCR reads data from CAD drawing, establishes relationship between various entities, Impose specific proposal conditions, geometrically maps each & every entity by corresponding with complex & interlinked rules. Analysis is done as per development control regulations by AutoDCR. Tables and report are saved with drawing. This helps in accuracy in area calculations & reduction in the Authority’s effort for drawing and calculations.
Hassle free online payment of fees -The challan payment is done in the bank and verification is sent to Single window through this bank console.The payment is made in the Bank against the temporary no. of the proposal and an acknowledgement receipt is generated.
After scrutiny, Proposal if rejected, objection list with reasons is given to applicants. If approved, permission certificate is issued to the applicant.
The higher authorities can get an overall idea about all the proposals and also get to know the status of any proposal in their console . Certain reports are also provided in this console showing the weekly/monthly revenue collection, monthly/yearly permissions granted, efficiency of the employees etc. All digitized data records are stored and archived.
Online submission of proposal, payment and proposal status tracking facility available for applicants bringing in transparency.
Online submission of proposal, payment and proposal status tracking facility available for applicants bringing in transparency.
