This document discusses gaps in distributed software development projects and proposes using CASE tools to analyze these gaps. It first defines what gaps are and provides examples of common gaps in distributed projects, such as geographical distance, time zone differences, and inadequate communication. The document then discusses how gap analysis is used to compare a project's actual performance to expected performance to identify differences. It proposes using CASE tools to help conduct gap analysis for distributed projects in order to identify limitations and differences between the current and desired states of development. Traditional and SWOT analysis approaches to gap analysis are also briefly described.
Analysing Attrition in Outsourced Software Projectcsandit
Information systems (IS) outsourcing has grown as a major business phenomenon, and widely
accepted as a business tool. Software outsourcing companies provide expertise, knowledge and
capabilities to their clients by taking up the projects both onsite and offsite. These companies
face numerous challenges including attrition of project members. Attrition is a major challenge
experienced by the outsourcing companies as it has severe impact on business, revenues and
profitability. In this paper, attrition data of a major software outsourcing company was
analysed and an attempt to find the reason for attrition is also made. The data analysis was
based on the data collected by an outsourcing company over a period of two years for a major
client. The results show that the client initiated attrition can have an impact on project and the
members quit the outsourcing company due to client initiated ramp down without revealing the
reason.
This document discusses mantras for innovative project management and creating a happy workforce for software/IT project managers. It analyzes common aspirations of young Indian IT professionals, such as work-life balance, new learning opportunities, and challenging roles. The document proposes that project managers can increase worker happiness and productivity by helping fulfill these aspirations. It presents frameworks for understanding individual aspirations, including an aspiration pyramid with work-life balance at the bottom and career growth aspirations like new learning and challenging roles at the top. The document also provides examples of project-level enablers a manager could implement to help team members achieve their aspirations.
IT PROJECT SHOWSTOPPER FRAMEWORK: THE VIEW OF PRACTITIONERSijseajournal
This document summarizes a study that investigated factors affecting requirements adherence to business processes in agile projects. The study conducted a cross-case analysis of seven companies, collecting data through interviews, observations, and document analysis. The analysis identified that customer business knowledge by the development team and customer availability during requirements elicitation and validation are essential for requirements to align with business needs in agile projects. This allows developed systems to better meet the needs of an organization's business processes.
These days, organizations battle to get by in a worldwide rivalry. Each organization tries to locate the best rationality which is appropriate with their procedure to increase any and each favorable position among their opponents. Organizations ought to be more centered around understanding their own particular structure as far as procedures whether they are in the creation or administration division. The point and extent of this venture is to distinguish the requirements in development extend working condition. On the off chance that requirements are better comprehended at the beginning, it is trusted that better execution can be guaranteed. Distinguishing and expelling imperatives from bottleneck exercises help to decrease instabilities in development procedures and builds the straightforwardness of venture administration. This investigation was done in light of writing audit and a poll study. The information for this examination will be assembling through a point by point poll overview. The poll shape is sent to different development enterprises through email and in individual. The targets of the examination is to effectively lessen the imperatives which will diminish the superfluous wastage and loss of both cash and time due to deficient arranging.
Re-engineering the design phase of appreciative inquiry_WAIC2015_workshop pap...Jan De Winter
This document proposes innovations to the design phase of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) workshops based on the author's research combining AI with enterprise engineering methods. It finds that many large-scale change projects, especially those involving information technology, fail due to poor preparation. The design phase is critical for success but can be improved using techniques from conceptual modeling, iterative design, and system engineering to reduce complexity and better align stakeholders. The paper presents these innovations as reusable design propositions explaining the problem, intervention, mechanism, and expected outcome.
This document provides an executive summary and resume for Kadambi Vijaisimh, who is seeking a position as a Program Manager, Project Manager, Change Management Manager, Senior Analyst, or Senior Consultant. Vijaisimh has over 15 years of experience in project management, business analysis, and change management. He possesses both hard skills, such as knowledge of project management methodologies and tools, as well as soft skills, including leadership, problem-solving, managing expectations, and cultural awareness. Vijaisimh's professional experience includes managing projects in various industries, including banking, healthcare, electronics, and hotels.
IRJET- S.W.O.T Analysis: A Progressive Strength for Construction FirmIRJET Journal
This document discusses using SWOT analysis as a tool for construction firm strategic planning. It defines SWOT analysis as systematically analyzing a firm's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The document outlines the objectives of using SWOT analysis for a construction firm, including obtaining strategic initiatives, determining priority performance, satisfying customers, and handling risk analysis. It also reviews several relevant literature sources that discuss applying SWOT analysis in different contexts. Finally, the document describes the methodology and data collection process for conducting a SWOT analysis for a construction firm's management.
Survey: Problems Related to Human in Software ProjectsIOSR Journals
This document discusses problems related to managing human factors in software projects. It identifies several key problems: lack of planning; unclear goals and objectives; poor estimation of team size; lack of executive support and user involvement; communication problems; inappropriate skills; changing objectives; lack of management skills among team members; and poor team evaluation. The document argues that human factors are critical to project success but often do not receive sufficient attention. Better management of these issues could help improve project outcomes and reduce failures.
Analysing Attrition in Outsourced Software Projectcsandit
Information systems (IS) outsourcing has grown as a major business phenomenon, and widely
accepted as a business tool. Software outsourcing companies provide expertise, knowledge and
capabilities to their clients by taking up the projects both onsite and offsite. These companies
face numerous challenges including attrition of project members. Attrition is a major challenge
experienced by the outsourcing companies as it has severe impact on business, revenues and
profitability. In this paper, attrition data of a major software outsourcing company was
analysed and an attempt to find the reason for attrition is also made. The data analysis was
based on the data collected by an outsourcing company over a period of two years for a major
client. The results show that the client initiated attrition can have an impact on project and the
members quit the outsourcing company due to client initiated ramp down without revealing the
reason.
This document discusses mantras for innovative project management and creating a happy workforce for software/IT project managers. It analyzes common aspirations of young Indian IT professionals, such as work-life balance, new learning opportunities, and challenging roles. The document proposes that project managers can increase worker happiness and productivity by helping fulfill these aspirations. It presents frameworks for understanding individual aspirations, including an aspiration pyramid with work-life balance at the bottom and career growth aspirations like new learning and challenging roles at the top. The document also provides examples of project-level enablers a manager could implement to help team members achieve their aspirations.
IT PROJECT SHOWSTOPPER FRAMEWORK: THE VIEW OF PRACTITIONERSijseajournal
This document summarizes a study that investigated factors affecting requirements adherence to business processes in agile projects. The study conducted a cross-case analysis of seven companies, collecting data through interviews, observations, and document analysis. The analysis identified that customer business knowledge by the development team and customer availability during requirements elicitation and validation are essential for requirements to align with business needs in agile projects. This allows developed systems to better meet the needs of an organization's business processes.
These days, organizations battle to get by in a worldwide rivalry. Each organization tries to locate the best rationality which is appropriate with their procedure to increase any and each favorable position among their opponents. Organizations ought to be more centered around understanding their own particular structure as far as procedures whether they are in the creation or administration division. The point and extent of this venture is to distinguish the requirements in development extend working condition. On the off chance that requirements are better comprehended at the beginning, it is trusted that better execution can be guaranteed. Distinguishing and expelling imperatives from bottleneck exercises help to decrease instabilities in development procedures and builds the straightforwardness of venture administration. This investigation was done in light of writing audit and a poll study. The information for this examination will be assembling through a point by point poll overview. The poll shape is sent to different development enterprises through email and in individual. The targets of the examination is to effectively lessen the imperatives which will diminish the superfluous wastage and loss of both cash and time due to deficient arranging.
Re-engineering the design phase of appreciative inquiry_WAIC2015_workshop pap...Jan De Winter
This document proposes innovations to the design phase of Appreciative Inquiry (AI) workshops based on the author's research combining AI with enterprise engineering methods. It finds that many large-scale change projects, especially those involving information technology, fail due to poor preparation. The design phase is critical for success but can be improved using techniques from conceptual modeling, iterative design, and system engineering to reduce complexity and better align stakeholders. The paper presents these innovations as reusable design propositions explaining the problem, intervention, mechanism, and expected outcome.
This document provides an executive summary and resume for Kadambi Vijaisimh, who is seeking a position as a Program Manager, Project Manager, Change Management Manager, Senior Analyst, or Senior Consultant. Vijaisimh has over 15 years of experience in project management, business analysis, and change management. He possesses both hard skills, such as knowledge of project management methodologies and tools, as well as soft skills, including leadership, problem-solving, managing expectations, and cultural awareness. Vijaisimh's professional experience includes managing projects in various industries, including banking, healthcare, electronics, and hotels.
IRJET- S.W.O.T Analysis: A Progressive Strength for Construction FirmIRJET Journal
This document discusses using SWOT analysis as a tool for construction firm strategic planning. It defines SWOT analysis as systematically analyzing a firm's strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and threats. The document outlines the objectives of using SWOT analysis for a construction firm, including obtaining strategic initiatives, determining priority performance, satisfying customers, and handling risk analysis. It also reviews several relevant literature sources that discuss applying SWOT analysis in different contexts. Finally, the document describes the methodology and data collection process for conducting a SWOT analysis for a construction firm's management.
Survey: Problems Related to Human in Software ProjectsIOSR Journals
This document discusses problems related to managing human factors in software projects. It identifies several key problems: lack of planning; unclear goals and objectives; poor estimation of team size; lack of executive support and user involvement; communication problems; inappropriate skills; changing objectives; lack of management skills among team members; and poor team evaluation. The document argues that human factors are critical to project success but often do not receive sufficient attention. Better management of these issues could help improve project outcomes and reduce failures.
A study of critical success factors for adaption of agile methodologyIAEME Publication
This document discusses critical success factors for adopting agile methodology. It conducted a survey of 200 IT professionals, though only 40 responded. The survey found that management involvement, team member readiness, and organization size significantly impact adopting agile software methodology. The document also reviews various agile methods like extreme programming, scrum, crystal and feature driven development, and compares them to traditional waterfall methods. It notes advantages of agile include short cycles, test-first development, and empowering teams, while waterfalls struggle with changing requirements.
Distributed Software Development Process, Initiatives and Key Factors: A Syst...zillesubhan
Geographically Distributed Software Development (GSD) process differs from Collocated Software Development (CSD) process in various technical aspects. It is empirically proven that renowned process improvement initiatives applicable to CSD are not very effective for GSD. The objective of this research is to review the existing literature (both academia and industrial) to identify initiatives and key factors which play key role in the improvement and maturity of a GSD process, to achieve this goal we planned a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) following a standard protocol. Three highly respected sources are selected to search for the relevant literature which resulted in a large number of TOIs (Title of Interest). An inter-author custom protocol is outlined and followed to shortlist most relevant articles for review. The data is extracted from this set of finally selected articles. We have performed both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the extracted data to obtain the results. The concluded results identify several initiatives and key factors involved in GSD and answer each research question posed by the SLR.
Extreme Programming (XP) is an agile methodology widely used for software development. However, XP is not as effective for medium and large projects due to weaknesses like poor documentation and lack of risk awareness. This paper reviews several studies on adapting XP for different project sizes through practices like extended planning, architecture design, and risk management. Case studies show the adapted XP approach can provide benefits to medium and large projects similar to what standard XP delivers for small projects.
Welingkar_final project_ppt_IMPORTANCE & NEED FOR TESTINGSachin Pathania
Software testing is an important step in the software development process to identify bugs and ensure quality. It is done at various stages including unit, integration, system, and acceptance testing. Automation testing helps test cases be run quickly and consistently. In conclusion, software testing is crucial to identify and remove errors, improving the performance and consistency of software products.
This document describes an estimation framework developed by Tata Consultancy Services to standardize and improve the accuracy of software project estimations. The framework includes components for sizing, effort estimation, scheduling, resource planning, and costing. It also includes a decision matrix to select the appropriate estimation model based on project characteristics. Continuous feedback from project outcomes is used to refine the framework over time through a plan-do-check-act cycle. The framework aims to increase predictability and reduce risks associated with inaccurate project estimations. A case study demonstrates how the framework was applied to a sample project.
Exploring the risk factors associated with peb projects in lahore.Rizwan Khurram
This document summarizes a literature review on risk factors associated with pre-engineered building projects. It discusses risk identification and different categories of risk including design, finance, and management. Under design category, it identifies several technical risks such as accidents on site, changes in design, errors in drawings, difficulty in construction, equipment failure, shortage of electricity, material theft, and disputes. The finance category includes risks related to financial issues. The management category discusses risks associated with project management.
IRJET- A Research Study on Critical Challenges in Agile Requirements EngineeringIRJET Journal
This document summarizes a research study on the critical challenges of agile requirements engineering. A survey was conducted of over 80 respondents from IT companies in North America and India. The survey found that key challenges included difficulties with effort estimation, architectural structure, documentation, and end-user involvement. A literature review supported these findings and identified additional challenges such as dealing with non-functional requirements, team organization, minimal documentation, changing requirements, and cost and deadline estimation. The study concluded that while agile methods promise benefits, companies still struggle with effective implementation, particularly regarding requirements engineering.
This document discusses potential pitfalls of process modeling based on interviews and focus groups. It identifies 22 common pitfalls grouped into 5 categories: strategy and governance, stakeholders, tools and requirements, modeling practice, and handling success and maintenance. The first part of the document focuses on pitfalls related to strategy/governance and stakeholders, including a lack of strategic connections, unclear governance, and failure to engage stakeholders. A second part will address additional pitfalls related to tools, modeling activities, design of future processes, and ensuring modeling success over time.
This document discusses how project management needs to evolve to address changing trends in the business environment. Traditional methods of stakeholder management, communication, and human resources management need to transform into deeper client engagement, articulating client value, and talent management. Project delivery also needs to incorporate more consulting approaches. Additionally, innovation, consulting skills, and social technologies can help augment traditional project management. These changes will help organizations better engage customers, deliver higher value, and ensure project success in today's dynamic marketplace.
This document discusses Project Management as a Service (PMAAS), an innovative approach to managing project management phases and processes through a cloud of project management consultants working on an agile platform. Under PMAAS, individual project management phases and processes are managed independently by cloud-based consultants. Each phase acts as an agile sprint, with information from one phase feeding into the next. This gives project managers visibility while keeping project intricacies abstracted. The concept originated from challenges organizations face developing in-house project management capabilities. PMAAS provides a cost-effective cloud-based solution for managing projects.
This document summarizes the findings of a study that interviewed 59 experienced software engineers at Microsoft to understand the attributes of great software engineers. The study identified 53 attributes that were organized into internal personal characteristics and abilities of engineers, as well as external impacts engineers have on people, products, and users. Some of the most important internal attributes included being passionate about their work, continuously improving skills, and having strong practical decision-making abilities. Externally, great engineers applied their skills to create high-quality, elegant software and formed trusting relationships with teammates. The study provided insights and definitions for each attribute based on the interviews.
Discussion 1 due to increase in the number of cyber attacks on thAMMY30
The documents discuss the importance of effective computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs) for organizations. Due to increasing cyber attacks, dedicated CSIRTs are now essential, not luxurious, for companies. Effective CSIRTs are cross-functional, containing specialists to handle different security incidents. Key roles include an executive sponsor, lead investigator, incident manager, legal representative, and communications lead. Performance must also be regularly evaluated at both individual and team levels to ensure quality and maximize effectiveness. Organizations build successful CSIRTs by selecting qualified members, clearly defining roles and responsibilities, and providing proper resources and support.
analysis of interconnection between concurrent engineering and human resource...INFOGAIN PUBLICATION
In today’s global economy; the competition in market among various organizations has been increased by great extent. The success in market is depending upon innovative research in product design and development as well as its quick launching in market. Thus the main aim of the concept of Concurrent Engineering is to speed up the every process that occurs during production and reducing the new product launching time in the market. But at the same time the impact of human resource management on all the activities from hiring new employees to achieving the organizational goal can’t be neglected. The above mentioned activity of concurrent engineering is only possible if there is proper co-ordination and co-operation among various organizational departments and effective communication in employees. Also proper training to the employees for improving not only technical skills but also interpersonal skills of employees will lead towards successful achievement of an organizational goal. Hence Human Resource Management undividable interconnection with Concurrent Engineering if properly understood and studied. Thus, implementation of both concepts give rise to long term benefits to organization in terms of customer satisfaction and improved interest of shareholders as well as stakeholders. Using proper methodology it is easy to implement Human Resource Management based Concurrent Engineering to be a market leader in today’s cut- throat competition in this world.
The document describes developing a framework to predict human performance using ensemble techniques. It discusses collecting data on project personnel attributes and performance ratings. A random forest model is developed using attributes like programming skills, reasoning ability, domain knowledge, time efficiency, GPA, and communication skills. The random forest improves on previous studies by enhancing prediction accuracy. Results show attributes like programming skills and domain knowledge are highly important for predicting performance. The model achieves high accuracy rates based on evaluation metrics.
The document discusses how the role of program and project managers is evolving in the era of lean and cloud computing. It outlines three key ways the role is changing: 1) Program managers are becoming lean champions and helping teams adopt lean principles to develop products iteratively; 2) They are focusing more on being the voice of the customer to ensure products meet customer needs; 3) They are bringing more data-driven analytics to product development and using metrics to analyze customer usage and feedback. The document provides examples of how program managers at Adobe are implementing these changes to help teams innovate more quickly and deliver continuous value to customers.
This document discusses implementing a "process way of life" culture within an organization. It involves three key steps:
1) Enabling people through fun and interactive training to increase process awareness. This helps ensure the right data enters systems.
2) Implementing common metrics and a single project management tool so internal and customer reporting is streamlined. This provides immediate feedback.
3) Recognizing and rewarding "process champions" and best practices to motivate adherence to processes and spread positive messages.
Benefits included more predictable project management, improved metrics, and effort/metrics being reported without reminders. The approach helped establish a consistent process culture.
The document discusses using an agile approach called Hybrid ASAP methodology for SAP implementations to overcome the limitations of the traditional waterfall approach. Hybrid ASAP combines aspects of ASAP methodology and agile methods like Scrum. It involves dividing the project team into smaller groups to work in parallel sprints. An initial product backlog is created using SAP accelerators and baseline builds. Then a lean business blueprint is made along with a release plan. Multiple sprints are conducted with dynamic updates to the product backlog at each sprint completion to deliver incremental working software. This allows for faster deployment, reduced risks and improved customer satisfaction over the traditional waterfall approach.
Working software measures the progress. Basically, Agile method involves interleaving the specification, implementation, design and testing. Series of versions are developed with the involvement of and evaluation by the stake holders in each version. Agile methods aim at reducing the software process overheads (like documentation) and concentrate more on code rather than the design. Customer involvement, incremental delivery, freedom of developers to evolve new working methods, change management, and last but not the least simplicity is the basic essence of Agile development. Agile methodologies are well suited for small as well as medium sized projects.
This document describes the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) which is a framework for implementing agile development practices at the enterprise level. It discusses how SAFe addresses the limitations of traditional waterfall development and scales agile to meet the needs of large projects. SAFe incorporates key lean principles and consists of three levels - Team, Program, and Portfolio. At each level it defines roles and practices for planning, prioritizing work, and delivering value in short iterations. The goal of SAFe is to synchronize collaboration across many agile teams to continuously and predictably deliver working software.
Employee retention in an organization through knowledge networkingIAEME Publication
This document discusses employee retention through knowledge networking. It proposes that organizations can retain employees and reduce attrition by developing knowledge sharing networks. Such networks involve communities of people and knowledge that facilitate communication and knowledge transfer. When organizations implement transformational HR practices focused on talent management, trust, and personal/professional development through knowledge networking, it benefits both the organization and employees. The document provides an overview of knowledge, communities, knowledge networking, and the organizational processes involved in retention through knowledge sharing networks.
Non symbolic base64 an effective representation of ipv6 addressIAEME Publication
The document discusses the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 due to the depletion of IPv4 addresses. It proposes a new scheme called Effective and flexible representation Of IPv6 with Base64 to represent IPv6 addresses in a more compact notation of 28 bytes instead of the standard 39 bytes. This is done using the period as a delimiter instead of the colon in IPv6 addresses and using Base64 in a non-symbolic way. The scheme aims to address issues with long IPv6 addresses like memory usage, bandwidth and latency. Cloud computing will benefit from the more compact and user-friendly representation of IPv6 addresses.
Low power cmos binary counter using conventional flip flopsIAEME Publication
This document discusses low power CMOS binary counters. It proposes a clock gating technique for flip-flops to reduce power consumption in counters. It compares conventional non-clock gated, clock gated, and the proposed conditionally pulsed clock gating flip-flop designs. Simulation results in 0.18um CMOS technology show the proposed technique reduces power by 12% over conventional clock gating. Synchronous counters are chosen over asynchronous ones for their ability to scale to more bits with less delay per bit, important for reducing leakage power in high leakage technologies.
A study of critical success factors for adaption of agile methodologyIAEME Publication
This document discusses critical success factors for adopting agile methodology. It conducted a survey of 200 IT professionals, though only 40 responded. The survey found that management involvement, team member readiness, and organization size significantly impact adopting agile software methodology. The document also reviews various agile methods like extreme programming, scrum, crystal and feature driven development, and compares them to traditional waterfall methods. It notes advantages of agile include short cycles, test-first development, and empowering teams, while waterfalls struggle with changing requirements.
Distributed Software Development Process, Initiatives and Key Factors: A Syst...zillesubhan
Geographically Distributed Software Development (GSD) process differs from Collocated Software Development (CSD) process in various technical aspects. It is empirically proven that renowned process improvement initiatives applicable to CSD are not very effective for GSD. The objective of this research is to review the existing literature (both academia and industrial) to identify initiatives and key factors which play key role in the improvement and maturity of a GSD process, to achieve this goal we planned a Systematic Literature Review (SLR) following a standard protocol. Three highly respected sources are selected to search for the relevant literature which resulted in a large number of TOIs (Title of Interest). An inter-author custom protocol is outlined and followed to shortlist most relevant articles for review. The data is extracted from this set of finally selected articles. We have performed both qualitative and quantitative analysis of the extracted data to obtain the results. The concluded results identify several initiatives and key factors involved in GSD and answer each research question posed by the SLR.
Extreme Programming (XP) is an agile methodology widely used for software development. However, XP is not as effective for medium and large projects due to weaknesses like poor documentation and lack of risk awareness. This paper reviews several studies on adapting XP for different project sizes through practices like extended planning, architecture design, and risk management. Case studies show the adapted XP approach can provide benefits to medium and large projects similar to what standard XP delivers for small projects.
Welingkar_final project_ppt_IMPORTANCE & NEED FOR TESTINGSachin Pathania
Software testing is an important step in the software development process to identify bugs and ensure quality. It is done at various stages including unit, integration, system, and acceptance testing. Automation testing helps test cases be run quickly and consistently. In conclusion, software testing is crucial to identify and remove errors, improving the performance and consistency of software products.
This document describes an estimation framework developed by Tata Consultancy Services to standardize and improve the accuracy of software project estimations. The framework includes components for sizing, effort estimation, scheduling, resource planning, and costing. It also includes a decision matrix to select the appropriate estimation model based on project characteristics. Continuous feedback from project outcomes is used to refine the framework over time through a plan-do-check-act cycle. The framework aims to increase predictability and reduce risks associated with inaccurate project estimations. A case study demonstrates how the framework was applied to a sample project.
Exploring the risk factors associated with peb projects in lahore.Rizwan Khurram
This document summarizes a literature review on risk factors associated with pre-engineered building projects. It discusses risk identification and different categories of risk including design, finance, and management. Under design category, it identifies several technical risks such as accidents on site, changes in design, errors in drawings, difficulty in construction, equipment failure, shortage of electricity, material theft, and disputes. The finance category includes risks related to financial issues. The management category discusses risks associated with project management.
IRJET- A Research Study on Critical Challenges in Agile Requirements EngineeringIRJET Journal
This document summarizes a research study on the critical challenges of agile requirements engineering. A survey was conducted of over 80 respondents from IT companies in North America and India. The survey found that key challenges included difficulties with effort estimation, architectural structure, documentation, and end-user involvement. A literature review supported these findings and identified additional challenges such as dealing with non-functional requirements, team organization, minimal documentation, changing requirements, and cost and deadline estimation. The study concluded that while agile methods promise benefits, companies still struggle with effective implementation, particularly regarding requirements engineering.
This document discusses potential pitfalls of process modeling based on interviews and focus groups. It identifies 22 common pitfalls grouped into 5 categories: strategy and governance, stakeholders, tools and requirements, modeling practice, and handling success and maintenance. The first part of the document focuses on pitfalls related to strategy/governance and stakeholders, including a lack of strategic connections, unclear governance, and failure to engage stakeholders. A second part will address additional pitfalls related to tools, modeling activities, design of future processes, and ensuring modeling success over time.
This document discusses how project management needs to evolve to address changing trends in the business environment. Traditional methods of stakeholder management, communication, and human resources management need to transform into deeper client engagement, articulating client value, and talent management. Project delivery also needs to incorporate more consulting approaches. Additionally, innovation, consulting skills, and social technologies can help augment traditional project management. These changes will help organizations better engage customers, deliver higher value, and ensure project success in today's dynamic marketplace.
This document discusses Project Management as a Service (PMAAS), an innovative approach to managing project management phases and processes through a cloud of project management consultants working on an agile platform. Under PMAAS, individual project management phases and processes are managed independently by cloud-based consultants. Each phase acts as an agile sprint, with information from one phase feeding into the next. This gives project managers visibility while keeping project intricacies abstracted. The concept originated from challenges organizations face developing in-house project management capabilities. PMAAS provides a cost-effective cloud-based solution for managing projects.
This document summarizes the findings of a study that interviewed 59 experienced software engineers at Microsoft to understand the attributes of great software engineers. The study identified 53 attributes that were organized into internal personal characteristics and abilities of engineers, as well as external impacts engineers have on people, products, and users. Some of the most important internal attributes included being passionate about their work, continuously improving skills, and having strong practical decision-making abilities. Externally, great engineers applied their skills to create high-quality, elegant software and formed trusting relationships with teammates. The study provided insights and definitions for each attribute based on the interviews.
Discussion 1 due to increase in the number of cyber attacks on thAMMY30
The documents discuss the importance of effective computer security incident response teams (CSIRTs) for organizations. Due to increasing cyber attacks, dedicated CSIRTs are now essential, not luxurious, for companies. Effective CSIRTs are cross-functional, containing specialists to handle different security incidents. Key roles include an executive sponsor, lead investigator, incident manager, legal representative, and communications lead. Performance must also be regularly evaluated at both individual and team levels to ensure quality and maximize effectiveness. Organizations build successful CSIRTs by selecting qualified members, clearly defining roles and responsibilities, and providing proper resources and support.
analysis of interconnection between concurrent engineering and human resource...INFOGAIN PUBLICATION
In today’s global economy; the competition in market among various organizations has been increased by great extent. The success in market is depending upon innovative research in product design and development as well as its quick launching in market. Thus the main aim of the concept of Concurrent Engineering is to speed up the every process that occurs during production and reducing the new product launching time in the market. But at the same time the impact of human resource management on all the activities from hiring new employees to achieving the organizational goal can’t be neglected. The above mentioned activity of concurrent engineering is only possible if there is proper co-ordination and co-operation among various organizational departments and effective communication in employees. Also proper training to the employees for improving not only technical skills but also interpersonal skills of employees will lead towards successful achievement of an organizational goal. Hence Human Resource Management undividable interconnection with Concurrent Engineering if properly understood and studied. Thus, implementation of both concepts give rise to long term benefits to organization in terms of customer satisfaction and improved interest of shareholders as well as stakeholders. Using proper methodology it is easy to implement Human Resource Management based Concurrent Engineering to be a market leader in today’s cut- throat competition in this world.
The document describes developing a framework to predict human performance using ensemble techniques. It discusses collecting data on project personnel attributes and performance ratings. A random forest model is developed using attributes like programming skills, reasoning ability, domain knowledge, time efficiency, GPA, and communication skills. The random forest improves on previous studies by enhancing prediction accuracy. Results show attributes like programming skills and domain knowledge are highly important for predicting performance. The model achieves high accuracy rates based on evaluation metrics.
The document discusses how the role of program and project managers is evolving in the era of lean and cloud computing. It outlines three key ways the role is changing: 1) Program managers are becoming lean champions and helping teams adopt lean principles to develop products iteratively; 2) They are focusing more on being the voice of the customer to ensure products meet customer needs; 3) They are bringing more data-driven analytics to product development and using metrics to analyze customer usage and feedback. The document provides examples of how program managers at Adobe are implementing these changes to help teams innovate more quickly and deliver continuous value to customers.
This document discusses implementing a "process way of life" culture within an organization. It involves three key steps:
1) Enabling people through fun and interactive training to increase process awareness. This helps ensure the right data enters systems.
2) Implementing common metrics and a single project management tool so internal and customer reporting is streamlined. This provides immediate feedback.
3) Recognizing and rewarding "process champions" and best practices to motivate adherence to processes and spread positive messages.
Benefits included more predictable project management, improved metrics, and effort/metrics being reported without reminders. The approach helped establish a consistent process culture.
The document discusses using an agile approach called Hybrid ASAP methodology for SAP implementations to overcome the limitations of the traditional waterfall approach. Hybrid ASAP combines aspects of ASAP methodology and agile methods like Scrum. It involves dividing the project team into smaller groups to work in parallel sprints. An initial product backlog is created using SAP accelerators and baseline builds. Then a lean business blueprint is made along with a release plan. Multiple sprints are conducted with dynamic updates to the product backlog at each sprint completion to deliver incremental working software. This allows for faster deployment, reduced risks and improved customer satisfaction over the traditional waterfall approach.
Working software measures the progress. Basically, Agile method involves interleaving the specification, implementation, design and testing. Series of versions are developed with the involvement of and evaluation by the stake holders in each version. Agile methods aim at reducing the software process overheads (like documentation) and concentrate more on code rather than the design. Customer involvement, incremental delivery, freedom of developers to evolve new working methods, change management, and last but not the least simplicity is the basic essence of Agile development. Agile methodologies are well suited for small as well as medium sized projects.
This document describes the Scaled Agile Framework (SAFe) which is a framework for implementing agile development practices at the enterprise level. It discusses how SAFe addresses the limitations of traditional waterfall development and scales agile to meet the needs of large projects. SAFe incorporates key lean principles and consists of three levels - Team, Program, and Portfolio. At each level it defines roles and practices for planning, prioritizing work, and delivering value in short iterations. The goal of SAFe is to synchronize collaboration across many agile teams to continuously and predictably deliver working software.
Employee retention in an organization through knowledge networkingIAEME Publication
This document discusses employee retention through knowledge networking. It proposes that organizations can retain employees and reduce attrition by developing knowledge sharing networks. Such networks involve communities of people and knowledge that facilitate communication and knowledge transfer. When organizations implement transformational HR practices focused on talent management, trust, and personal/professional development through knowledge networking, it benefits both the organization and employees. The document provides an overview of knowledge, communities, knowledge networking, and the organizational processes involved in retention through knowledge sharing networks.
Non symbolic base64 an effective representation of ipv6 addressIAEME Publication
The document discusses the transition from IPv4 to IPv6 due to the depletion of IPv4 addresses. It proposes a new scheme called Effective and flexible representation Of IPv6 with Base64 to represent IPv6 addresses in a more compact notation of 28 bytes instead of the standard 39 bytes. This is done using the period as a delimiter instead of the colon in IPv6 addresses and using Base64 in a non-symbolic way. The scheme aims to address issues with long IPv6 addresses like memory usage, bandwidth and latency. Cloud computing will benefit from the more compact and user-friendly representation of IPv6 addresses.
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Has economic value added an impact on market price of sharesIAEME Publication
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Optimization of production process and preservation of jalebi by using heatIAEME Publication
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Construction project and change order management contemporary affirmIAEME Publication
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Software metric analysis methods for product development maintenance projectsIAEME Publication
This document discusses various software metrics and methods for analyzing metrics to improve the software development process. It begins with an introduction to software metrics and their importance for project management. It then describes common software development phases and associated metrics that can be collected at each phase. The remainder of the document focuses on different methods for analyzing metrics, including pie charts, Pareto diagrams, bar charts, line charts, scatter diagrams, radar diagrams, and control charts. These analysis methods help identify areas for process improvement and determine if changes have led to desired outcomes.
Software metric analysis methods for product developmentiaemedu
This document discusses various software metrics and methods for analyzing metrics to improve the software development process. It begins with an introduction to software metrics and their importance for project management. It then describes common software development phases and associated metrics that can be collected at each phase, such as lines of code, defects, and staff hours. The document proceeds to explain different types of charts and diagrams that can be used to analyze and visualize metrics data, including pie charts, Pareto diagrams, histograms, line charts, scatter plots, radar diagrams, and control charts. These various analysis methods help identify areas for process improvement and determine whether changes have resulted in desired outcomes.
Software metric analysis methods for product developmentiaemedu
This document discusses various software metrics and methods for analyzing metrics to improve the software development process. It begins with an introduction to software metrics and their importance for project management. It then describes common software development phases and associated metrics that can be collected at each phase, such as lines of code, defects, and staff hours. The document proceeds to explain different types of charts and diagrams that can be used to analyze and visualize metrics data, including pie charts, Pareto diagrams, histograms, line charts, scatter plots, radar diagrams, and control charts. These various analysis methods help identify problems, determine correlations, and track performance over time in order to control and improve the software development process.
Formalizing Collaborative Software Development Issues: A Collaborative Work A...IOSR Journals
This document proposes a data mining approach to address the resource allocation issue in collaborative software development. Specifically, it uses an Apriori-like algorithm to discover patterns from workflow log data and generate resource allocation rules. A lift calculation is then used to interpret negatively correlated rules for resource booking. The rules are rated based on confidence measures and recommended to workflow managers. This closed-loop approach aims to provide more efficient and fine-grained resource allocation than traditional function-based methods.
SOFTWARE COST ESTIMATION USING FUZZY NUMBER AND PARTICLE SWARM OPTIMIZATIONIJCI JOURNAL
Software cost estimation is a process to calculate effort, time and cost of a project, and assist in better
decision making about the feasibility or viability of project. Accurate cost prediction is required to
effectively organize the project development tasks and to make economical and strategic planning, project
management. There are several known and unknown factors affect this process, so cost estimation is a very
difficult process. Software size is a very important factor that impacts the process of cost estimation.
Accuracy of cost estimation is directly proportional to the accuracy of the size estimation.
Failure of Software projects has always been an important area of focus for the Software Industry.
Implementation phase is not the only phase for Software projects to fail, instead planning and estimation
steps are the most crucial ones, which lead to their failure. More than 50% of the total projects fail which
go beyond the estimated time and cost. The Standish group‘s CHAOS reports failure rate of 70% for the
software projects. This paper presents the existing algorithms for software estimation and the relevant
concepts of Fuzzy Theory and PSO. Also explains the proposed algorithm with experimental results.
Software process methodologies and a comparative study of various modelsiaemedu
This document provides a summary of different software process methodologies including the waterfall model, iterative model, extreme programming (XP), ISO standards, CMMI, Six Sigma, formal methods, and agile model. It compares these methods and discusses where each is best applied based on factors like project type, risk, and industry. The waterfall model is described as the traditional sequential approach while agile methods embrace adaptive planning and iterative development.
data mining, a prediction technique for workers.pdfNavAhmed3
This document discusses data mining techniques for predicting worker demand in the Panchayat Raj Department of Orissa, India. It provides an overview of different data mining classification systems and approaches to demand forecasting, including direct managerial input, historical ratio analysis, and regression analysis. It then describes using linear regression and data mining tools like WEKA to analyze a dataset from the PR department in order to predict untested worker attributes and determine the effectiveness of statistical techniques for workforce planning.
Ludmila Orlova HOW USE OF AGILE METHODOLOGY IN SOFTWARE DEVELO.docxsmile790243
Ludmila Orlova
HOW USE OF AGILE METHODOLOGY IN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT INFLUENCE AGILITY OF THE BUSINESS
Agile methodology is widely distributed tool for software development. Presented article explore research data about use of these tools, its influence to quality of the end product and performance of development and overall agility of business and companies.
KEYWORDS:
Agile, software development, agile business
CONTENT
1 INTRODUCTION
2 AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
3 SCALING AGILE
4 AGILE BUSINESS
5 CONCLUSION
REFERENCES
1 INTRODUCTION
Fast pace of science progress in solid state electronics led to incredible progress of computer devices that on its turn demanded software to control and manage the power of computer calculations and usage.
Software engineering emerged in the beginning of 20th century and by the end of it became separate state of art science, activity and the profession for millions. There are about 18.2 million software developers worldwide, a number that is due to rise to 26.4 million by 2019, a 45% increase, says Evans Data Corp. in its latest Global Developer Population and Demographic Study (P. Thibodeau, 2013). Along with growing number of software developers (software development firms, projects and people involved), increased the need for effective management of software development process. This demanded new approach and methodology from business researchers and managers. In the last several decades there was huge number of research, both in IT field and business management dedicated to this area.
Popularity of agile software development methods started about decade ago and at present these methods are employed by many big, medium size and small companies. Still growing attention to agile methods from software development specialists confirm these methods filled the lack of management techniques for software development that emerged and developed extremely fast along with speedy advancement of hardware in IT area. Great number of research done in areas such as changes in performance of software development using agile methods or scaling agile for large companies and teams. Also one of modern trends is an attempt to apply agile methodology for project management, marketing, sales and other activities. Goal of this article is to explore influence of application agile methods in software development to agility of whole company and business. Presented work based on secondary data taken from a multiple sources, the work performed as an exploratory study and a review of existing research in the area.
2 AGILE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT
Definition of an adjective agile in English is: able to move quickly and easily or able to think and understand quickly (Oxford Dictionary, 2015). The most often contemporary use presented by the following sentence: Relating to or denoting a method of project management, used especially for software development, that is characterized by the division of tasks into ...
Data Mining: A prediction Technique for the workers in the PR Department of O...ijcseit
This paper presents the method of mining the data and which contains the information about the large
information about the PR (Panchayat Raj Department) of Orissa .we have focused some of the techniques
,approaches and different methodology’s of the demand forecasting .Every organizations are operated in
different places of the country. Each place of operation may generate a huge amount of data. In an
organization, worker prediction is the difficult task of the manager. It is the complex process not only
because its nature of feature prediction but also various approaches methodologies always makes user
confused. This paper aims to deal with the problem selection process.In this paper we have used some of
the approaches from literatures are been introduced and analyzed to find its suitable organization and
situation, Based on this we have designed with automatic selection function to help users make a
prejudgment The information about each approach will be showed to users with examples to help
understanding. This system also provides calculation function to help users work out a predication result.
Generally the new developed system has a more comprehensive functions compared with existing ones .It
aims to improve the accuracy of demand forecasting by implementing the forecasting algorithm. While it is
still a decision support system with no ability of make the final judgment. .The data warehouse is used in
the significant business value by improving the effectiveness of managerial decision-making. In an
uncertain and highly competitive business environment, the value of strategic information systems such as
these are easily recognized however in today’s business environment, efficiency or speed is not the only
key for competitiveness. This type of huge amount of data’s are available in the form of tera- to peta-bytes
which has drastically changed in the areas of science and engineering. To analyze, manage and make a
decision of such type of huge amount of data we need techniques called the data mining which will
transforming in many fields. We have implemented the algorithms in JAVA technology. This paper provides
the prediction algorithm (Linear Regression, result which will helpful in the further research.
DESIGN OF A MULTI-AGENT SYSTEM ARCHITECTURE FOR THE SCRUM METHODOLOGYijseajournal
The objective of this paper is to design a multi-agent system architecture for the Scrum methodology.
Scrum is an iterative, incremental framework for software development which is flexible, adaptable and
highly productive. An agent is a system situated within and a part of an environment that senses the
environment and acts on it, over time, in pursuit of its own agenda and so as to effect what it senses in the
future (Franklin and Graesser, 1996). To our knowledge, this is first attempt to include software agents in
the Scrum framework. Furthermore, our design covers all the stages of software development. Alternative
approaches were only restricted to the analysis and design phases. This Multi-Agent System (MAS)
Architecture for Scrum acts as a design blueprint and a baseline architecture that can be realised into a
physical implementation by using an appropriate agent development framework. The development of an
experimental prototype for the proposed MAS Architecture is in progress. It is expected that this tool will
provide support to the development team who will no longer be expected to report, update and manage
non-core activities daily.
A CRITICAL ANALYSIS AND COMPARISON OF AGILE WITH TRADITIONAL SOFTWARE DEVELOP...Brooke Heidt
This document provides an overview and comparison of agile and traditional software development processes. It discusses popular agile methodologies like Scrum, Extreme Programming (XP), and Dynamic Systems Development Method (DSDM). Scrum is described in more detail, outlining its roles of Product Owner, Development Team, and Scrum Master. Benefits seen in two case studies using agile/Scrum include higher customer satisfaction, flexibility, and improved communication. While agile allows for evolving requirements, its sprints cannot be modified once started. Overall, agile focuses on iterative development, collaboration, and rapid adaptation to change versus traditional sequential processes.
Software testing is a key part of software engineering used to evaluate software quality and identify errors. There are various software testing techniques and methods, but thoroughly investigating a complex software is more important than following a specific procedure. Testing complex software cannot discover all errors, but can help improve quality. Software engineering involves defining requirements, design, development, testing, and maintenance of software using methodologies like agile development.
This summarizes a research paper that analyzed attrition data from a major Indian software outsourcing company over a 14 month period. The summary includes:
1) Descriptive statistics showed the average monthly attrition for client-initiated reasons (3.28 people) was similar to member-initiated reasons (2.57 people).
2) T-tests found no significant difference between the means of client-initiated versus member-initiated attrition, failing to reject the null hypothesis.
3) Attrition reasons of "joining another company" (0.92 people on average) were also similar to unknown reasons (1.64 people), as t-tests found no significant difference between these
This document outlines the key aspects of project management for a project at Toys4U, a toy manufacturing company. It discusses initiating the project through outsourcing software development and estimating time and costs. Planning includes stakeholder analysis, developing a work breakdown structure, and addressing issues like an employee's accident. Execution requires dividing work among teams. Controlling involves chairing meetings and emphasizing commitment. Closing prepares a lessons learned report incorporating stakeholder input.
Software development is the process of creating and maintaining software applications and components. It involves conceiving ideas, specifying requirements, designing, programming, testing, and fixing bugs. The software can be developed for a variety of purposes like custom software for clients, commercial software, or personal use. Different methodologies take structured or incremental approaches to the stages of software development which typically include analyzing problems, gathering requirements, designing, implementing, testing, deploying, and maintaining the software. The best approach depends on how well understood the problem is and whether the solution can be planned out in advance or needs to evolve incrementally.
The document summarizes a research paper that proposes a framework for integrating human-computer interaction (HCI) processes into distributed software development. It begins by discussing how HCI and software development have traditionally evolved independently. It then presents a proposed HCI process framework that includes four phases made up of analysis, design, implementation, and evaluation activities. Each activity involves specific methods, skills, and deliverables. The framework is meant to facilitate communication between HCI and development teams. The document also analyzes gaps between HCI and distributed development approaches and priorities. It argues that integrating the two fields could help deliver higher quality products that better meet users' needs.
AN ITERATIVE HYBRID AGILE METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING ARCHIVING SYSTEMSijseajournal
With the massive growth of the organizations files, the needs for archiving system become a must. A lot of time is consumed in collecting requirements from the organization to build an archiving system. Sometimes the system does not meet the organization needs. This paper proposes a domain-based requirement engineering system that efficiently and effectively develops different archiving systems based on new
suggested technique that merges the two best used agile methodologies: extreme programming (XP) and SCRUM. The technique is tested on a real case study. The results shows that the time and effort consumed during analyzing and designing the archiving systems decreased significantly. The proposed methodology also reduces the system errors that may happen at the early stages of the development of the system.
AN ITERATIVE HYBRID AGILE METHODOLOGY FOR DEVELOPING ARCHIVING SYSTEMSijseajournal
With the massive growth of the organizations files, the needs for archiving system become a must. A lot of
time is consumed in collecting requirements from the organization to build an archiving system. Sometimes
the system does not meet the organization needs. This paper proposes a domain-based requirement
engineering system that efficiently and effectively develops different archiving systems based on new
suggested technique that merges the two best used agile methodologies: extreme programming (XP) and
SCRUM. The technique is tested on a real case study. The results shows that the time and effort consumed
during analyzing and designing the archiving systems decreased significantly. The proposed methodology
also reduces the system errors that may happen at the early stages of the development of the system.
Estimation of agile functionality in software developmentBashir Nasr Azadani
Estimation of Agile Functionality in Software Development - ISBN: 978-988-98671-8-8
Publication date: Mar 21, 2008 presented at International MultiConference of Engineers and Computer Scientists 2008 Vol I
Technology Integration Pattern For Distributed Scrum of ScrumIOSR Journals
This document discusses technology integration patterns for distributed scrum projects. It notes that past work has addressed integration issues for distributed components using scrum, but has ignored the technology factor - components may use different technologies that affect functionality. The document proposes a new pattern to control technology integration for distributed components in scrum projects. It found this pattern increases project survival chances by 80% by reducing risks and improving maintainability and scalability. Previous patterns for distributed scrum of scrum are also discussed.
Similar to Selection criterion and implementation of case tools in gap analysis towa (20)
Submission Deadline: 30th September 2022
Acceptance Notification: Within Three Days’ time period
Online Publication: Within 24 Hrs. time Period
Expected Date of Dispatch of Printed Journal: 5th October 2022
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BROAD UNEXPOSED SKILLS OF TRANSGENDER ENTREPRENEURSIAEME Publication
Since ages gender difference is always a debatable theme whether caused by nature, evolution or environment. The birth of a transgender is dreadful not only for the child but also for their parents. The pain of living in the wrong physique and treated as second class victimized citizen is outrageous and fully harboured with vicious baseless negative scruples. For so long, social exclusion had perpetuated inequality and deprivation experiencing ingrained malign stigma and besieged victims of crime or violence across their life spans. They are pushed into the murky way of life with a source of eternal disgust, bereft sexual potency and perennial fear. Although they are highly visible but very little is known about them. The common public needs to comprehend the ravaged arrogance on these insensitive souls and assist in integrating them into the mainstream by offering equal opportunity, treat with humanity and respect their dignity. Entrepreneurship in the current age is endorsing the gender fairness movement. Unstable careers and economic inadequacy had inclined one of the gender variant people called Transgender to become entrepreneurs. These tiny budding entrepreneurs resulted in economic transition by means of employment, free from the clutches of stereotype jobs, raised standard of living and handful of financial empowerment. Besides all these inhibitions, they were able to witness a platform for skill set development that ignited them to enter into entrepreneurial domain. This paper epitomizes skill sets involved in trans-entrepreneurs of Thoothukudi Municipal Corporation of Tamil Nadu State and is a groundbreaking determination to sightsee various skills incorporated and the impact on entrepreneurship.
DETERMINANTS AFFECTING THE USER'S INTENTION TO USE MOBILE BANKING APPLICATIONSIAEME Publication
The banking and financial services industries are experiencing increased technology penetration. Among them, the banking industry has made technological advancements to better serve the general populace. The economy focused on transforming the banking sector's system into a cashless, paperless, and faceless one. The researcher wants to evaluate the user's intention for utilising a mobile banking application. The study also examines the variables affecting the user's behaviour intention when selecting specific applications for financial transactions. The researcher employed a well-structured questionnaire and a descriptive study methodology to gather the respondents' primary data utilising the snowball sampling technique. The study includes variables like performance expectations, effort expectations, social impact, enabling circumstances, and perceived risk. Each of the aforementioned variables has a major impact on how users utilise mobile banking applications. The outcome will assist the service provider in comprehending the user's history with mobile banking applications.
ANALYSE THE USER PREDILECTION ON GPAY AND PHONEPE FOR DIGITAL TRANSACTIONSIAEME Publication
Technology upgradation in banking sector took the economy to view that payment mode towards online transactions using mobile applications. This system enabled connectivity between banks, Merchant and user in a convenient mode. there are various applications used for online transactions such as Google pay, Paytm, freecharge, mobikiwi, oxygen, phonepe and so on and it also includes mobile banking applications. The study aimed at evaluating the predilection of the user in adopting digital transaction. The study is descriptive in nature. The researcher used random sample techniques to collect the data. The findings reveal that mobile applications differ with the quality of service rendered by Gpay and Phonepe. The researcher suggest the Phonepe application should focus on implementing the application should be user friendly interface and Gpay on motivating the users to feel the importance of request for money and modes of payments in the application.
VOICE BASED ATM FOR VISUALLY IMPAIRED USING ARDUINOIAEME Publication
The prototype of a voice-based ATM for visually impaired using Arduino is to help people who are blind. This uses RFID cards which contain users fingerprint encrypted on it and interacts with the users through voice commands. ATM operates when sensor detects the presence of one person in the cabin. After scanning the RFID card, it will ask to select the mode like –normal or blind. User can select the respective mode through voice input, if blind mode is selected the balance check or cash withdraw can be done through voice input. Normal mode procedure is same as the existing ATM.
IMPACT OF EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE ON HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES AMONG...IAEME Publication
There is increasing acceptability of emotional intelligence as a major factor in personality assessment and effective human resource management. Emotional intelligence as the ability to build capacity, empathize, co-operate, motivate and develop others cannot be divorced from both effective performance and human resource management systems. The human person is crucial in defining organizational leadership and fortunes in terms of challenges and opportunities and walking across both multinational and bilateral relationships. The growing complexity of the business world requires a great deal of self-confidence, integrity, communication, conflict and diversity management to keep the global enterprise within the paths of productivity and sustainability. Using the exploratory research design and 255 participants the result of this original study indicates strong positive correlation between emotional intelligence and effective human resource management. The paper offers suggestions on further studies between emotional intelligence and human capital development and recommends for conflict management as an integral part of effective human resource management.
VISUALISING AGING PARENTS & THEIR CLOSE CARERS LIFE JOURNEY IN AGING ECONOMYIAEME Publication
Our life journey, in general, is closely defined by the way we understand the meaning of why we coexist and deal with its challenges. As we develop the "inspiration economy", we could say that nearly all of the challenges we have faced are opportunities that help us to discover the rest of our journey. In this note paper, we explore how being faced with the opportunity of being a close carer for an aging parent with dementia brought intangible discoveries that changed our insight of the meaning of the rest of our life journey.
A STUDY ON THE IMPACT OF ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE ON THE EFFECTIVENESS OF PERFO...IAEME Publication
The main objective of this study is to analyze the impact of aspects of Organizational Culture on the Effectiveness of the Performance Management System (PMS) in the Health Care Organization at Thanjavur. Organizational Culture and PMS play a crucial role in present-day organizations in achieving their objectives. PMS needs employees’ cooperation to achieve its intended objectives. Employees' cooperation depends upon the organization’s culture. The present study uses exploratory research to examine the relationship between the Organization's culture and the Effectiveness of the Performance Management System. The study uses a Structured Questionnaire to collect the primary data. For this study, Thirty-six non-clinical employees were selected from twelve randomly selected Health Care organizations at Thanjavur. Thirty-two fully completed questionnaires were received.
Living in 21st century in itself reminds all of us the necessity of police and its administration. As more and more we are entering into the modern society and culture, the more we require the services of the so called ‘Khaki Worthy’ men i.e., the police personnel. Whether we talk of Indian police or the other nation’s police, they all have the same recognition as they have in India. But as already mentioned, their services and requirements are different after the like 26th November, 2008 incidents, where they without saving their own lives has sacrificed themselves without any hitch and without caring about their respective family members and wards. In other words, they are like our heroes and mentors who can guide us from the darkness of fear, militancy, corruption and other dark sides of life and so on. Now the question arises, if Gandhi would have been alive today, what would have been his reaction/opinion to the police and its functioning? Would he have some thing different in his mind now what he had been in his mind before the partition or would he be going to start some Satyagraha in the form of some improvement in the functioning of the police administration? Really these questions or rather night mares can come to any one’s mind, when there is too much confusion is prevailing in our minds, when there is too much corruption in the society and when the polices working is also in the questioning because of one or the other case throughout the India. It is matter of great concern that we have to thing over our administration and our practical approach because the police personals are also like us, they are part and parcel of our society and among one of us, so why we all are pin pointing towards them.
A STUDY ON TALENT MANAGEMENT AND ITS IMPACT ON EMPLOYEE RETENTION IN SELECTED...IAEME Publication
The goal of this study was to see how talent management affected employee retention in the selected IT organizations in Chennai. The fundamental issue was the difficulty to attract, hire, and retain talented personnel who perform well and the gap between supply and demand of talent acquisition and retaining them within the firms. The study's main goals were to determine the impact of talent management on employee retention in IT companies in Chennai, investigate talent management strategies that IT companies could use to improve talent acquisition, performance management, career planning and formulate retention strategies that the IT firms could use. The respondents were given a structured close-ended questionnaire with the 5 Point Likert Scale as part of the study's quantitative research design. The target population consisted of 289 IT professionals. The questionnaires were distributed and collected by the researcher directly. The Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) was used to collect and analyse the questionnaire responses. Hypotheses that were formulated for the various areas of the study were tested using a variety of statistical tests. The key findings of the study suggested that talent management had an impact on employee retention. The studies also found that there is a clear link between the implementation of talent management and retention measures. Management should provide enough training and development for employees, clarify job responsibilities, provide adequate remuneration packages, and recognise employees for exceptional performance.
ATTRITION IN THE IT INDUSTRY DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC: LINKING EMOTIONAL INTE...IAEME Publication
Globally, Millions of dollars were spent by the organizations for employing skilled Information Technology (IT) professionals. It is costly to replace unskilled employees with IT professionals possessing technical skills and competencies that aid in interconnecting the business processes. The organization’s employment tactics were forced to alter by globalization along with technological innovations as they consistently diminish to remain lean, outsource to concentrate on core competencies along with restructuring/reallocate personnel to gather efficiency. As other jobs, organizations or professions have become reasonably more appropriate in a shifting employment landscape, the above alterations trigger both involuntary as well as voluntary turnover. The employee view on jobs is also afflicted by the COVID-19 pandemic along with the employee-driven labour market. So, having effective strategies is necessary to tackle the withdrawal rate of employees. By associating Emotional Intelligence (EI) along with Talent Management (TM) in the IT industry, the rise in attrition rate was analyzed in this study. Only 303 respondents were collected out of 350 participants to whom questionnaires were distributed. From the employees of IT organizations located in Bangalore (India), the data were congregated. A simple random sampling methodology was employed to congregate data as of the respondents. Generating the hypothesis along with testing is eventuated. The effect of EI and TM along with regression analysis between TM and EI was analyzed. The outcomes indicated that employee and Organizational Performance (OP) were elevated by effective EI along with TM.
INFLUENCE OF TALENT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON ORGANIZATIONAL PERFORMANCE A STUD...IAEME Publication
By implementing talent management strategy, organizations would have the option to retain their skilled professionals while additionally working on their overall performance. It is the course of appropriately utilizing the ideal individuals, setting them up for future top positions, exploring and dealing with their performance, and holding them back from leaving the organization. It is employee performance that determines the success of every organization. The firm quickly obtains an upper hand over its rivals in the event that its employees having particular skills that cannot be duplicated by the competitors. Thus, firms are centred on creating successful talent management practices and processes to deal with the unique human resources. Firms are additionally endeavouring to keep their top/key staff since on the off chance that they leave; the whole store of information leaves the firm's hands. The study's objective was to determine the impact of talent management on organizational performance among the selected IT organizations in Chennai. The study recommends that talent management limitedly affects performance. On the off chance that this talent is appropriately management and implemented properly, organizations might benefit as much as possible from their maintained assets to support development and productivity, both monetarily and non-monetarily.
A STUDY OF VARIOUS TYPES OF LOANS OF SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR BANKS...IAEME Publication
Banking regulations act of India, 1949 defines banking as “acceptance of deposits for the purpose of lending or investment from the public, repayment on demand or otherwise and withdrawable through cheques, drafts order or otherwise”, the major participants of the Indian financial system are commercial banks, the financial institution encompassing term lending institutions. Investments institutions, specialized financial institution and the state level development banks, non banking financial companies (NBFC) and other market intermediaries such has the stock brokers and money lenders are among the oldest of the certain variants of NBFC and the oldest market participants. The asset quality of banks is one of the most important indicators of their financial health. The Indian banking sector has been facing severe problems of increasing Non- Performing Assets (NPAs). The NPAs growth directly and indirectly affects the quality of assets and profitability of banks. It also shows the efficiency of banks credit risk management and the recovery effectiveness. NPA do not generate any income, whereas, the bank is required to make provisions for such as assets that why is a double edge weapon. This paper outlines the concept of quality of bank loans of different types like Housing, Agriculture and MSME loans in state Haryana of selected public and private sector banks. This study is highlighting problems associated with the role of commercial bank in financing Small and Medium Scale Enterprises (SME). The overall objective of the research was to assess the effect of the financing provisions existing for the setting up and operations of MSMEs in the country and to generate recommendations for more robust financing mechanisms for successful operation of the MSMEs, in turn understanding the impact of MSME loans on financial institutions due to NPA. There are many research conducted on the topic of Non- Performing Assets (NPA) Management, concerning particular bank, comparative study of public and private banks etc. In this paper the researcher is considering the aggregate data of selected public sector and private sector banks and attempts to compare the NPA of Housing, Agriculture and MSME loans in state Haryana of public and private sector banks. The tools used in the study are average and Anova test and variance. The findings reveal that NPA is common problem for both public and private sector banks and is associated with all types of loans either that is housing loans, agriculture loans and loans to SMES. NPAs of both public and private sector banks show the increasing trend. In 2010-11 GNPA of public and private sector were at same level it was 2% but after 2010-11 it increased in many fold and at present there is GNPA in some more than 15%. It shows the dark area of Indian banking sector.
EXPERIMENTAL STUDY OF MECHANICAL AND TRIBOLOGICAL RELATION OF NYLON/BaSO4 POL...IAEME Publication
An experiment conducted in this study found that BaSO4 changed Nylon 6's mechanical properties. By changing the weight ratios, BaSO4 was used to make Nylon 6. This Researcher looked into how hard Nylon-6/BaSO4 composites are and how well they wear. Experiments were done based on Taguchi design L9. Nylon-6/BaSO4 composites can be tested for their hardness number using a Rockwell hardness testing apparatus. On Nylon/BaSO4, the wear behavior was measured by a wear monitor, pinon-disc friction by varying reinforcement, sliding speed, and sliding distance, and the microstructure of the crack surfaces was observed by SEM. This study provides significant contributions to ultimate strength by increasing BaSO4 content up to 16% in the composites, and sliding speed contributes 72.45% to the wear rate
ROLE OF SOCIAL ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN RURAL DEVELOPMENT OF INDIA - PROBLEMS AND ...IAEME Publication
The majority of the population in India lives in villages. The village is the back bone of the country. Village or rural industries play an important role in the national economy, particularly in the rural development. Developing the rural economy is one of the key indicators towards a country’s success. Whether it be the need to look after the welfare of the farmers or invest in rural infrastructure, Governments have to ensure that rural development isn’t compromised. The economic development of our country largely depends on the progress of rural areas and the standard of living of rural masses. Village or rural industries play an important role in the national economy, particularly in the rural development. Rural entrepreneurship is based on stimulating local entrepreneurial talent and the subsequent growth of indigenous enterprises. It recognizes opportunity in the rural areas and accelerates a unique blend of resources either inside or outside of agriculture. Rural entrepreneurship brings an economic value to the rural sector by creating new methods of production, new markets, new products and generate employment opportunities thereby ensuring continuous rural development. Social Entrepreneurship has the direct and primary objective of serving the society along with the earning profits. So, social entrepreneurship is different from the economic entrepreneurship as its basic objective is not to earn profits but for providing innovative solutions to meet the society needs which are not taken care by majority of the entrepreneurs as they are in the business for profit making as a sole objective. So, the Social Entrepreneurs have the huge growth potential particularly in the developing countries like India where we have huge societal disparities in terms of the financial positions of the population. Still 22 percent of the Indian population is below the poverty line and also there is disparity among the rural & urban population in terms of families living under BPL. 25.7 percent of the rural population & 13.7 percent of the urban population is under BPL which clearly shows the disparity of the poor people in the rural and urban areas. The need to develop social entrepreneurship in agriculture is dictated by a large number of social problems. Such problems include low living standards, unemployment, and social tension. The reasons that led to the emergence of the practice of social entrepreneurship are the above factors. The research problem lays upon disclosing the importance of role of social entrepreneurship in rural development of India. The paper the tendencies of social entrepreneurship in India, to present successful examples of such business for providing recommendations how to improve situation in rural areas in terms of social entrepreneurship development. Indian government has made some steps towards development of social enterprises, social entrepreneurship, and social in- novation, but a lot remains to be improved.
OPTIMAL RECONFIGURATION OF POWER DISTRIBUTION RADIAL NETWORK USING HYBRID MET...IAEME Publication
Distribution system is a critical link between the electric power distributor and the consumers. Most of the distribution networks commonly used by the electric utility is the radial distribution network. However in this type of network, it has technical issues such as enormous power losses which affect the quality of the supply. Nowadays, the introduction of Distributed Generation (DG) units in the system help improve and support the voltage profile of the network as well as the performance of the system components through power loss mitigation. In this study network reconfiguration was done using two meta-heuristic algorithms Particle Swarm Optimization and Gravitational Search Algorithm (PSO-GSA) to enhance power quality and voltage profile in the system when simultaneously applied with the DG units. Backward/Forward Sweep Method was used in the load flow analysis and simulated using the MATLAB program. Five cases were considered in the Reconfiguration based on the contribution of DG units. The proposed method was tested using IEEE 33 bus system. Based on the results, there was a voltage profile improvement in the system from 0.9038 p.u. to 0.9594 p.u.. The integration of DG in the network also reduced power losses from 210.98 kW to 69.3963 kW. Simulated results are drawn to show the performance of each case.
APPLICATION OF FRUGAL APPROACH FOR PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT - A CASE STUDY OF...IAEME Publication
Manufacturing industries have witnessed an outburst in productivity. For productivity improvement manufacturing industries are taking various initiatives by using lean tools and techniques. However, in different manufacturing industries, frugal approach is applied in product design and services as a tool for improvement. Frugal approach contributed to prove less is more and seems indirectly contributing to improve productivity. Hence, there is need to understand status of frugal approach application in manufacturing industries. All manufacturing industries are trying hard and putting continuous efforts for competitive existence. For productivity improvements, manufacturing industries are coming up with different effective and efficient solutions in manufacturing processes and operations. To overcome current challenges, manufacturing industries have started using frugal approach in product design and services. For this study, methodology adopted with both primary and secondary sources of data. For primary source interview and observation technique is used and for secondary source review has done based on available literatures in website, printed magazines, manual etc. An attempt has made for understanding application of frugal approach with the study of manufacturing industry project. Manufacturing industry selected for this project study is Mahindra and Mahindra Ltd. This paper will help researcher to find the connections between the two concepts productivity improvement and frugal approach. This paper will help to understand significance of frugal approach for productivity improvement in manufacturing industry. This will also help to understand current scenario of frugal approach in manufacturing industry. In manufacturing industries various process are involved to deliver the final product. In the process of converting input in to output through manufacturing process productivity plays very critical role. Hence this study will help to evolve status of frugal approach in productivity improvement programme. The notion of frugal can be viewed as an approach towards productivity improvement in manufacturing industries.
A MULTIPLE – CHANNEL QUEUING MODELS ON FUZZY ENVIRONMENTIAEME Publication
In this paper, we investigated a queuing model of fuzzy environment-based a multiple channel queuing model (M/M/C) ( /FCFS) and study its performance under realistic conditions. It applies a nonagonal fuzzy number to analyse the relevant performance of a multiple channel queuing model (M/M/C) ( /FCFS). Based on the sub interval average ranking method for nonagonal fuzzy number, we convert fuzzy number to crisp one. Numerical results reveal that the efficiency of this method. Intuitively, the fuzzy environment adapts well to a multiple channel queuing models (M/M/C) ( /FCFS) are very well.
In his public lecture, Christian Timmerer provides insights into the fascinating history of video streaming, starting from its humble beginnings before YouTube to the groundbreaking technologies that now dominate platforms like Netflix and ORF ON. Timmerer also presents provocative contributions of his own that have significantly influenced the industry. He concludes by looking at future challenges and invites the audience to join in a discussion.
Cosa hanno in comune un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ?Speck&Tech
ABSTRACT: A prima vista, un mattoncino Lego e la backdoor XZ potrebbero avere in comune il fatto di essere entrambi blocchi di costruzione, o dipendenze di progetti creativi e software. La realtà è che un mattoncino Lego e il caso della backdoor XZ hanno molto di più di tutto ciò in comune.
Partecipate alla presentazione per immergervi in una storia di interoperabilità, standard e formati aperti, per poi discutere del ruolo importante che i contributori hanno in una comunità open source sostenibile.
BIO: Sostenitrice del software libero e dei formati standard e aperti. È stata un membro attivo dei progetti Fedora e openSUSE e ha co-fondato l'Associazione LibreItalia dove è stata coinvolta in diversi eventi, migrazioni e formazione relativi a LibreOffice. In precedenza ha lavorato a migrazioni e corsi di formazione su LibreOffice per diverse amministrazioni pubbliche e privati. Da gennaio 2020 lavora in SUSE come Software Release Engineer per Uyuni e SUSE Manager e quando non segue la sua passione per i computer e per Geeko coltiva la sua curiosità per l'astronomia (da cui deriva il suo nickname deneb_alpha).
Let's Integrate MuleSoft RPA, COMPOSER, APM with AWS IDP along with Slackshyamraj55
Discover the seamless integration of RPA (Robotic Process Automation), COMPOSER, and APM with AWS IDP enhanced with Slack notifications. Explore how these technologies converge to streamline workflows, optimize performance, and ensure secure access, all while leveraging the power of AWS IDP and real-time communication via Slack notifications.
Infrastructure Challenges in Scaling RAG with Custom AI modelsZilliz
Building Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) systems with open-source and custom AI models is a complex task. This talk explores the challenges in productionizing RAG systems, including retrieval performance, response synthesis, and evaluation. We’ll discuss how to leverage open-source models like text embeddings, language models, and custom fine-tuned models to enhance RAG performance. Additionally, we’ll cover how BentoML can help orchestrate and scale these AI components efficiently, ensuring seamless deployment and management of RAG systems in the cloud.
Fueling AI with Great Data with Airbyte WebinarZilliz
This talk will focus on how to collect data from a variety of sources, leveraging this data for RAG and other GenAI use cases, and finally charting your course to productionalization.
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.
For the full video of this presentation, please visit: https://www.edge-ai-vision.com/2024/06/building-and-scaling-ai-applications-with-the-nx-ai-manager-a-presentation-from-network-optix/
Robin van Emden, Senior Director of Data Science at Network Optix, presents the “Building and Scaling AI Applications with the Nx AI Manager,” tutorial at the May 2024 Embedded Vision Summit.
In this presentation, van Emden covers the basics of scaling edge AI solutions using the Nx tool kit. He emphasizes the process of developing AI models and deploying them globally. He also showcases the conversion of AI models and the creation of effective edge AI pipelines, with a focus on pre-processing, model conversion, selecting the appropriate inference engine for the target hardware and post-processing.
van Emden shows how Nx can simplify the developer’s life and facilitate a rapid transition from concept to production-ready applications.He provides valuable insights into developing scalable and efficient edge AI solutions, with a strong focus on practical implementation.
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.
Your One-Stop Shop for Python Success: Top 10 US Python Development Providersakankshawande
Simplify your search for a reliable Python development partner! This list presents the top 10 trusted US providers offering comprehensive Python development services, ensuring your project's success from conception to completion.
Full-RAG: A modern architecture for hyper-personalizationZilliz
Mike Del Balso, CEO & Co-Founder at Tecton, presents "Full RAG," a novel approach to AI recommendation systems, aiming to push beyond the limitations of traditional models through a deep integration of contextual insights and real-time data, leveraging the Retrieval-Augmented Generation architecture. This talk will outline Full RAG's potential to significantly enhance personalization, address engineering challenges such as data management and model training, and introduce data enrichment with reranking as a key solution. Attendees will gain crucial insights into the importance of hyperpersonalization in AI, the capabilities of Full RAG for advanced personalization, and strategies for managing complex data integrations for deploying cutting-edge AI solutions.
Essentials of Automations: The Art of Triggers and Actions in FMESafe Software
In this second installment of our Essentials of Automations webinar series, we’ll explore the landscape of triggers and actions, guiding you through the nuances of authoring and adapting workspaces for seamless automations. Gain an understanding of the full spectrum of triggers and actions available in FME, empowering you to enhance your workspaces for efficient automation.
We’ll kick things off by showcasing the most commonly used event-based triggers, introducing you to various automation workflows like manual triggers, schedules, directory watchers, and more. Plus, see how these elements play out in real scenarios.
Whether you’re tweaking your current setup or building from the ground up, this session will arm you with the tools and insights needed to transform your FME usage into a powerhouse of productivity. Join us to discover effective strategies that simplify complex processes, enhancing your productivity and transforming your data management practices with FME. Let’s turn complexity into clarity and make your workspaces work wonders!
Ivanti’s Patch Tuesday breakdown goes beyond patching your applications and brings you the intelligence and guidance needed to prioritize where to focus your attention first. Catch early analysis on our Ivanti blog, then join industry expert Chris Goettl for the Patch Tuesday Webinar Event. There we’ll do a deep dive into each of the bulletins and give guidance on the risks associated with the newly-identified vulnerabilities.
Unlock the Future of Search with MongoDB Atlas_ Vector Search Unleashed.pdfMalak Abu Hammad
Discover how MongoDB Atlas and vector search technology can revolutionize your application's search capabilities. This comprehensive presentation covers:
* What is Vector Search?
* Importance and benefits of vector search
* Practical use cases across various industries
* Step-by-step implementation guide
* Live demos with code snippets
* Enhancing LLM capabilities with vector search
* Best practices and optimization strategies
Perfect for developers, AI enthusiasts, and tech leaders. Learn how to leverage MongoDB Atlas to deliver highly relevant, context-aware search results, transforming your data retrieval process. Stay ahead in tech innovation and maximize the potential of your applications.
#MongoDB #VectorSearch #AI #SemanticSearch #TechInnovation #DataScience #LLM #MachineLearning #SearchTechnology
In the rapidly evolving landscape of technologies, XML continues to play a vital role in structuring, storing, and transporting data across diverse systems. The recent advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) present new methodologies for enhancing XML development workflows, introducing efficiency, automation, and intelligent capabilities. This presentation will outline the scope and perspective of utilizing AI in XML development. The potential benefits and the possible pitfalls will be highlighted, providing a balanced view of the subject.
We will explore the capabilities of AI in understanding XML markup languages and autonomously creating structured XML content. Additionally, we will examine the capacity of AI to enrich plain text with appropriate XML markup. Practical examples and methodological guidelines will be provided to elucidate how AI can be effectively prompted to interpret and generate accurate XML markup.
Further emphasis will be placed on the role of AI in developing XSLT, or schemas such as XSD and Schematron. We will address the techniques and strategies adopted to create prompts for generating code, explaining code, or refactoring the code, and the results achieved.
The discussion will extend to how AI can be used to transform XML content. In particular, the focus will be on the use of AI XPath extension functions in XSLT, Schematron, Schematron Quick Fixes, or for XML content refactoring.
The presentation aims to deliver a comprehensive overview of AI usage in XML development, providing attendees with the necessary knowledge to make informed decisions. Whether you’re at the early stages of adopting AI or considering integrating it in advanced XML development, this presentation will cover all levels of expertise.
By highlighting the potential advantages and challenges of integrating AI with XML development tools and languages, the presentation seeks to inspire thoughtful conversation around the future of XML development. We’ll not only delve into the technical aspects of AI-powered XML development but also discuss practical implications and possible future directions.
TrustArc Webinar - 2024 Global Privacy SurveyTrustArc
How does your privacy program stack up against your peers? What challenges are privacy teams tackling and prioritizing in 2024?
In the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey, we asked over 1,800 global privacy professionals and business executives to share their perspectives on the current state of privacy inside and outside of their organizations. This year’s report focused on emerging areas of importance for privacy and compliance professionals, including considerations and implications of Artificial Intelligence (AI) technologies, building brand trust, and different approaches for achieving higher privacy competence scores.
See how organizational priorities and strategic approaches to data security and privacy are evolving around the globe.
This webinar will review:
- The top 10 privacy insights from the fifth annual Global Privacy Benchmarks Survey
- The top challenges for privacy leaders, practitioners, and organizations in 2024
- Key themes to consider in developing and maintaining your privacy program
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift.pdfTosin Akinosho
Monitoring and Managing Anomaly Detection on OpenShift
Overview
Dive into the world of anomaly detection on edge devices with our comprehensive hands-on tutorial. This SlideShare presentation will guide you through the entire process, from data collection and model training to edge deployment and real-time monitoring. Perfect for those looking to implement robust anomaly detection systems on resource-constrained IoT/edge devices.
Key Topics Covered
1. Introduction to Anomaly Detection
- Understand the fundamentals of anomaly detection and its importance in identifying unusual behavior or failures in systems.
2. Understanding Edge (IoT)
- Learn about edge computing and IoT, and how they enable real-time data processing and decision-making at the source.
3. What is ArgoCD?
- Discover ArgoCD, a declarative, GitOps continuous delivery tool for Kubernetes, and its role in deploying applications on edge devices.
4. Deployment Using ArgoCD for Edge Devices
- Step-by-step guide on deploying anomaly detection models on edge devices using ArgoCD.
5. Introduction to Apache Kafka and S3
- Explore Apache Kafka for real-time data streaming and Amazon S3 for scalable storage solutions.
6. Viewing Kafka Messages in the Data Lake
- Learn how to view and analyze Kafka messages stored in a data lake for better insights.
7. What is Prometheus?
- Get to know Prometheus, an open-source monitoring and alerting toolkit, and its application in monitoring edge devices.
8. Monitoring Application Metrics with Prometheus
- Detailed instructions on setting up Prometheus to monitor the performance and health of your anomaly detection system.
9. What is Camel K?
- Introduction to Camel K, a lightweight integration framework built on Apache Camel, designed for Kubernetes.
10. Configuring Camel K Integrations for Data Pipelines
- Learn how to configure Camel K for seamless data pipeline integrations in your anomaly detection workflow.
11. What is a Jupyter Notebook?
- Overview of Jupyter Notebooks, an open-source web application for creating and sharing documents with live code, equations, visualizations, and narrative text.
12. Jupyter Notebooks with Code Examples
- Hands-on examples and code snippets in Jupyter Notebooks to help you implement and test anomaly detection models.