Quality is partly about the number defects delivered in a piece of software and partly about how the stakeholders and customers experience the software. Experience is typically measured as customer satisfaction. Customer satisfaction is a measure of how products and services supplied by a...

Exponentially growing data, big data, dark data and data trash are throwing excellent opportunities in the world. But associated costs and risks are also significant. “Big Garbage in, Big Garbage out” seems new phrase in computing. This paper is motivated by risk and cost stresses on non-IT...

The use of technology in HR (e-HRM) is well established for the purposes of improving HR operational processes and allowing distributed access to employees and managers. The objective of this paper is to identify the challenges associated with the implementation and some recommendations for...

Software industry in Kerala is booming at an ever increasing speed. With automation and computerization an ample opportunity employment scenario was opened up particularly in IT and software sector where the salary is attractive and the job is mostly desk type in nature. But at the same time...

Earned value management is a method that predicts the project giving early warning of project cost and schedule. This study is to check effectiveness of EVM in construction industries for tracking the project progress using MSP software. Tracking will enhance the opportunities for project...

World is moving towards “Cloud Computing” as part of the advancement of Technology in general and Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in specific. In simple form Cloud computing can be referred to as the application of computer for storing and accessing of data through the web...

The emergence of open source and Linux has burdened IT managers with the challenge of whether, when, and in what applications to adopt open source software in their firms. We characterize the conditions under which enterprises adopt open source software. We show that adoption depends crucially...

Agile software development is having a profound impact on the software industry. However, the Agent-Based Social Simulation (ABSS) community has not kept the same pace with the growing interest in agile methods. A review of the evidence available on the relation between agile and ABSS was...

The open source software (OSS) movement thrives on innovation and volunteer effort of developers. Scholars have expressed widespread concern about the sustainability of the OSS movement due to high levels of volunteerism. In this paper, we address a central challenge to the sustainability of...