Implementation Of Similar Projects Research Articles

The Use of GERAM in the Formalization of the Global Virtual Business Framework

A formalization of the Framework for Global Virtual Business (COSME Model) to create a reference model for Virtual Enterprise design, creation and operation using GERAM is presented. This reference model has been used to replicate the project in other regions of Latin American. Specifically El Salvador. The most important lesson learned is that the use of formal frameworks and methodologies reduces time effort andcost in the implementation of similar projects. GERAM has been proved to be useful in determining the necessary elements for the creation of Enterprise Integration Architectures.

Novi's Main Street: Neotraditional Neighborhood Planning and Design

Recently, there has been interest in many suburban communities around the United States to revive traditional styles of commercial and residential land development. These neotraditional developments are characterized by a land-use intensive style of zoning in which densely spaced residential neighborhoods are integrated with commercial areas. One of the primary objectives of these districts is to form self-sufficient neighborhood communities. Although such land use is common in many large urban areas and rural cities, this type of combined land use is rarely seen in suburban communities. One effort to revive this traditional urban style of land development within a suburban community is the Main Street project in the city of Novi, Mich. This paper highlights some of the factors that impacted the planning and design process of the project and how these factors and decisions influenced the final appearance and function of Novi’s neotraditional downtown district. The lessons learned from the Main Street project can serve as a model for engineers and planners who may be contemplating the implementation of similar projects in their own communities.

Improving geography essay writing using innovative assessment

Abstract This article reports a project which aims to improve the essay writing of undergraduates on a first‐year geography course. The intention was that through self‐and peer assessment as well as tutor assessment of essays, students would learn about assessment criteria and ways of meeting these. As these techniques are unfamiliar to most students, and past experience shows that they sometimes view them negatively, it was important to stress the value of the project to their learning, to prepare them in a workshop, and to supervise and regulate the assessment process carefully. The project is evaluated from student feedback and suggestions are made for implementation of similar projects in the future.

IT Diffusion & Socio Economic Change In Egypt

Although new information handling technologies have recently been widely disseminated as tools for socio-economic development, they cannot be used in the same ways as in the industrialized countries for which they were designed. Three things at least distinguish the experience of developing countries. The first is the context of their bureaucratic, administrative, managerial and political systems and the differing expectations of users. The second is attitude towards information technology and the resources which must be used to implement ambitious systems. The third is the content of information analysis and use in developing countries, where both application areas and interpretive assumptions are likely to be radically different from the experiences of managers and administrators in industrialized countries. This paper describes and analyses the experience of the Egyptian government in spreading the awareness of information technology and its use in managing development planning for socio-economic change. The experience has been one of building multiple information handling and decision support systems in very messy, turbulent and changing environments. The successes over the past eight years by the Cabinet in implementing and sustaining state of the art decision support systems in Egypt’s governorates [local administrations] as well as for central governmental decision making holds many lessons for the implementation of sophisticated systems under conditions of extreme difficulty. The analysis of these experiences offers insight into a variety of problems for designers, implementors and users of information and decision support systems for managing socioeconomic change. This paper concludes with analytical methods and guidelines for the future implementation of similar projects in developing countries which may with to benefit from the successes of Egypt’s Cabinet Information and Decision Support Center.