Software development is constantly growing in complexity and several newtools have been created with the aim to manage this. However, even with thisever evolving range of tools and methodology, organizations often struggle withhow to implement a new development-process, especially when implementingagile methods. The most common reason for this is because teams implementagile tools in an ad-hoc manner, without fully considering the effects this cancause. This leads to teams trying to correct their choice of methodologysomewhere during the post-planning phase, which can be devastating for aproject as it adds further complexity to the project by introducing new problemsduring the transition process. Moreover, with an existing range of tools aimedat managing this process transition, none of them have been thoroughlyevaluated, which in turn forms the problem that this thesis is centred around.This thesis explores a method transition scenario and evaluates a SoftwareProcess Improvement method oriented around the problems that theimprovement process is aiming to solve. The goal with this is to establish ifproblem oriented Software Process Improvement is viable as well as to providefurther data for the extensive research that is being done in this field. We wishto prove that the overall productivity of a software development team can beincreased even during a project by carefully managing the transition to newmethods using a problem driven approach.The research method used is of qualitative and inductive character. Data iscollected by performing a case study, via action research, and literature studies.The case study consists of iteratively managing a transition over to newmethods, at an organization in the middle of a project, using a problem drivenapproach to Software Process Improvement. Three iterations of methodimprovement are applied on the project and each iteration acts as an evaluationon how well Problem Driven Software Process Improvement works.By using the evaluation model created for this degree project, the researchershave found that problem driven Software Process Improvement is an effectivetool for managing and improving the processes of a development team.Productivity has increased with focus on tasks with highest priority beingfinished first. Transparency has increased with both development team andcompany having a clearer idea of work in progress and what is planned.Communication has grown with developers talking more freely about userstories and tasks during planning and stand-up meetings. The researchersacknowledge that the results of the study are of a limited scope and alsorecognize that further evaluation in form of more iterations are needed for acomplete evaluation.

PC-Dart is a software that the Swedish Armed Forces use to communicate when active on the field. They are limited to using the program only on Windows operating system, and their devices are not suitable for challenging contexts. It is not convenient for the army to bring impractical devices to the field, and it requires the soldiers to bring sleds of batteries and charging equipment with them. This thesis explores the possibilities of recreating the graphical user interface onto other platforms such as Android and Linux. It helps to increase the mobility on the field for the troops of the Swedish Armed Forces, which also means that there is not any restrictions by using their program on one platform. The development of the program required a pilot study on what available cross-platform frameworks to use in terms of developing an application that works on multiple platforms. Together with a relevant framework and a custom user-centered agile work process, this thesis strives to create an application that is cross-platform and with a graphical user interface that old users of the previous program can relate to. The project results show that a graphical user interface can be developed with a cross-platform framework while working in a user-centered agile process. However, it also shows that it can be a lot of work for one person, negatively affecting the process.

Le secteur public est un domaine en perpétuelle mutation, de par la pression économique actuelle mais aussi du fait des progrès technologiques constants. C'est en particulier le cas des collectivités territoriales, dans lesquelles les agents du secteur public sont soumis à de fortes pressions, notamment par la nécessité d'assurer un service de qualité aux usagers tout en minimisant les coûts engagés, mais également du fait de devoir développer de nouvelles compétences pour répondre à des exigences en évolution. Les projets actuels, impliquant de multiples technologies et le besoin de travailler en synergie avec les acteurs territoriaux, sont devenus primordiaux pour la gestion des chaînes logistiques du secteur public. Le domaine du génie industriel a développé diverses méthodes pouvant répondre à ces nouveaux besoins. Ces méthodes englobent différentes théories et pratiques allant du progrès permanent à la gestion de la chaîne logistique jusqu’à la gestion de la relation client. Ces pratiques visent avant tout à améliorer la coordination et l'intégration de toutes les activités nécessaires à l'élaboration d’un produit ou un service. L’apparition de nouvelles démarches, telles que la Smart City, légitime la mise en pratique de méthodes industrielles pour la gestion de services répondant à l’intérêt général d’un territoire. Dès lors, l'objectif de ce travail a été de transposer aux collectivités territoriales des méthodes issues du génie industriel, en s’appuyant sur la démarche de la Smart City, afin de permettre une synergie entre les partenaires, tout en augmentant la productivité de l’organisation dans la fourniture de services publics plus performants. / The public sector is a domain in perpetual transformation, due to current economic pressure and constant technological progress. This is particularly the case in Urban Communities, where employees are under intense pressure, notably by the need to ensure services of high quality to their users while minimizing the costs incurred, but also because of the necessity to develop new skills to meet the new requirements of the sector. Current projects involving multiple technologies, the need to work in synergy with the territorial actors becomes essential for the management of the public sector supply chains. The field of industrial engineering has developed various methods which can address these new needs for the public sector. These methods include various theories and practices going from continuous improvement to Supply Chain Management, including customer relationship management. These practices aim above all at improving the coordination and integration of all activities necessary to the development of a product or service. The emergence of new approaches, such as the Smart City, legitimizes the application of industrial methods for the management of services answering the general interest of a territory. Consequently, the objective of this work is to adapt to the Urban Communities of the methods derived defined in industrial engineering and to integrate the approach of Smart City to improve the synergy between the partners, while increasing the productivity of the organization in the supply of more efficient public services.

Made available in DSpace on 2016-06-02T19:05:56Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 4409.pdf: 4554321 bytes, checksum: 40828d088d2ef261abc9e99060a90ab0 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-06-26 / Universidade Federal de Sao Carlos / This project investigated an Agile Development Process for groupware on theWeb 2.0. The process has its based in different technologies, especially those of the Scrum agile method, integrated with functional testing at the acceptance level. To assist this integration, we established a greater intercommunication between the process disciplines, using the User Stories as artifacts in all disciplines. The process aims to take advantage of the agility of the Scrum without losing quality in the development of applications. It was developed based on the Scrum process, with the addition of technologies that support the creation and use of artifacts in the search for integration with functional testing. The process uses three disciplines, each one refining the User Stories, which occur in different degrees of abstraction throughout the development. These stories should be a most faithful portrait possible of user needs and are used both in the form of cards (Story Cards), for requirements specification, and in an executable format to guide the implementation and work as functional testing. Mockups are used to complement the requirements specified in the cards, assisting in the task of representing the requirements. This set is the basis for the creation of User Stories in executable format. Other modeling artifacts, like Class Diagram, can also be specified in order to elicit requirements of the application. The procedure is supported by tools developed to enable the integration of the functional tests. These tools define a tests specification language to write User Stories, created as a DLL for Visual Studio, and a converter of these User Stories for functional testing in C# code. Thus, the proposed process provides a greater integration of tests during the development and execution of each discipline in order to produce higher quality applications. To test the process, applications were developed in the domain of groupware in Web 2.0. The adoption of this area was motivated by the idea of exploring the development of collaborative software that supports group work of people involved in common tasks. / Este projeto pesquisou um Processo de Desenvolvimento Ágil para groupware na Web 2.0. O Processo tem suas bases em diferentes tecnologias, destacando-se as do método ágil Scrum, e é integrado com testes funcionais a nível de aceitação. Para auxiliar essa integração, estabeleceu-se uma maior intercomunicação entre as disciplinas do processo, utilizando as Histórias do Usuário como artefatos em todas as disciplinas. O processo visa à tirar proveito da agilidade do Scrum, sem perder qualidade no desenvolvimento das aplicações. Foi desenvolvido tendo como base o processo Scrum, adicionado de tecnologias que apoiam a criação e utilização de artefatos na busca para integração com testes funcionais. O processo utiliza três disciplinas (Comunicação, Modelagem e Construção), cada uma refinando as Histórias do Usuário, que ocorrem em diferentes graus de abstração ao longo do desenvolvimento. Essas histórias devem ser um retrato mais fiel possível das necessidades do usuário e são utilizadas tanto no formato de cartões (Cartões de História), para a especificação de requisitos, quanto em um formato executável para orientar a implementação e trabalhar como testes funcionais. Mock-ups são utilizados para complementar os requisitos especificados nos cartões, auxiliando na tarefa de representar os requisitos. Esse conjunto é a base para a criação das Histórias do Usuário no formato executável. Outros artefatos de modelagem, como o Diagrama de Classes, também podem ser especificados, para elicitar os requisitos da aplicação. O Processo é apoiado por ferramentas desenvolvidas para possibilitar a integração de testes funcionais. Essas ferramentas definem uma linguagem para especificação de testes para escrever as Histórias do Usuário, criada como uma DLL para o Visual Studio, e um conversor dessas Histórias do Usuário para testes funcionais em código C#. Assim, o processo proposto estabelece uma maior integração dos testes durante o desenvolvimento e execução de cada disciplina, visando a produção de aplicações com maior qualidade. Para testar o processo, foram desenvolvidas aplicações do domínio de groupware na Web 2.0. A adoção desse domínio foi motivada pela ideia de explorar o desenvolvimento de software colaborativo que apoia o trabalho em grupo de pessoas envolvidas em tarefas comuns.

Made available in DSpace on 2014-12-17T15:24:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 EdilsonBM_DISSERT.pdf: 1273586 bytes, checksum: 32add4a708ccebd27ea5b1df42d3823b (MD5) Previous issue date: 2014-08-22 / Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Norte / The information tecnology (IT) has, over the years, gaining prominence as a strategic element and competitive edge in organizations, public or private. In the judiciary, with the implementation of actions related to Judici?rio Eletr?nico, information technology (IT), definitely earns its status as a strategic element and significantly raises the level of dependence of the organs of their services and products. Increasingly, the quality of services provided by IT has direct impact on the quality of services provided by the agency as a whole. The Minist?rio P?blico do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (MPRN) deployments shares of Electronic Government, along with an administrative reform, beyond these issues raised, caused a large increase in institutional demand for products and services provided by the Diretoria de Tecnologia da Informa??o (DTI), a sector responsible for the provision of IT services. Taking as starting point strategic goal set by MPRN to reach a 85% level of user satisfaction in four years, we seek to propose a method that assists in meeting the goal, respecting the capacity constraints of the IT sector. To achieve the proposed objective, we conducted a work in two distinct and complementary stages. In the first step we conducted a case study in MPRN, in which, through an internal and external diagnosis of DTI, accomplished by an action of internal consulting and one research of the user satisfaction, we seek to identify opportunities of change seeking to raise the quality perceived of the services provided by the DTI , from the viewpoint of their customers. The situational report, drawn from the data collected, fostered changes in DTI, which were then evaluated with the managers. In the second stage, with the results obtained in the initial process, empirical observation, evaluation of side projects of quality improvement in the sector, and validation with the managers, of the initial model, we developed an improved process, gazing beyond the identification of gaps in service a strategy for the selection of best management practices and deployment of these, in a incremental and adaptive way, allowing the application of the process in organs with little staff allocated to the provision of information technology services / A tecnologia da informa??o (TI) vem, ao longo dos anos, ganhando destaque como elemento estrat?gico e diferencial competitivo nas empresas, sejam elas p?blicas ou privadas. No poder judici?rio, com a implanta??o de a??es relacionadas ao judici?rio eletr?nico, a TI ganha definitivamente seu status de elemento estrat?gico e eleva sensivelmente o n?vel de depend?ncia dos ?rg?os de seus servi?os e produtos. Cada vez mais a qualidade dos servi?os prestados pela TI tem impacto direto na qualidade dos servi?os prestados pelo ?rg?o como um todo. No Minist?rio P?blico do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte (MPRN), as implanta??es das a??es do Governo Eletr?nico, junto com uma reforma administrativa em curso, al?m destas quest?es levantadas, provocaram um grande aumento das demandas institucionais por produtos e servi?os prestados pela Diretoria de Tecnologia da Informa??o (DTI), setor respons?vel pela presta??o dos servi?os de TI. Tomando como ponto de partida a meta estrat?gica definida pelo MPRN de atingir um n?vel de 85% de satisfa??o dos usu?rios em quatro anos, buscamos propor um m?todo que auxilie no cumprimento da meta proposta, respeitando as limita??es de pessoal do setor de TI. Para atingir ao objetivo proposto, realizamos um trabalho em duas etapas distintas e complementares. Na primeira etapa realizamos um estudo de caso no MPRN, no qual, por interm?dio de um diagn?stico interno e externo da DTI, realizado por meio de uma a??o de consultoria interna e pesquisa de satisfa??o dos usu?rios, buscamos identificar oportunidades de mudan?a procurando elevar a qualidade percebida dos servi?os prestados pelo setor na ?tica de seus clientes. O relat?rio situacional, elaborado a partir dos dados coletados, fomentaram a??es reestruturadoras na DTI, que foram em seguida avaliadas junto aos gestores. Na segunda etapa, de posse dos resultados obtidos no processo inicial, observa??o emp?rica, avalia??o de projetos paralelos de melhoria da qualidade no setor e valida??o com os gestores do modelo inicial, elaboramos um processo melhorado, contemplando, al?m da identifica??o das lacunas de servi?o, uma estrat?gia para a sele??o de boas pr?ticas e gerenciamento de implanta??o destas, de forma incremental e adaptativa, permitindo a aplica??o do processo em ?rg?os com pouco pessoal alocado para a presta??o dos servi?os de tecnologia da informa??o

Sedan etableringen 2017 har en drastisk ökning av elscootrar skett i Sverige och framförallt i Stockholms innerstad. Denna radikala förändring inom färdmedel har skakat om den rådande trafikmiljön. Olyckor och parkeringsproblematik har stått i fokus för medias rapportering kring fenomenet. Syftet med denna rapport är att undersöka hur företagen som utvecklar elscootrar arbetar med säkerhet för användarna och anpassar sin produktutveckling efter svenska lagar och trafikregler. Studien behandlar även hur man på ett säkert sätt kan integrera nya färdmedel i samhället. För att lägga en grund för arbetet har en litteraturstudie genomförts och en teoretisk referensram tagits fram. Informationsinsamlingen har skett genom kvalitativa semistrukturerade intervjuer med tre företag som utvecklar eller hanterar elscootrar, ansvarig för elscootrar på Stockholms Stad samt respondenter från Transportstyrelsen med regeringsuppdraget Att utreda behov av förenklade regler av eldrivna enpersonsfordon. Intervjuerna har transkriberats, kodats, delats upp i teman och analyserats. Idag är de flesta elscootrar som finns i Stockholm klassificerade som cyklar. Detta innebär utöver krav på bland annat broms och ringklocka att maxhastigheten ej får överstiga 20 km/h och motoreffekten max får vara 250 W. Flera aktörer ser en problematik i detta och en gemensam önskan hos alla respondenter är att hitta en klassificering som ger tydlighet för vad som gäller, reder ut oklarheter och främjar utvecklingen av färdmedlet. Resultatet av studien har visat att ett stort fokus ligger på säkerhet i utvecklingsprocessen och en stor del av arbetet med säkerheten sker i utvärderingsfasen. Utvecklingen sker inkrementellt för att ständigt förbättra säkerheten hos elscootrarna och förhindra att olyckor sker. Idag arbetar företag med en mer linjär process men för att hantera framtida utmaningar skulle en mer agil process kunna främja produktutvecklingen. Då att fenomenet med elscootrar fortfarande är nytt så är olycksstatistiken som finns ytterst begränsad. Den som finns pekar dock på att olycksgraden med elscootrar involverade inte är högre än för traditionella cyklar. Studien visar också att det sker en dialog mellan Stockholms Stad och de ledande scooter-företagen i Stockholm för att på ett säkert sätt integrera färdmedlet i stadstrafiken. / Since its establishment in 2017, there has been a dramatic increase of e-scooters in Sweden and especially in Stockholm city. This radical change in transport has shaken the current traffic environment. Accidents and parking problems have been the focus of media reporting of the phenomenon. The purpose of this report is to investigate how the companies that develop e-scooters work with safety for the users and adapt their product development to Swedish laws and traffic rules. The study also deals with how to safely integrate new means of transport into society. In order to lay a foundation, a literature study has been conducted and a theoretical frame of reference has been developed. Information was gathered through qualitative semi-structured interviews with three companies that develop e-scooters, responsible for e-scooters in Stockholms Stad and respondents from the Swedish Transport Agency with a government assignment to clarify the situation. The interviews have been transcribed, coded, subdivided into themes and analyzed. Today, most e-scooters in Stockholm are classified as bicycles. This means, in addition to requirements for brake and bell, that the speed must not exceed 20 km/h and the engine power must be no more than 250 W. Several affecting parties consider this classification problematic and a common wish among all interviewed respondents is to find a classification or approach to the e-scooters that gives clarity for which rules that applies, clarifies ambiguities and promotes future development of the e-scooters. The results of the study have shown that a large focus in the development process is on safety and a large part of the work to enhance safety takes place during the evaluation phase. The development is incremental in order to constantly improve the safety for the users of the e-scooters and prevent accidents from happening. Today, companies are working with a relatively linear development process, but in order to handle future challenges, a more agile work process could promote product development. Since the phenomenon of e-scooters is still new, the accident statistics are very limited. However, the statistics that exist point out that the accident rates with e-scooters involved is not higher than for traditional bicycles. The study also shows that there is a dialogue between Stockholms Stad and the leading scooter companies in Stockholm in order to safely integrate the means of transport into city traffic.