Approved for public release, distribution is unlimited / Information Superiority is the driver for the creation of the Global Information Grid (GIG) as the mean to provide connectivity between all parts of shore establishments, and with all deployed forces at sea and ashore. The Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) is an information technology (IT) services contract to provide to provide secure universal access to integrated voice, video and data communications; eliminate interoperability problems and remove network impediments to improve productivity and speed of command to the shore-based components of the Navy and Marine Corps. The NMCI contract is the procurement of IT services based on a commercial model of Service Level Agreements (SLAs). Under this model, the emphasis is placed on the verification, validation, and monitoring of the end-user services and not on the underlying infrastructure of systems. The research explores the current implementing effort of NMCI and analyzes the way this common network capability is tested and monitored. This thesis will provide a single source of information for managers seeking to quickly understand the impact of NMCI as an enterprise level asset. Security policies related to the project are examined and recommendations to improve this new IT initiative are made. / Lieutenant, Hellenic Navy

The thesis concentrates on a business valuation of Hewlett-Packard s.r.o., the Czech subsidiary of Hewlett-Packard Company, the world leading provider of IT goods and services. The thesis includes complex strategic analysis with detailed company inside and outside potential and market forecast. The financial analysis evaluates financial situation of the company, financial plan and a final valuation based on DCF entity method and market approach based on the price trend of publicly negotiable stocks of the parent company.

This diploma thesis deals with the proposal of a “Disaster Recovery Plan” for the Informatics department at BUT’s Faculty of Business and Management. The first part consists of theoretical basis of crucial parts of disaster recovery plan, which is the very foundation for the proposal itself. The second part follows up with a description of the server room of the Informatics department, in particular its IT equipment. The third part deals with the very disaster recovery plan proposal which will function as a school code regulation and a foundation for a Business Continuity Management System document.

Failed projects are often caused by not detected failures and therefore tests should be performed at some time during the project to avoid those failures. In the agile method Scrum the tests of IT services are executed by the supplier to secure the quality of the services. In theory, no tests are performed by the product owner. This requires big amount of trust to the supplier and a close partnership. In agile methods the time and costs are fixed, and because of this there is also a risk that unfinished products are delivered on deadline. Little research about tests and Scrum can be found, and therefore the aim with this study is to evaluate how and when quality assurance and tests should be treated in the best way by the product owner in Scrum. The study aims to answer the question of which manual test type is relevant to perform by the product owner to ensure the quality of the IT services. The question about how and when the test should be executed should also be answered. The study is based on a case study at the company Standard Solutions Group (SSG) which is a technical consultancy. The methodology in the study involves interviews, observations, a survey, and a literature study. The different methods are used to gather information from different perspectives and should increase reliability. Acceptance tests are selected to be best suitable to be performed by the product owner. To answer the question about how the test should be executed the authors select to develop a checklist. The acceptance tests should be done continuously to create more efficiency, and it also should be easier to correct the errors. / Idag grundas ofta misslyckade projekt på att fel inte uppmärksammas och för att undvika dessa fel bör tester utföras någon gång under arbetet. I den agila metoden Scrum utförs tester på produkten av leverantören, däremot utförs i teorin inga tester från produktägarens sida, som är kunden i Scrum. Detta kräver stor tillit och ett nära samarbete mellan kund och leverantör. Eftersom agila metoder innebär att tiden och kostnaden är fast finns det även en risk att halvfärdiga produkter levereras vid deadline. Då tidigare forskning inte undersökt ämnet är syftet med arbetet att utvärdera hur och när kvalitetssäkring av leveranser på ett lämpligt sätt ska utföras från produktägarens sida i Scrum. Målet är dels att besvara frågan om vilken manuell testtyp som är relevant att utföra från produktägarens sida vid kvalitetssäkring av IT-tjänster. Dessutom ska även frågorna om hur och när det manuella testet bör utföras i Scrum besvaras. Denna studie baseras på en fallstudie som utförs hos Standard Solutions Group (SSG) som är en teknisk konsultverksamhet. Studien genomförs med hjälp aven övergripande metod som följs genom hela arbetet för att komma fram till en lösning. I studien används även andra modeller för att utföra observationer, enkätundersökning, intervjuer och en litteraturstudie. Detta för att få information från flera olika perspektiv vilket ökar studiens tillförlitlighet. Studien resulterar i atttest-typen acceptanstester är ett lämpligt test att utföra frånproduktägarens sida. En checklista utvecklas för att svara på frågan om hur testet ska utföras. För att skapa mer effektivitet så att fel enklare ska kunna åtgärdas utförs acceptanstestester kontinuerligt under arbetets gång.

Submitted by JOSIANE SANTOS DE OLIVEIRA (josianeso) on 2017-05-24T11:50:57Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Caroline Kretschmer_.pdf: 1238454 bytes, checksum: e3e99ae1e8e45b7361c6be5afdfb38ab (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-05-24T11:50:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Caroline Kretschmer_.pdf: 1238454 bytes, checksum: e3e99ae1e8e45b7361c6be5afdfb38ab (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-03-06 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / O ambiente empresarial atual é delineado por um contexto socioeconômico e institucional complexo, mutável e altamente competitivo, que exige das organizações a capacidade de se adaptar aos frequentes desafios e viabilizar seus negócios a longo prazo. A ampla abertura dos mercados à concorrência global também apresenta a crescente necessidade das empresas em operar em mercados internacionais para manterem sua competitividade. Uma abordagem teórica conceitual vem sendo desenvolvida nas últimas duas décadas com o intuito de compreender quais elementos, processos e recursos são necessários para as empresas lidarem com essa conjuntura apresentada, que se denomina capacidades dinâmicas. Essa abordagem tem como cerne explicar as fontes de vantagem competitiva empresarial ao longo do tempo, por meio da argumentação de que, para lidar com ambientes pautados pelas rápidas mudanças, a empresa tem que ter a capacidade de construir, integrar e reconfigurar competências internas e externas. O objetivo dessa pesquisa é compreender a relação entre as capacidades dinâmicas e a competitividade das organizações, por meio da análise da trajetória organizacional e das mudanças estratégicas ocorridas ao longo de sua história em âmbito doméstico e internacional. Para tanto, foi realizado um estudo de caso múltiplo, com duas empresas brasileiras do setor de Tecnologia da Informação, as quais atuam a mais de vinte anos no Brasil, possuem operações internacionais e tem grande representatividade no setor em âmbito nacional. A pesquisa analisou a história dessas organizações e identificou fatos relevantes ocorridos que promoveram mudanças mais fortes e estruturais, a fim de verificar nestes momentos a criação e mobilização das capacidades dinâmicas e seu papel na manutenção da competitividade das empresas. Os resultados sustentam que, o amplo histórico de atuação e o crescimento das organizações estudadas foi estruturado por meio de seus ativos e recursos idiossincráticos, de uma estratégia adequada e da capacidade de se adaptar e reconfigurar constantemente de acordo com as mudanças e os novos desafios competitivos. A internacionalização dessas empresas se mostrou viável e alicerçada na articulação das capacidades dinâmicas e na constante percepção dos gestores de novas oportunidades resultantes de seus clientes. A construção e a adequada orquestração de capacidades dinâmicas permitem que as empresas se situem de forma distintiva em ambientes competitivos e mutáveis, logrando um crescimento sustentado, com o desenvolvimento de novos negócios e a manutenção de uma vantagem competitiva sustentável. / The current business environment is delineated by a complex, changing, and highly competitive institutional and socioeconomic context that requires organizations to adapt to frequent challenges to make their business viable in the long run. The broad market opening to global competition also shows the increasing requirement for companies to operate in international markets to maintain their competitiveness. A line of research has been developed in the last two decades in order to understand what elements, processes, and resources are necessary for companies to cope with this scenario, which is called dynamic capabilities. This approach is concerned with explaining the sources of business competitive advantage throughout the time, by arguing that, in order to cope with rapidly changing environments, the firm must have the capability to build, integrate and reconfigure internal and external competencies. The objective of this research is to understand the relationship between dynamic capabilities and the competitiveness of organizations through the analysis of the organizational trajectory and the strategic changes that have occurred in the course of firm’s history in domestic and international scope. For this purpose, a multiple case study was conducted with two Brazilian companies in the Information Technology sector, which have been operating for more than twenty years. They have international operations and are highly representative of the sector in national level. The research analyzed the history of these organizations and identified relevant events that led to stronger and structural changes in order to verify the creation and mobilization of dynamic capabilities and their role in maintaining the competitiveness of companies. The results support that the broad history of performance and growth of the organizations studied was structured through their idiosyncratic assets and resources, an appropriate strategy and the ability to constantly adapt and reconfigure according to the changes of new competitive challenges. The internationalization of these companies demonstrated feasibly and based on the articulation of the dynamic capabilities and the constant perception of the managers that, new opportunities resulting from their clients. The construction and appropriate orchestration of dynamic capabilities allow companies to position distinctly in competitive and changing environments, achieving sustained growth in the throughout the time, developing new business and maintaining a sustainable competitive advantage. Key-

Submitted by William Justo Figueiro (williamjf) on 2015-07-21T22:45:48Z No. of bitstreams: 1 64c.pdf: 2315325 bytes, checksum: e122893fc56bd6625ca9c6e2f6989043 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2015-07-21T22:45:48Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 64c.pdf: 2315325 bytes, checksum: e122893fc56bd6625ca9c6e2f6989043 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2012-07-29 / Nenhuma / O termo marketing de relacionamento foi introduzido na literatura acadêmica no final dos anos 1970 como uma estratégia das empresas priorizarem relacionamentos de longo prazo para obter vantagens e benefícios. Deste então, uma série de dimensões são propostas na literatura para entender a manutenção do relacionamento do fornecedor. Com o crescente número de dimensões disponíveis, torna-se mais complexa a compreensão de quais são as dimensões mais importantes para uso em novas pesquisas e quais dimensões não são tão significativas. O presente estudo sugere uma abordagem de natureza quantitativa-descritiva para verificar a percepção do cliente acerca da manutenção do relacionamento no contexto de serviços de TI. Para tal, utilizouse de dimensões de alta ordem, que avaliou o relacionamento de um modo geral, com medidas unidimensionais e multidimensionais. Foram destacadas por este estudo duas dimensões de alta ordem presentes na literatura, que são a qualidade do relacionamento e o valor do relacionamento. Decorrente destas dimensões utilizou-se a modelagem de equações estruturais para elaborar e testar três modelos teóricos. Um dos modelos utilizou uma abordagem mista que buscou integrar a qualidade do relacionamento e o valor do relacionamento. A coleta de dados foi realizada através de uma survey com 290 executivos de TI de empresas localizadas no estado do Rio Grande do Sul que compram e necessitam de serviços de TI. Os resultados sugerem que o modelo que representa a qualidade do relacionamento tem maiores condições de avaliar a manutenção do relacionamento de fornecedores de serviços de TI. Quando a qualidade do relacionamento e o valor do relacionamento são colocados em uma avaliação conjunta, o valor do relacionamento perde efeito em relação à manutenção do relacionamento. Outras implicações decorrentes desta análise são comentadas e sugeridas como pesquisas futuras. / The term relationship marketing was introduced in academic literature in late 70's as a corporate strategy to prioritize long-term relationships to obtain advantages and benefits. Since then, a series of dimensions are proposed in the literature to understand the maintenance of supplier relationship. With the growing number of available dimensions, it is more complex the understanding of which are the most important dimensions to be used in further researches and dimensions which are not as significant. This study suggests an approach of a quantitative-descriptive nature to verify the customer's perception concerning the maintenance of the relationship in the context of IT services. For such, were used high-order dimensions, which evaluated the relationship in general, with one-dimensional and multidimensional measures. Were highlighted by the study two dimensions of higher order found in the literature, which are the quality of relationship and the value of the relationship. Resulting from these dimensions it was used structural equation modeling to develop and test three theoretical models. One of the models used a mixed approach that sought to integrate the quality of the relationship and the value of the relationship. Data collection was carried out through a survey with 290 IT executives from companies located in the state of Rio Grande do Sul which buy and need IT services. The results suggest that the model that represents the quality of the relationship has higher position to assess the maintenance of the relationship of IT service suppliers. When the quality of relationship and value of the relationship are placed in a joint evaluation, the value of the relationship loses effect in relation to maintenance of the relationship. Other implications arising from of this analysis are commented and suggested as future researches.

Submitted by Patrícia Valim Labres de Freitas (patricial) on 2016-03-30T17:46:52Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Priscila Pagliarini Sartori_.pdf: 2997914 bytes, checksum: cfddb4abee1fd8021eb803dfebc8085d (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2016-03-30T17:46:52Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Priscila Pagliarini Sartori_.pdf: 2997914 bytes, checksum: cfddb4abee1fd8021eb803dfebc8085d (MD5) Previous issue date: 2015-12-07 / CAPES - Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / PROSUP - Programa de Suporte à Pós-Gradução de Instituições de Ensino Particulares / A análise do comportamento das empresas no cenário competitivo atual destaca os temas da internacionalização e da inovação como determinantes tanto das estratégias adotadas quanto do desempenho alcançado (RIBEIRO et al., 2010). O objetivo geral deste estudo concentrou-se em compreender como se relacionam a inovação e a internacionalização em empresas da Indústria Brasileira de Software e Serviços de TI (IBSS). A proposta de investigação partiu da necessidade de uma compreensão inicial sobre a dinâmica do setor de TI e da IBSS, assim apresentou-se uma caracterização do setor, da indústria e das empresas observadas na pesquisa. São apresentadas ainda características do processo de inovação e da internacionalização destas empresas. A partir da revisão teórica sobre inovação e internacionalização foram identificados indícios sobre como se relacionam a inovação e a internacionalização, os quais foram verificados empiricamente na trajetória das quatro empresas participantes da pesquisa, por meio de um estudo de caso múltiplo. A análise sobre a relação entre inovação e internacionalização em empresas da IBSS foi embasada em informações obtidas através de dados secundários e de entrevistas em profundidade, em uma abordagem qualitativa. Observou-se nos casos analisados que a inovação ocorre de forma essencialmente incremental, com foco no core business e apoiado fortemente nos recursos humanos. A inovação mostrou-se neste contexto como um elemento central para a manutenção da competitividade, tanto no mercado doméstico quanto internacional. A internacionalização apresentou-se como uma alternativa de expansão de negócios, porém frente ao cenário econômico atual passou a compor a estratégia das empresas. Para a análise de aspectos relacionados à competitividade das empresas foi empregada a perspectiva das capacidades dinâmicas (TEECE et al., 1997; TEECE, 2007), permitindo a identificação de indícios quanto à sua capacidade de adaptação ao ambiente de rápidas mudanças e a interação com o ecossistema do setor de TI no âmbito global, para identificação e exploração de novas oportunidades. De forma geral, foi evidenciada uma interação positiva entre inovação e internacionalização no contexto das empresas analisadas, impactando no desempenho, no crescimento e em novas oportunidades de negócios. / The analysis of the behavior of companies in the current competitive scenario highlights the themes of internationalization and innovation as determinants of both the strategies adopted and the performance achieved (RIBEIRO et al., 2010). The objective of this study focuses on the comprehension of the relation between the innovation and internationalization in Brazilian Software Industry and IT Services (IBSS) companies. The research proposal began from the need of an initial understanding of the dynamics of the IT industry and IBSS thus presented a characterization of the sector, industry and business observed in the survey. Characteristics of the innovation process and the internationalization of companies participating in the research are presented as well. Evidences were identified based on the literature review of innovation and internationalization, which were verified empirically, through a multiple case study on how they relate to innovation and internationalization in the background of the four companies analyzed. The analysis of the relationship between innovation and internationalization of companies of this industry was based on information obtained through secondary data and in-depth interviews in a qualitative approach. It was observed in the analyzed cases that innovation is essentially incrementally, focusing on core business, and as an endogenous process, strongly based on human resources. The innovation showed up here as a central element in maintaining competitiveness in both domestic and international markets. The internationalization showed up as a business expansion alternative, but face to the current economic environment it became a part of the strategy of companies. To analyze aspects related to the competitiveness of the companies it was used the perspective of dynamic capabilities (TEECE et al., 1997; TEECE, 2007), allowing the identification of evidences to its ability to adapt to the quick changing environment and the interaction with the ecosystem of the IT industry at the global level to identify and explore new opportunities. Overall, a positive interaction was observed between innovation and internationalization in the context of the analyzed companies, impacting on performance, growth and new business opportunities.

An organization’s information technology (IT) infrastructure capability is increasinglyrealized as a critical part to business effectiveness and efficiency. IT infrastructure servicesare particularly important for organizations looking to deploy business processes indeveloping markets. There has also been an interest from many small and medium sizedorganizations whose core business is not in IT to outsource and manage these servicesthrough third party service providers. However there is a need to create an understanding forthese organizations to deploy the right infrastructure services in order to enable easierimplementation or reengineering of the business process. There has been little researchfocusing on the patterns of the IT infrastructure capabilities in the small and medium sizedorganizations in the developing markets.The research aims for a comprehensive coverage by analyzing the requirements in thedeveloping markets and proposing a selection model for the organizations to choose ITservice provider in case they decide to outsource the infrastructure services. The effect of theIT infrastructure services on the business process implementation is presented with anemphasis on the boundary crossing services. Using empirical case study, the research analysesa firm in developing markets and compares it against four strategically similar organizationsfrom different industries. Data collection was primarily qualitative and ably supported bysecondary data.The requirements in developing markets reflect the same as in mature markets. The pricing isseen to play a major role in the selection of the service providers with service security notvery much organization’s priority. The number of boundary crossing services effectivelyenables information sharing and control. These services are the drivers in simplifying thebusiness process implementation. The findings have implications for both business andtechnical managers in regard to planning the IT strategy in the long term and developingappropriate infrastructure according to the process needs. / Program: Magisterutbildning i informatik

Strategic business and IT alignment assessment is growing in importance. Different assessment methods have been used to try to pursue the complexity of this dynamic and evolutionary alignment. Despite the fact that alignment is a real problem and a challenge of utmost importance, no consensus can be found on what alignment really is, how it should be measured in the organization in practice, or what measures should be taken to maintain and improve it. Consequently, the key question about how to assess and accomplish (define, identify, measure, maintain and improve) the strategic business and IT alignment is still a great unanswered challenge for many enterprises. In this thesis work, three main research questions were formulated: how can the validity and reliability of an alignment assessment method be improved, what are the dominant topics in the area of alignment, and how to facilitate the analysis of the business and IT governance alignment based on business process simulation and balanced scorecard methods. This is a composite thesis work that includes an introduction and six papers (paper A-F). The main contributions and results of this thesis are described in published and included technical papers. In papers A and B an alternative organization-wide approach and metamodel for assessing strategic business and IT alignment are proposed. Two case studies were performed applying the proposed approach. In paper C, a prioritized diagram of the most widely accepted strategic alignment model, with the purpose of categorizing the most important topics in the research area of strategic business and IT alignment is presented. One of the relevant topics that were identified is governance. In papers D, E and F, there are presented a business process simulation approach and a balanced scorecard method in order to facilitate the assessment of the business and IT governance alignment. An illustrative example of the simulation approach is presented in an appendix of this thesis. This research work aims to improve the decision-making process for business and IT managers at different levels in an enterprise by means of increasing the level of understanding and knowledge as well as by enhancing existing models and methods, for evaluating strategic business and IT alignment. / <p>QC 20101110</p>

The main objective of this diploma thesis is to identify the problems (restrictions, impasses) which are connected with the practical implementation described in the ITIL publication - the processes of ITSM. For achieving these objectives it was necessary to study extensive library of methodologies and standards that are being used in the area of IT service management (i.e. ITIL, CobiT, and ISO 20000). The conclusion is based on the results of consultations with the practicing specialists. The form of these consultations was a questionnaire elaborated in advance. The whole thesis can be separated into two logical units: the theoretical one and the practical one. The structure of theoretical part and the content of individual chapters are designed so that the reader can progressively acquire knowledge about the position of ITSM/ITIL in the area of methodologies and legislative standards intended for operating organization as a whole. In the other part of this thesis the relationship between, actually the most prestigious, two approaches to IT service management: ITSM and IT Governance is described. The chapter presenting other similar methodologies for IT service management follows in logical sequences. The introduction of practical part is dedicated to the basic characteristics of various ways of ITSM implementation (from the position of system integrator, in the form of internal project and in the public sector). The conclusion is divided into three units of the same titles as the main headstones of ITSM, these headstones are: the people, the tools and the processes. For every single unit I have elaborated the summary of the restrictions and the impasses that can appear during practical implementation of ITSM. The main contribution of this diploma thesis is just the last-mentioned, the compilation of summary of impasses related do the practical implementation of IT Service Management.