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DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011753.v1
title: CATEGORIZATION OF BRAZILIAN INTERNET USERS AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE USE OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT SERVICES

description: ABSTRACT This paper aims to categorize Brazilian Internet users according to the diversity of their online activities and to assess the propensity of these Internet users´ groups to use electronic government (e-gov) services. The Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach was adopted as the theoretical framework for its consideration of people’s freedom to decide on their use of available resources and their competencies for these decisions, leading to the use of e-gov services. Multivariate statistical techniques were used to perform data analysis from the 2007, 2009 and 2011 editions of ICT Household Survey. The results showed that Internet users belonging to the advanced and intermediate use groups were more likely to use e-gov services than those who belong to the sporadic use group. Moreover, the results also demonstrated that the Internet user group of intermediate use presented a higher tendency to use e-gov services than the Internet user group of advanced use. This tendency is possibly related to the extensive use of interactive and collaborative activities of leisure and entertainment performed by this type of user. The findings of this research may be useful in guiding public policies for the dissemination and provision of electronic government services in Brazil.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011753
title: CATEGORIZATION OF BRAZILIAN INTERNET USERS AND ITS IMPACTS ON THE USE OF ELECTRONIC GOVERNMENT SERVICES

description: ABSTRACT This paper aims to categorize Brazilian Internet users according to the diversity of their online activities and to assess the propensity of these Internet users´ groups to use electronic government (e-gov) services. The Amartya Sen’s Capability Approach was adopted as the theoretical framework for its consideration of people’s freedom to decide on their use of available resources and their competencies for these decisions, leading to the use of e-gov services. Multivariate statistical techniques were used to perform data analysis from the 2007, 2009 and 2011 editions of ICT Household Survey. The results showed that Internet users belonging to the advanced and intermediate use groups were more likely to use e-gov services than those who belong to the sporadic use group. Moreover, the results also demonstrated that the Internet user group of intermediate use presented a higher tendency to use e-gov services than the Internet user group of advanced use. This tendency is possibly related to the extensive use of interactive and collaborative activities of leisure and entertainment performed by this type of user. The findings of this research may be useful in guiding public policies for the dissemination and provision of electronic government services in Brazil.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011754
title: MANAGING UNCERTAINTY IN PRODUCT INNOVATION USING MARKETING STRATEGIES

description: ABSTRACT Innovation is an important factor in increasing competitiveness of Brazilian enterprises. On the other hand, innovative projects are characterized by many technical and market uncertainties. This article proposes incorporating marketing strategies into risk management methods for the development of new products and technology projects, which we call the 4P's of innovation. To illustrate this concept, we apply this model to an IT project in order to determine its value and risks. The results indicate that the joint use of marketing and risk management tools proposed add value to the project and reduce the probability of the manager making bad decisions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011754.v1
title: MANAGING UNCERTAINTY IN PRODUCT INNOVATION USING MARKETING STRATEGIES

description: ABSTRACT Innovation is an important factor in increasing competitiveness of Brazilian enterprises. On the other hand, innovative projects are characterized by many technical and market uncertainties. This article proposes incorporating marketing strategies into risk management methods for the development of new products and technology projects, which we call the 4P's of innovation. To illustrate this concept, we apply this model to an IT project in order to determine its value and risks. The results indicate that the joint use of marketing and risk management tools proposed add value to the project and reduce the probability of the manager making bad decisions.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011756
title: HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTEGRATION USING SOA

description: ABSTRACT The growing pressure to increase the quality of health services, as well as reducing costs, has caused healthcare organizations to increase the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) through the development and adoption of Healthcare Information Systems (HIS). However, the need for exchange of information between HIS and between organizations has also increased, resulting in the problem of interoperability. This problem is considered complex, but the use of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) appears as a good way to address this issue. This paper presents a systematic review, performed in order to find out how and in which contexts SOA is being used to ensure the interoperability of HIS.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011756.v1
title: HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS INTEGRATION USING SOA

description: ABSTRACT The growing pressure to increase the quality of health services, as well as reducing costs, has caused healthcare organizations to increase the use of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) through the development and adoption of Healthcare Information Systems (HIS). However, the need for exchange of information between HIS and between organizations has also increased, resulting in the problem of interoperability. This problem is considered complex, but the use of Service Oriented Architecture (SOA) appears as a good way to address this issue. This paper presents a systematic review, performed in order to find out how and in which contexts SOA is being used to ensure the interoperability of HIS.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011757
title: A PROPOSAL TO AN OUTSOURCING BPM (BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT) MEASUREMENT MODEL

description: ABSTRACT Nowadays the Business Process Management – BPM have been used by public and private organizations, because its use make possible the effective identification of the information needs to support the automation of business processes. This kind of service is usually outsourcing by the organizations. In this context, the objective of this research was to build a conceptual model to measure the outsourcing of BPM services. Some assumptions for the model are that it must provide the criteria to measure the demand for the service, evaluate the quality of them as well as the quality of the product received. The instrument adopted in this research to data collection was the documental research and the systematic literature review. About the systematic literature review, they were established research questions, built the research string to be applied to the digital publication bases chosen. They were also identified the as inclusion and exclusion criteria to be applied to all retrieved publications. All publications retrieved were read and analyzed to build a mind map to consolidate the results. It was also used the GQM (Goal Question Metrics) to elaborate the measurements of the case studies, applied to 13 business models to verify its coherency and to compare the results with their real world executions. Moreover, it was done interviews with specialists in Business Process Modeling to assess their perceptions about the measurements outcomes. The respondents found that the results were appropriate to the market reality considering the outsourcing context.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011757.v1
title: A PROPOSAL TO AN OUTSOURCING BPM (BUSINESS PROCESS MANAGEMENT) MEASUREMENT MODEL

description: ABSTRACT Nowadays the Business Process Management – BPM have been used by public and private organizations, because its use make possible the effective identification of the information needs to support the automation of business processes. This kind of service is usually outsourcing by the organizations. In this context, the objective of this research was to build a conceptual model to measure the outsourcing of BPM services. Some assumptions for the model are that it must provide the criteria to measure the demand for the service, evaluate the quality of them as well as the quality of the product received. The instrument adopted in this research to data collection was the documental research and the systematic literature review. About the systematic literature review, they were established research questions, built the research string to be applied to the digital publication bases chosen. They were also identified the as inclusion and exclusion criteria to be applied to all retrieved publications. All publications retrieved were read and analyzed to build a mind map to consolidate the results. It was also used the GQM (Goal Question Metrics) to elaborate the measurements of the case studies, applied to 13 business models to verify its coherency and to compare the results with their real world executions. Moreover, it was done interviews with specialists in Business Process Modeling to assess their perceptions about the measurements outcomes. The respondents found that the results were appropriate to the market reality considering the outsourcing context.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011759
title: OUTCOMES OF THE 13th CONTECSI USP – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

description: ABSTRACT In this document, we wish to describe statistics, data and the importance of the 13th CONTECSI – International Conference on Information Systems and Technology Management, which took place in the University of São Paulo, from June 1st through 3rd and was organized by TECSI/EAC/FEA/USP/ECA/POLI. This report presents statistics of the 13th CONTECSI, Goals and Objectives, Program, Plenary Sessions, Doctoral Consortium, Parallel Sessions, Honorable Mentions and Committees. We would like to point out the huge importance of the financial aid given by CAPES, CNPq, FAPESP, as well as the support of FEA USP, POLI USP, ECA USP, ANPAD, AIS, ISACA, UNINOVE, Mackenzie, Universidade do Porto, Rutgers School/USA, São Paulo Convention Bureau and CCINT-FEA-USP.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011759.v1
title: OUTCOMES OF THE 13th CONTECSI USP – INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS AND TECHNOLOGY MANAGEMENT

description: ABSTRACT In this document, we wish to describe statistics, data and the importance of the 13th CONTECSI – International Conference on Information Systems and Technology Management, which took place in the University of São Paulo, from June 1st through 3rd and was organized by TECSI/EAC/FEA/USP/ECA/POLI. This report presents statistics of the 13th CONTECSI, Goals and Objectives, Program, Plenary Sessions, Doctoral Consortium, Parallel Sessions, Honorable Mentions and Committees. We would like to point out the huge importance of the financial aid given by CAPES, CNPq, FAPESP, as well as the support of FEA USP, POLI USP, ECA USP, ANPAD, AIS, ISACA, UNINOVE, Mackenzie, Universidade do Porto, Rutgers School/USA, São Paulo Convention Bureau and CCINT-FEA-USP.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011760
title: USING RESEARCH METHODS IN HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION TO DESIGN TECHNOLOGY FOR RESILIENCE

description: ABSTRACT Research in human computer interaction (HCI) covers both technological and human behavioural concerns. As a consequence, the contributions made in HCI research tend to be aware to either engineering or the social sciences. In HCI the purpose of practical research contributions is to reveal unknown insights about human behaviour and its relationship to technology. Practical research methods normally used in HCI include formal experiments, field experiments, field studies, interviews, focus groups, surveys, usability tests, case studies, diary studies, ethnography, contextual inquiry, experience sampling, and automated data collection. In this paper, we report on our experience using the evaluation methods focus groups, surveys and interviews and how we adopted these methods to develop artefacts: either interface's design or information and technological systems. Four projects are examples of the different methods application to gather information about user's wants, habits, practices, concerns and preferences. The goal was to build an understanding of the attitudes and satisfaction of the people who might interact with a technological artefact or information system. Conversely, we intended to design for information systems and technological applications, to promote resilience in organisations (a set of routines that allow to recover from obstacles) and user's experiences. Organisations can here also be viewed within a system approach, which means that the system perturbations even failures could be characterized and improved. The term resilience has been applied to everything from the real estate, to the economy, sports, events, business, psychology, and more. In this study, we highlight that resilience is also made up of a number of different skills and abilities (self-awareness, creating meaning from other experiences, self-efficacy, optimism, and building strong relationships) that are a few foundational ingredients, which people should use along with the process of enhancing an organisation's resilience. Resilience enhances knowledge of resources available to people confronting existing problems.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011760.v1
title: USING RESEARCH METHODS IN HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION TO DESIGN TECHNOLOGY FOR RESILIENCE

description: ABSTRACT Research in human computer interaction (HCI) covers both technological and human behavioural concerns. As a consequence, the contributions made in HCI research tend to be aware to either engineering or the social sciences. In HCI the purpose of practical research contributions is to reveal unknown insights about human behaviour and its relationship to technology. Practical research methods normally used in HCI include formal experiments, field experiments, field studies, interviews, focus groups, surveys, usability tests, case studies, diary studies, ethnography, contextual inquiry, experience sampling, and automated data collection. In this paper, we report on our experience using the evaluation methods focus groups, surveys and interviews and how we adopted these methods to develop artefacts: either interface's design or information and technological systems. Four projects are examples of the different methods application to gather information about user's wants, habits, practices, concerns and preferences. The goal was to build an understanding of the attitudes and satisfaction of the people who might interact with a technological artefact or information system. Conversely, we intended to design for information systems and technological applications, to promote resilience in organisations (a set of routines that allow to recover from obstacles) and user's experiences. Organisations can here also be viewed within a system approach, which means that the system perturbations even failures could be characterized and improved. The term resilience has been applied to everything from the real estate, to the economy, sports, events, business, psychology, and more. In this study, we highlight that resilience is also made up of a number of different skills and abilities (self-awareness, creating meaning from other experiences, self-efficacy, optimism, and building strong relationships) that are a few foundational ingredients, which people should use along with the process of enhancing an organisation's resilience. Resilience enhances knowledge of resources available to people confronting existing problems.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011765
title: IMPROVING IT PROCESS MANAGEMENT THROUGH VALUE STREAM MAPPING APPROACH: A CASE STUDY

description: ABSTRACT Value-Stream mapping (VSM) is a helpful tool to identify waste and improvement areas. It has emerged as a preferred way to support and implement the lean approach. While lean principles are well-established and have broad applicability in manufacturing, their extension to information technology is still limited. Based on a case study approach, this paper presents the implementation of VSM in an IT firm as a lean IT improvement initiative. It involves mapping the current activities of the firm and identifying opportunities for improvement. After several interviews with employees who are currently involved in the process, current state map is prepared to describe the existing problem areas. Future state map is prepared to show the proposed improvement action plans. The achievements of VSM implementation are reduction in lead time, cycle time and resources. Our finding indicates that, with the new process change, total lead time can be reduced from 20 days to 3 days - 92% reduction in overall lead time for database provisioning process.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011765.v1
title: IMPROVING IT PROCESS MANAGEMENT THROUGH VALUE STREAM MAPPING APPROACH: A CASE STUDY

description: ABSTRACT Value-Stream mapping (VSM) is a helpful tool to identify waste and improvement areas. It has emerged as a preferred way to support and implement the lean approach. While lean principles are well-established and have broad applicability in manufacturing, their extension to information technology is still limited. Based on a case study approach, this paper presents the implementation of VSM in an IT firm as a lean IT improvement initiative. It involves mapping the current activities of the firm and identifying opportunities for improvement. After several interviews with employees who are currently involved in the process, current state map is prepared to describe the existing problem areas. Future state map is prepared to show the proposed improvement action plans. The achievements of VSM implementation are reduction in lead time, cycle time and resources. Our finding indicates that, with the new process change, total lead time can be reduced from 20 days to 3 days - 92% reduction in overall lead time for database provisioning process.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011766
title: APPLICABILITY OF AN ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL

description: ABSTRACT Assessment processes are essential to guarantee quality and continuous improvement of software in healthcare, as they measure software attributes in their lifecycle, verify the degree of alignment between the software and its objectives and identify unpredicted events. This article analyses the use of an assessment model based on software metrics for three healthcare information systems from a public hospital that provides secondary and tertiary care in the region of Ribeirão Preto. Compliance with the metrics was investigated using questionnaires in guided interviews of the system analysts responsible for the applications. The outcomes indicate that most of the procedures specified in the model can be adopted to assess the systems that serves the organization, particularly in the attributes of compatibility, reliability, safety, portability and usability.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011766.v1
title: APPLICABILITY OF AN ASSESSMENT MODEL FOR HEALTHCARE INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN A PUBLIC HOSPITAL

description: ABSTRACT Assessment processes are essential to guarantee quality and continuous improvement of software in healthcare, as they measure software attributes in their lifecycle, verify the degree of alignment between the software and its objectives and identify unpredicted events. This article analyses the use of an assessment model based on software metrics for three healthcare information systems from a public hospital that provides secondary and tertiary care in the region of Ribeirão Preto. Compliance with the metrics was investigated using questionnaires in guided interviews of the system analysts responsible for the applications. The outcomes indicate that most of the procedures specified in the model can be adopted to assess the systems that serves the organization, particularly in the attributes of compatibility, reliability, safety, portability and usability.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011768
title: A NOVEL LATENT FACTOR MODEL FOR RECOMMENDER SYSTEM

description: ABSTRACT Matrix factorization (MF) has evolved as one of the better practice to handle sparse data in field of recommender systems. Funk singular value decomposition (SVD) is a variant of MF that exists as state-of-the-art method that enabled winning the Netflix prize competition. The method is widely used with modifications in present day research in field of recommender systems. With the potential of data points to grow at very high velocity, it is prudent to devise newer methods that can handle such data accurately as well as efficiently than Funk-SVD in the context of recommender system. In view of the growing data points, I propose a latent factor model that caters to both accuracy and efficiency by reducing the number of latent features of either users or items making it less complex than Funk-SVD, where latent features of both users and items are equal and often larger. A comprehensive empirical evaluation of accuracy on two publicly available, amazon and ml-100 k datasets reveals the comparable accuracy and lesser complexity of proposed methods than Funk-SVD.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011768.v1
title: A NOVEL LATENT FACTOR MODEL FOR RECOMMENDER SYSTEM

description: ABSTRACT Matrix factorization (MF) has evolved as one of the better practice to handle sparse data in field of recommender systems. Funk singular value decomposition (SVD) is a variant of MF that exists as state-of-the-art method that enabled winning the Netflix prize competition. The method is widely used with modifications in present day research in field of recommender systems. With the potential of data points to grow at very high velocity, it is prudent to devise newer methods that can handle such data accurately as well as efficiently than Funk-SVD in the context of recommender system. In view of the growing data points, I propose a latent factor model that caters to both accuracy and efficiency by reducing the number of latent features of either users or items making it less complex than Funk-SVD, where latent features of both users and items are equal and often larger. A comprehensive empirical evaluation of accuracy on two publicly available, amazon and ml-100 k datasets reveals the comparable accuracy and lesser complexity of proposed methods than Funk-SVD.
DOI: 10.6084/m9.figshare.20011772
title: DEVELOPERS VIEWS ON INFORMATION SYSTEMS QUALITY AND SUCCESS IN CANADIAN SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT FIRMS

description: ABSTRACT For years software developers have struggled in their attempts to deliver high quality and successful software products. A survey was conducted in Canada to assess the main determinants of information systems (IS) quality and success. The survey confirmed the notion that developer skills and contribution had the greatest impact on information systems quality, over process maturity and the application of the latest technology. The survey also discovered that user perception had a greater impact on IS success in comparison to IS quality. In an attempt to gain deeper insights into the state of IS quality and success in Canada, interviews were conducted with Canadian software developers. The interviews revealed that organization climate such as top management support, the social interactions and dynamics among project team members and the structural analysis of the industry are other factors which can influence the quality and success of the delivered software product. These insights if applied during the development and delivery of information systems can enhance the likelihood of producing high quality and successful software products and increase the competitiveness of these firms.