Information Needs for Validating Evolving Software Systems: An Exploratory Study at Google

2017 ◽  
Author(s):  
Abdullah Al-Nayeem ◽  
Krzysztof Ostrowski ◽  
Sebastian Pueblas ◽  
Christophe Restif ◽  
Sai Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Software Systems

An Exploratory Study of Contextual Factors as Influences on School Board Evaluation Information Needs for Decisionmaking

1985 ◽  
Vol 7 (4) ◽  
pp. 437-445 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert D. Brown ◽  
Dianna L. Newman ◽  
Linda S. Rivers
Keyword(s):  
School Board ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Contextual Factors ◽  
National Sample ◽  
Board Members ◽  
Contextual Variables ◽  
School Board Members ◽  
Time Information ◽  
Evaluation Information

This investigation examined the effect contextual variables had on school board members’ information needs for decisionmaking. The contextual variables included: (a) the importance of the decision, (b) the amount of conflict involved, and (c) the content of the evaluated program. A national sample of 237 school board members read simulated evaluation vignettes and indicated their information needs and sources. Importance, conflict, and content were found to be associated with board members’ needs for time, information, and consultation, as well as whom they wanted to consult with and what kind of information they needed.

scholarly journals Descrevendo necessidades de familiares de crianças internadas em unidade de terapia intensiva neonatal*

2012 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 186-189 ◽  
Author(s):  
Fernanda Santos Pacheco Ribeiro ◽  
Marinese Hermínia Santos ◽  
Francisca Georgina Macedo Sousa ◽  
Ewaldo Éder Carvalho Santana ◽  
Sabrina Furtado Cunha Araújo ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Intensive Care ◽  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Family Relations ◽  
Care Planning ◽  
Family Needs ◽  
The Family ◽  
Terapia Intensiva ◽  
Security Information

Necessidades de familiares caracterizam-se como algo essencial, exigido pela pessoa, que quando suprido diminui a angústia, melhora a percepção e o bem-estar. Quais seriam as necessidades dos familiares dos recém-nascidos internados em UTI Neonatal? Foi realizado estudo exploratório quantitativo apoiado no instrumento INEFTI com objetivo de identificar as necessidades dos familiares segundo as dimensões segurança, informação, proximidade, conforto e suporte. As necessidades de segurança foram melhor atendidas para 85,7% dos familiares, enquanto, as de informação, as mais comprometidas. Conhecer as necessidades dos familiares oferece subsídios ao planejamento do cuidado e à implementação do cuidado centrado na criança e na família.Descritores: Relações Profissional-Família, Acontecimentos que mudam a vida, Unidade de Terapia Intensiva.Describing the needs of parents who have a child hospitalized in a newnatal intensive care unitThe needs of parents are characterized as something essential, required by the person that, when supplied, decreases the anguish, improves perception and wellbeing. What are the family needs from the newborns admitted to NICU's? This quantitative and exploratory study, supported by the INEFTI instrument, aims to evaluate the family needs according to the following dimensions: security, information, proximity, comfort and support. Security needs were better met for 85,7% of the parents, while the information needs were the most compromised one. Knowing the family needs offers subsidies to care planning and implementation of care centered on the child and family.Descriptors: Professional-Family Relations, Life changing events, Intensive Care Units.Describindo necesidades de familiares de niños internados en unidad de cuidados intensivos neonatalesLas necesidades de los familiares se caracterizan como algo esencial, exigido por la persona. Cuando suplidas, disminuyen la angustia, mejoran la percepción y el bienestar. ¿Cuáles serían las necesidades de los familiares de los recién nacidos internados en Unidad de Cuidados Intensivos Neonatales? Fue realizado estudio exploratorio cuantitativo apoyado en el instrumento INEFTI, con objetivo de identificar las necesidades de los familiares conforme las dimensiones seguridad, información, proximidad, confortación y apoyo. Las necesidades de seguridad fueron mejor atendidas para 85,7% de los familiares, mientras las necesidades de información fueron las más comprometidas. Conocer las necesidades de los familiares ofrece subsidios al planeamiento del cuidado y para implementación del cuidado centrado en los niños y en la familia.Descriptores: Relaciones Profesional-Familia, Acontecimientos que cambian la vida, Unidades de Cuidados Intensivos.

ERP and the Best-of-Breed Alternative

2011 ◽  
pp. 1420-1425
Author(s):  
Joseph Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Enterprise Resource Planning ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Business Processes ◽  
Resource Planning ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Erp Systems ◽  
Erp System ◽  
Business Press ◽  
Single Vendor ◽  
Erp Software

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems are off-theshelf software systems that claim to meet the information needs of organizations. These systems are usually adopted to replace hard-to-maintain legacy systems developed by IS departments or older off-the-shelf packages that often provided only piecemeal solutions to the organization’s information needs. ERP systems evolved in the 1990s from material requirements planning (MRP) systems developed in the 1970s and manufacturing resources planning (MRPII) systems developed in the 1980s. ERP systems serve the entire organization, not just material or manufacturing planning. One advantage of ERP is that it integrates all the information for the entire organization into a single database. Implementation of ERP systems has proven expensive and time consuming. Failed and abandoned projects have been well publicized in the business press. ERP systems are “expensive and difficult to implement, often imposing their own logic on a company’s strategy and existing culture” (Pozzebon, 2000, p. 105). Most firms utilize a single software vendor for the complete ERP system throughout their organizations. The integrated nature of ERP software favors this single-vendor approach. An alternative strategy adopted by some firms is the best-of-breed approach, where the adopting organization picks and chooses ERP functional modules from the vendor whose software best supports its business processes. Organizations adopting best of breed believe that this approach will create a better fit with existing or required business processes, reduce or eliminate the need to customize a single-vendor solution, and reduce user resistance. Jones and Young (2006) found that 18% of companies used this approach to select ERP software packages. This article examines what the best-of-breed strategy is, when it is used, what advantage adopting companies seek, examples of best-of-breed implementations, and differences in implementation methods.

Emerging Approaches to Evaluating the Usability of Health Information Systems

2010 ◽  
pp. 1-22 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andre W. Kushniruk ◽  
Elizabeth M. Borycki ◽  
Shige Kuwata ◽  
Francis Ho
Keyword(s):  
Information Systems ◽  
Health Information ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
Health Information Systems ◽  
Ease Of Use ◽  
Software Systems ◽  
Clinical Settings ◽  
Healthcare Organizations ◽  
Wide Range ◽  
Usability Data

It is essential that health information systems are easy to use, meet user information needs and are shown to be safe. However, there are currently a wide range of issues and problems with health information systems related to human-computer interaction. Indeed, the lack of ease of use of health information systems has been a major impediment to adoption of such systems. To address these issues, the authors have applied methods emerging from the field of usability engineering in order to improve the adoption of a wide range of health information systems in collaboration with hospitals and other healthcare organizations throughout the world. In this chapter we describe our work in conducting usability analyses that can be used to rapidly evaluate the usability and safety of healthcare information systems, both in artificial laboratory and real clinical settings. We then discuss how this work has evolved towards the development of software systems (“virtual usability laboratories”) capable of remotely collecting, integrating and supporting analysis of a range of usability data.

The four stages of on-site behavior for a long-stay relaxation holiday

2016 ◽  
Vol 23 (3) ◽  
pp. 217-232 ◽  
Author(s):  
Chidchanok Anantamongkolkul ◽  
Ken Butcher ◽  
Ying Wang
Keyword(s):  
Exploratory Study ◽  
Information Needs ◽  
The United States ◽  
Decision Processes ◽  
Sources Of Information ◽  
Innovative Strategies ◽  
Tourist Behavior ◽  
Travel Experience ◽  
Intercultural Interactions ◽  
Depth Interviews

Previous studies largely treat the on-site travel experience as a single stage of homogenous tourist behavior, despite widespread recognition that tourist behavior is complex and consists of temporal decision processes. In particular, little attention has been given to what changes during the course of the long-stay holiday. The purpose of this exploratory study is to understand changes in tourist behavior, if any, from point of arrival through to the end of a long-stay relaxation holiday. In-depth interviews were conducted with mature-aged international travelers from the United States, Europe, and Australia visiting Phuket, Thailand. The findings illustrate changes that can be characterized, into four distinct stages of on-site behavior, through key activities, uncertainty levels, intercultural interactions, information needs, and sources of information. Important implications for destination marketing organizations are suggested which require innovative strategies to match the changing needs and activities of long-stay tourists at various stages of the holiday.

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