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An agile business process improvement methodology [PDF]

open access: yes, 2017
Adoption of business process improvement strategies are now a concern of most organisations. Organisations are still facing challenges and finding transient solutions to immediate problems. The misalignment between IT solutions and organisational aspects
Bider   +5 more
core   +1 more source

Rapid Electro‐Thermal Micro‐Actuation of Flat Optics Enabled by Laser‐Induced Graphene on Colorless Polyimide Substrates

open access: yesAdvanced Optical Materials, EarlyView.
Laser‐induced graphene (LIG) on a colorless polyimide (CPI) substrate functions as both an electrical heater and a heat spreader, enabling rapid electro‐thermo‐optic actuation. The system achieves reflective beam scanning up to 2 kHz and diffractive beam steering with 0.5‐millidegree resolution and a 0.9 s response time, showcasing LIG‐CPI as a soft ...
Byunggi Kim   +5 more
wiley   +1 more source

Planning The Organizational Agility Model at Universities [PDF]

open access: yesمطالعات مدیریت بهبود و تحول, 2012
In this age of chaos, a small change can make a big impact. For change management in this chaotic environment, Methods and other traditional paradigm is not appropriate. Thus, the higher education system needs to forms of agility.
Abbas Abbaspour   +2 more
doaj  

Organizational Agility within the Context of Environmental Challenges: Assessing the Mediating Effect of Sustainable Prices Procurement [PDF]

open access: yesSocioEconomic Challenges
Due to environmental degradation, the growing concern of green project performance has become the new marketable demand in the field of project management.
Nitasha Aaman   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Agility Assessment Model to Measure Agility Degree of Agile Software Companies

open access: yesIndian Journal of Science and Technology, 2014
This paper presents an Agility model to measure Agility degree of software companies. The model presented in this paper is easy to use and compatible to Agile principles and values. Focusing on Agile practices, this study identified the importance of Agile practices in being Agile.
Mina Ziaei Nafchi   +1 more
openaire   +3 more sources

Programmable Wide‐Spectrum Complex Microcavity Laser Controlled by Liquid Crystal Elastomer Braking Mechanism

open access: yesAdvanced Photonics Research, EarlyView.
A nematic liquid crystal elastomer (LCE) exhibiting dynamic laser oscillation behavior modulated by mechanical stretching and contraction is synthesized. This study investigates the influence of liquid crystal elastomer deformation characteristics on multidimensional complex microcavity laser systems.
Hongyang Zhu   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Improving theories of change in conservation projects

open access: yesConservation Science and Practice
Theory of change has become a common tool in project design because it helps teams agree on hypothesized causal pathways to a desired goal and examine their underlying assumptions.
Craig Leisher, Richard Bugan, Sarah Ngo
doaj   +1 more source

Determinants of Y-Shaped Agility Test in Basketball Players

open access: yesApplied Sciences, 2022
Y-shaped agility test is a reactive agility test that includes both sensory and motor components. However, there is a lack of information about the contribution of these components to reactive agility in basketball players.
Henrieta Horníková, Erika Zemková
doaj   +1 more source

The links between agile practices, interpersonal conflict, and perceived productivity [PDF]

open access: yes21st Conference on Evaluation and Assessment in Software Engineering (EASE), 2017, 2019
Agile processes explicitly focus more on team-work than more traditional management techniques when building software. With high velocity and responsiveness on team-level come the risk of interpersonal conflict in the agile organizations. Through a survey with 68 software developers from three large Swedish companies, I found that the presence of ...
arxiv   +1 more source

Reproducibility of speed, agility and power assessments in elite academy footballers [PDF]

open access: yes, 2014
Purpose: Fitness testing is a visible part of many youth and senior football programs (Pyne et al. 2014). A high priority is given to physical assessments that relate to the demands of match performance (Rampinini et al. 2007).
Bishop, Daniel   +2 more
core  

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