Agile Ports Agile Ports Functional ports over the world handle different cargos of varied quantities and size to complete the international transport chain (Konings‚ Priemus & Nijkamp‚ 2008). The capacity of such ports needs enhancement to minimize operational interruption of their terminals as the containers move in and out the ports. Technological advancements and application of best business practices ensure the operations in the ports are efficient enough to handle the capacities
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com/locate/infsof Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review ˚ Tore Dyba *‚ Torgeir Dingsøyr SINTEF ICT‚ S.P. Andersensv. 15B‚ NO-7465 Trondheim‚ Norway Received 22 October 2007; received in revised form 22 January 2008; accepted 24 January 2008 Abstract Agile software development represents a major departure from traditional‚ plan-based approaches to software engineering. A systematic review of empirical studies of agile software development up to and including 2005
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Agile Methodology What Is Agile? Agile methodology is an approach to project management‚ typically used in software development. It helps teams respond to the unpredictability of building software through incremental‚ iterative work cadences‚ known as sprints. But before discussing agile methodologies further‚ it’s best to first turn to the methodology that inspired it: waterfall‚ or traditional sequential development. Where Did Agile Come From? In 1970‚ Dr. Winston Royce presented a paper entitled
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Abstract: Agile methods in recent years have emerged as a new paradigm in software development‚ which promises to address some of the problem areas of traditional approaches by freeing some of its constraints. In an attempt to produce an improvised process to designing and implementation and thereby to produce qualitative deliverables‚ several pioneering efforts have been suggested. This paper examines two such methodologies that promote agility: eXtreme Programming and SCRUM. The process‚ the
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Hutchison Port Holdings turns to the PMBOK® Guide to help create a global port management system. INTRODUCTION Hutchison Port Holdings (HPH) is the world’s leading port developer‚ operator and industry leader in using technology to improve all aspects of port administration. HPH actively invests in the development of modern port infrastructure and is committed to playing a significant role in the development of the economies and the expansion of international trade opportunities for the countries
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catalysts of progress. That’s why the 4th district officials in which the said municipality belongs are proposing a RoRo port located on it’s northern tip barangay‚ Maya‚ which directly faces the sprawling beach of Malapascua Island and the neigbooring provinces like Leyte. Currently‚ Fourth district Rep. Benhur Salimbangon continues to fund the completion of the roll-on/roll-off (RoRo) port in Maya‚ Daanbantayan which was initiated by the provincial government. Garcia proposed P50 million for this project
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Production and Operations Management AGILE MANUFACTURING Submitted By: Flores‚ Patricia Joy A. Mojica‚ Krisha May S. Submitted to: Dr. Mario S. Mecate January 2015 DEFINITION Agile is defined as to be able to move quickly. Manufacturing is the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery‚ especially on a large scale‚ from raw materials or unfinished materials. It is the making of a finished product or good ’. Combine the two words together agile and manufacturing it is defined
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Are ‘waterfall’ and ‘agile’ project management techniques mutually exclusive? by Eve Mitchell‚ PwC 22 MARCH 2012 | www.pmtoday.co.uk Change is a ubiquitous feature of modern life. Organisations across the globe are changing their working practices and business strategies to embrace the complexity and interconnected nature of a rapidly changing business environment and a shifting global economy. New delivery models often include suppliers‚ customers‚ vendors‚ partnerships and even
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int. j. prod. res.‚ 2001‚ vol. 39‚ no. 16‚ 3561±3600 A review of agile manufacturing systems LUIS M. SANCHEZy and RAKESH NAGIy* About a decade ago‚ the agile manufacturing paradigm was formulated in response to the constantly changing `new economy’ and as a basis for returning to global competitiveness. While agility means di erent things to di erent enterprises under di erent contexts‚ the following elements capture its essential concept: agility is characterized by cooperativeness and synergism
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Introduction to Agile Methodology What is Agile? Agile methodology is an approach to the project management which help to respond to the unpredictability of building software through incremental‚ iterative work cadences‚ known as sprints. This methodology was developed to deal with situation where the waterfall model fails. The biggest drawback of waterfall model is that it assumes that every requirement of the project can be identified before any design or coding occurs. This may always be applicable
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