Software Project Management has always been considered as a Herculean task for organizations and ... more Software Project Management has always been considered as a Herculean task for organizations and enterprises with limited or insufficient technical expertise and resources. The difference contradiction between business and engineering conceptions on project definition, management and success, resulted in project failures and catastrophic technological investments and business initiatives. This paper aims to contribute in software project management by identifying a new innovative measurement unit based on which software projects can obtain a volume that will be used throughout a project tracking process integrating business and engineering goals and objectives under a common project success perception. This new project tracking approach can assure financial and operational benefits by minimizing the lack of communication between business and engineering parties involved in the implementation of a software oriented investment or business initiative.
Space is a vital element in a system for the development of anything, as it defines the freedom n... more Space is a vital element in a system for the development of anything, as it defines the freedom needed to evolve, mature, and contribute. Lack of space is lack of freedom, which means lack of progress and development. Organizations are systems that are obliged to give space to new management and leadership initiatives. The Company Democracy Model, presented in this paper, is based on the space given to people to act in a democratic environment where ideas lead to meritocracy, valid knowledge, innovation, competitiveness, extro-version, and other benefits and ideals. Democracy, on the other hand, can be annoying to those resisting and reducing the space, freedom, and opportunity that people deserve to be judged upon. The paper presents numerous reasons why organizations fail to learn from their mistakes, and provides a democratic co-evolutionary and co-opetitive framework that can significantly contribute to organizational development, as long as a minimum of space is given to freedom of speech and communication.
Knowledge analysis and representation is significant towards defining situations before being exe... more Knowledge analysis and representation is significant towards defining situations before being executed by activities. Knowledge engineering precedes knowledge management and knowledge utilizations needs knowledge creation. On the race for capturing and mastering knowledge emphasis is given on the development on intelligent methods and tools to understand the human mind, but not the human itself. To tackle complexity it is necessary to seek knowledge in non trivial sources via root cause analysis models on philosophical wisdom that usually has the answers. As problems become more complex over the time, synergies of knowledge disciplines are critical and necessary. This paper presents a triadic cate-gorization approach, based on classes, taxonomies and ontologies, of the Delphic Maxims, and their analysis by cognitive models in an attempt to reveal their contribution to the modern business and governance management through the essence of the Hellenic contribution the global economy, civilization and humanity. Keywords: Applied Philosophy · Knowledge Management · Business Management · Governance · Strategy · Leadership.
Agility is a concept and practice with significant importance in managing projects and organizati... more Agility is a concept and practice with significant importance in managing projects and organizations, although it can also be very risky due to its degree of fuzziness if not properly defined. This research redefines agility, emphasizes the need for ontologies for its management, and creates an application to measure the degree of agility inside an organization. In this research, various definitions of agility were gathered for the creation of ontology through a mind map revealing the characteristics of agility. As part of the Co-Evolute theory and methodology, the first agility ontology was developed as well as an application that evaluates the degree of agility in an organization. The application includes statements on which the respondents give opinions concerning the current and future desired states of agility and its importance in an evaluative way. The application has proven to operate well and extensive validation and verification of the tests runs will follow.
Environmental topics are becoming more and more vital for our wellbeing and life on planet Earth.... more Environmental topics are becoming more and more vital for our wellbeing and life on planet Earth. Most countries have realized the need to reduce carbon and other emissions and taken actions to clean up nature - the waters, forest, and air. There are numerous persons delivering speeches all over the world on sustainable development and climate change. One of the most prominent speakers has been Al Gore. The Woven Strategy method is a top-middle-bottom-up operational approach for strategy making with a focus on gathering expert knowledge for the benefit of strategy makers. After collecting the basic information and data, the decision and strategy makers discuss the strategy proposals for knowledge creation before drawing up first the possible options and alternatives; after that making decisions; and finally creating a strategy that can be implemented. With this approach, the knowledge of experts from various business areas can be gathered and used as well as making it much easier to increase the commitment of the organization in question to the created strategy. In our research, over the years we have made several test runs with international student groups in order for the students to see and understand the big picture of international problems such as climate change, creating strategies for ecological companies and creating strategies for companies that produce solar and wind energy, etc. These test runs reveal that young people really do think differently and that they are eager to fight against climate change as well as thinking more in the direction of sustainability. This is the way to sustainable growth and change.
Knowledge Management is one of the most significant management disciplines as it integrates nearl... more Knowledge Management is one of the most significant management disciplines as it integrates nearly all management dimensions and practices. Knowledge is required for strategic management, organizational management, production management, financial management, quality management, etc. Knowledge on the other hand seems to be a very fuzzy concept and probably a black hole term regarding its actual definition as the question is not what knowledge, but what is true knowledge? If knowledge is not true then it is not knowledge but information. True knowledge cannot be obtained by human made models practices, algorithms and processes, but only from the people is approached properly and managed effectively. People and science fail to apply basic elements of true knowledge elicitation, and will keep on failing as long as they insist on management and engineering principals, neglecting the philosophical and ethical ones. This paper attempts to redefined key knowledge management concepts towards moving them closer to what real knowledge could be, if that could be defined to a certain degree. The paper analyzes seven of the most widely accepted knowledge management models, indicates a black hole in the discipline, and attempts to contribute towards a possible solution through a root cause analysis of the problem, primarily form a philosophical approach.
Managing logistics complexity requires above all process automation, which is supported by advanc... more Managing logistics complexity requires above all process automation, which is supported by advanced Information Technology (IT) Systems. On the other hand having to deal with the complex algorithms of logistics and the maintenance of the IT systems, which supports them, gives managers a big headache. A solution to such a problem is the implementation of IT Logistics systems that fulfill the IT (software actually) quality characteristics, which mainly are: maintainability, reliability, usability and portability. Developing hard to maintain IT systems is as bad as bad as developing unreliable systems. Also taking in consideration the fact that such systems are used not by IT experts, and then the need to be usable (and user friendly) is probably the number one requirement. Portability on the other hand maintains the availability of such systems under any machine they operate (interfaces, external devices, etc.). Implementing quality IT systems is a common goal in all industries. What differentiates the implementation practices that can assure the quality of the IT systems in different applications is the methodology followed during their implementation. This paper presents a quite comprehensive definition of software quality and a framework in which quality software logistics systems can be developed and / or maintained.
The European Union is facing real problems during its integration process concerning safety both ... more The European Union is facing real problems during its integration process concerning safety both on business and governmental levels. Our union consists of 27 member states and has 23 different official languages in use. How can we understand safety culture in a similar way? How can we work together on safety issues to improve the degree of safety culture in the European Union and in all European organizations? Safety culture is the basis for practical safety and therefore intense development work as well as educational work should be started in the European Union member states. It is said that safety comes first and only after that productivity and profitability, because without a safe environment, all the activities inside organizations and different countries become dangerous and often impossible. Safety culture is a difficult concept because many people perceive and understand that safety culture is created by professionals in different organizations and individuals are excluded from these discussions. Safety culture exists, however, in the minds of working people and therefore safety culture development and education should start from individuals. Safety culture ontology is one important tool for understanding what safety culture is. In addition, the commitment to work according to common objectives and goals is very important in different occupational roles. This research attempts to focus on real teamwork in a combined approach: How can we improve the degree of safety culture and commitment simultaneously in different member states and organizations together as a team? This paper describes our current efforts to achieve these objectives and shows how it is possible, both theoretically and practically using state of the art computer technology, to create common tools to improve the degree of safety culture as well as the degree of commitment on local, regional and European Union level, and also to identify and correlate the most important issues in the management and leadership of this challenging concept. Our research in each country is based on the same research instruments, which are translated into various official languages of the European Union.
The basic process principles are defined through the concept, values and theories of statistical ... more The basic process principles are defined through the concept, values and theories of statistical control, which is used in many fields, regardless their type of operation. Processes development, maintenance, enhancement and management is not a formality issue for virtual organizational quality control and assurance. Process development and standardization is considered the ability to reproduce the consistent high quality levels of
The management of information technology projects can be viewed under many dimensions and concept... more The management of information technology projects can be viewed under many dimensions and conceptions. Generic project management, by managing time, money and deliverables is not enough to manage an information technology project. Technical people and technology suppliers in general, tend to consider as project management the effort to manage the project implementation process. On the other hand, non-technical people view project management as a process that if successfully applied, will control the project to the planed technical and financial estimates and agreements. This paper aims to identify these two prime differences on the definition of information technology project management and create a methodological framework for managing information technology projects primarily from the user (customer) perspective, which includes and requires systems development expertise.
Software Project Management has always been considered as a Herculean task for organizations and ... more Software Project Management has always been considered as a Herculean task for organizations and enterprises with limited or insufficient technical expertise and resources. The difference contradiction between business and engineering conceptions on project definition, management and success, resulted in project failures and catastrophic technological investments and business initiatives. This paper aims to contribute in software project management by identifying a new innovative measurement unit based on which software projects can obtain a volume that will be used throughout a project tracking process integrating business and engineering goals and objectives under a common project success perception. This new project tracking approach can assure financial and operational benefits by minimizing the lack of communication between business and engineering parties involved in the implementation of a software oriented investment or business initiative.
Space is a vital element in a system for the development of anything, as it defines the freedom n... more Space is a vital element in a system for the development of anything, as it defines the freedom needed to evolve, mature, and contribute. Lack of space is lack of freedom, which means lack of progress and development. Organizations are systems that are obliged to give space to new management and leadership initiatives. The Company Democracy Model, presented in this paper, is based on the space given to people to act in a democratic environment where ideas lead to meritocracy, valid knowledge, innovation, competitiveness, extro-version, and other benefits and ideals. Democracy, on the other hand, can be annoying to those resisting and reducing the space, freedom, and opportunity that people deserve to be judged upon. The paper presents numerous reasons why organizations fail to learn from their mistakes, and provides a democratic co-evolutionary and co-opetitive framework that can significantly contribute to organizational development, as long as a minimum of space is given to freedom of speech and communication.
Knowledge analysis and representation is significant towards defining situations before being exe... more Knowledge analysis and representation is significant towards defining situations before being executed by activities. Knowledge engineering precedes knowledge management and knowledge utilizations needs knowledge creation. On the race for capturing and mastering knowledge emphasis is given on the development on intelligent methods and tools to understand the human mind, but not the human itself. To tackle complexity it is necessary to seek knowledge in non trivial sources via root cause analysis models on philosophical wisdom that usually has the answers. As problems become more complex over the time, synergies of knowledge disciplines are critical and necessary. This paper presents a triadic cate-gorization approach, based on classes, taxonomies and ontologies, of the Delphic Maxims, and their analysis by cognitive models in an attempt to reveal their contribution to the modern business and governance management through the essence of the Hellenic contribution the global economy, civilization and humanity. Keywords: Applied Philosophy · Knowledge Management · Business Management · Governance · Strategy · Leadership.
Agility is a concept and practice with significant importance in managing projects and organizati... more Agility is a concept and practice with significant importance in managing projects and organizations, although it can also be very risky due to its degree of fuzziness if not properly defined. This research redefines agility, emphasizes the need for ontologies for its management, and creates an application to measure the degree of agility inside an organization. In this research, various definitions of agility were gathered for the creation of ontology through a mind map revealing the characteristics of agility. As part of the Co-Evolute theory and methodology, the first agility ontology was developed as well as an application that evaluates the degree of agility in an organization. The application includes statements on which the respondents give opinions concerning the current and future desired states of agility and its importance in an evaluative way. The application has proven to operate well and extensive validation and verification of the tests runs will follow.
Environmental topics are becoming more and more vital for our wellbeing and life on planet Earth.... more Environmental topics are becoming more and more vital for our wellbeing and life on planet Earth. Most countries have realized the need to reduce carbon and other emissions and taken actions to clean up nature - the waters, forest, and air. There are numerous persons delivering speeches all over the world on sustainable development and climate change. One of the most prominent speakers has been Al Gore. The Woven Strategy method is a top-middle-bottom-up operational approach for strategy making with a focus on gathering expert knowledge for the benefit of strategy makers. After collecting the basic information and data, the decision and strategy makers discuss the strategy proposals for knowledge creation before drawing up first the possible options and alternatives; after that making decisions; and finally creating a strategy that can be implemented. With this approach, the knowledge of experts from various business areas can be gathered and used as well as making it much easier to increase the commitment of the organization in question to the created strategy. In our research, over the years we have made several test runs with international student groups in order for the students to see and understand the big picture of international problems such as climate change, creating strategies for ecological companies and creating strategies for companies that produce solar and wind energy, etc. These test runs reveal that young people really do think differently and that they are eager to fight against climate change as well as thinking more in the direction of sustainability. This is the way to sustainable growth and change.
Knowledge Management is one of the most significant management disciplines as it integrates nearl... more Knowledge Management is one of the most significant management disciplines as it integrates nearly all management dimensions and practices. Knowledge is required for strategic management, organizational management, production management, financial management, quality management, etc. Knowledge on the other hand seems to be a very fuzzy concept and probably a black hole term regarding its actual definition as the question is not what knowledge, but what is true knowledge? If knowledge is not true then it is not knowledge but information. True knowledge cannot be obtained by human made models practices, algorithms and processes, but only from the people is approached properly and managed effectively. People and science fail to apply basic elements of true knowledge elicitation, and will keep on failing as long as they insist on management and engineering principals, neglecting the philosophical and ethical ones. This paper attempts to redefined key knowledge management concepts towards moving them closer to what real knowledge could be, if that could be defined to a certain degree. The paper analyzes seven of the most widely accepted knowledge management models, indicates a black hole in the discipline, and attempts to contribute towards a possible solution through a root cause analysis of the problem, primarily form a philosophical approach.
Managing logistics complexity requires above all process automation, which is supported by advanc... more Managing logistics complexity requires above all process automation, which is supported by advanced Information Technology (IT) Systems. On the other hand having to deal with the complex algorithms of logistics and the maintenance of the IT systems, which supports them, gives managers a big headache. A solution to such a problem is the implementation of IT Logistics systems that fulfill the IT (software actually) quality characteristics, which mainly are: maintainability, reliability, usability and portability. Developing hard to maintain IT systems is as bad as bad as developing unreliable systems. Also taking in consideration the fact that such systems are used not by IT experts, and then the need to be usable (and user friendly) is probably the number one requirement. Portability on the other hand maintains the availability of such systems under any machine they operate (interfaces, external devices, etc.). Implementing quality IT systems is a common goal in all industries. What differentiates the implementation practices that can assure the quality of the IT systems in different applications is the methodology followed during their implementation. This paper presents a quite comprehensive definition of software quality and a framework in which quality software logistics systems can be developed and / or maintained.
The European Union is facing real problems during its integration process concerning safety both ... more The European Union is facing real problems during its integration process concerning safety both on business and governmental levels. Our union consists of 27 member states and has 23 different official languages in use. How can we understand safety culture in a similar way? How can we work together on safety issues to improve the degree of safety culture in the European Union and in all European organizations? Safety culture is the basis for practical safety and therefore intense development work as well as educational work should be started in the European Union member states. It is said that safety comes first and only after that productivity and profitability, because without a safe environment, all the activities inside organizations and different countries become dangerous and often impossible. Safety culture is a difficult concept because many people perceive and understand that safety culture is created by professionals in different organizations and individuals are excluded from these discussions. Safety culture exists, however, in the minds of working people and therefore safety culture development and education should start from individuals. Safety culture ontology is one important tool for understanding what safety culture is. In addition, the commitment to work according to common objectives and goals is very important in different occupational roles. This research attempts to focus on real teamwork in a combined approach: How can we improve the degree of safety culture and commitment simultaneously in different member states and organizations together as a team? This paper describes our current efforts to achieve these objectives and shows how it is possible, both theoretically and practically using state of the art computer technology, to create common tools to improve the degree of safety culture as well as the degree of commitment on local, regional and European Union level, and also to identify and correlate the most important issues in the management and leadership of this challenging concept. Our research in each country is based on the same research instruments, which are translated into various official languages of the European Union.
The basic process principles are defined through the concept, values and theories of statistical ... more The basic process principles are defined through the concept, values and theories of statistical control, which is used in many fields, regardless their type of operation. Processes development, maintenance, enhancement and management is not a formality issue for virtual organizational quality control and assurance. Process development and standardization is considered the ability to reproduce the consistent high quality levels of
The management of information technology projects can be viewed under many dimensions and concept... more The management of information technology projects can be viewed under many dimensions and conceptions. Generic project management, by managing time, money and deliverables is not enough to manage an information technology project. Technical people and technology suppliers in general, tend to consider as project management the effort to manage the project implementation process. On the other hand, non-technical people view project management as a process that if successfully applied, will control the project to the planed technical and financial estimates and agreements. This paper aims to identify these two prime differences on the definition of information technology project management and create a methodological framework for managing information technology projects primarily from the user (customer) perspective, which includes and requires systems development expertise.
The race towards developing technologies, systems and management models to support organization d... more The race towards developing technologies, systems and management models to support organization development, leadership and prosperity created a complexity hard to manage with the existing workforce especially in the developed world. The need for simplicity, mobility, accessibility were the major drivers towards creating new discipline that can make technology gamified towards for it to be used in a secured and controlled environment by many or everyone. Gamification can be seen as a new element in the technological revolution that can change the way people interact with technology and the way technology gets integrated with the current needs of the global economy and society. Gamification is not about making games, but a new culture driven by motivation and activation factors towards moving the gaming experience in the industry. This paper attempts to identify the role of gamification in the global economy, redefine the gamification concept under new uses of game technologies and indicate its significant impact in modern organizational management.
The paper presents the concept of gamification in business applications and the way this gamified... more The paper presents the concept of gamification in business applications and the way this gamified management and operation approach can benefit an organization. It presents the global trend towards integrating gaming concepts in the everyday cooperate operations at all levels (development, production, management, communication, etc). It also emphasizes on the elements of productivity, mobility, and accessibility as major characteristics modern applications must have, which combined with enjoyment can generate tremendous competitiveness in quality, productivity and profitability for an organization.
The paper has been published on the September 2015 issue of the Economia Journal, the oldest (since 1934), most prestigious and most influential business journal in Greece.
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The Woven Strategy method is a top-middle-bottom-up operational approach for strategy making with a focus on gathering expert knowledge for the benefit of strategy makers. After collecting the basic information and data, the decision and strategy makers discuss the strategy proposals for knowledge creation before drawing up first the possible options and alternatives; after that making decisions; and finally creating a strategy that can be implemented. With this approach, the knowledge of experts from various business areas can be gathered and used as well as making it much easier to increase the commitment of the organization in question to the created strategy.
In our research, over the years we have made several test runs with international student groups in order for the students to see and understand the big picture of international problems such as climate change, creating strategies for ecological companies and creating strategies for companies that produce solar and wind energy, etc. These test runs reveal that young people really do think differently and that they are eager to fight against climate change as well as thinking more in the direction of sustainability. This is the way to sustainable growth and change.
Developing hard to maintain IT systems is as bad as bad as developing unreliable systems. Also taking in consideration the fact that such systems are used not by IT experts, and then the need to be usable (and user friendly) is probably the number one requirement. Portability on the other hand maintains the availability of such systems under any machine they operate (interfaces, external devices, etc.).
Implementing quality IT systems is a common goal in all industries. What differentiates the implementation practices that can assure the quality of the IT systems in different applications is the methodology followed during their implementation.
This paper presents a quite comprehensive definition of software quality and a framework in which quality software logistics systems can be developed and / or maintained.
can we work together on safety issues to improve the degree of safety culture in the European Union and in all European organizations? Safety culture is the basis for practical safety and therefore intense development work as well as educational work should be started in the European Union member states. It is said that safety comes first and only after that productivity and profitability, because without a safe environment, all the activities inside organizations and
different countries become dangerous and often impossible. Safety culture is a difficult concept because many people perceive and understand that safety culture is created by professionals in different organizations and individuals are excluded from these discussions. Safety culture exists,
however, in the minds of working people and therefore safety culture development and education should start from individuals. Safety culture ontology is one important tool for understanding what safety culture is. In addition, the commitment to work according to common objectives and
goals is very important in different occupational roles. This research attempts to focus on real teamwork in a combined approach: How can we improve the degree of safety culture and commitment simultaneously in different member states and organizations together as a team?
This paper describes our current efforts to achieve these objectives and shows how it is possible, both theoretically and practically using state of the art computer technology, to create common tools to improve the degree of safety culture as well as the degree of commitment on local, regional and European Union level, and also to identify and correlate the most important issues in the management and leadership of this challenging concept. Our research in each country is
based on the same research instruments, which are translated into various official languages of the European Union.
The Woven Strategy method is a top-middle-bottom-up operational approach for strategy making with a focus on gathering expert knowledge for the benefit of strategy makers. After collecting the basic information and data, the decision and strategy makers discuss the strategy proposals for knowledge creation before drawing up first the possible options and alternatives; after that making decisions; and finally creating a strategy that can be implemented. With this approach, the knowledge of experts from various business areas can be gathered and used as well as making it much easier to increase the commitment of the organization in question to the created strategy.
In our research, over the years we have made several test runs with international student groups in order for the students to see and understand the big picture of international problems such as climate change, creating strategies for ecological companies and creating strategies for companies that produce solar and wind energy, etc. These test runs reveal that young people really do think differently and that they are eager to fight against climate change as well as thinking more in the direction of sustainability. This is the way to sustainable growth and change.
Developing hard to maintain IT systems is as bad as bad as developing unreliable systems. Also taking in consideration the fact that such systems are used not by IT experts, and then the need to be usable (and user friendly) is probably the number one requirement. Portability on the other hand maintains the availability of such systems under any machine they operate (interfaces, external devices, etc.).
Implementing quality IT systems is a common goal in all industries. What differentiates the implementation practices that can assure the quality of the IT systems in different applications is the methodology followed during their implementation.
This paper presents a quite comprehensive definition of software quality and a framework in which quality software logistics systems can be developed and / or maintained.
can we work together on safety issues to improve the degree of safety culture in the European Union and in all European organizations? Safety culture is the basis for practical safety and therefore intense development work as well as educational work should be started in the European Union member states. It is said that safety comes first and only after that productivity and profitability, because without a safe environment, all the activities inside organizations and
different countries become dangerous and often impossible. Safety culture is a difficult concept because many people perceive and understand that safety culture is created by professionals in different organizations and individuals are excluded from these discussions. Safety culture exists,
however, in the minds of working people and therefore safety culture development and education should start from individuals. Safety culture ontology is one important tool for understanding what safety culture is. In addition, the commitment to work according to common objectives and
goals is very important in different occupational roles. This research attempts to focus on real teamwork in a combined approach: How can we improve the degree of safety culture and commitment simultaneously in different member states and organizations together as a team?
This paper describes our current efforts to achieve these objectives and shows how it is possible, both theoretically and practically using state of the art computer technology, to create common tools to improve the degree of safety culture as well as the degree of commitment on local, regional and European Union level, and also to identify and correlate the most important issues in the management and leadership of this challenging concept. Our research in each country is
based on the same research instruments, which are translated into various official languages of the European Union.
The paper has been published on the September 2015 issue of the Economia Journal, the oldest (since 1934), most prestigious and most influential business journal in Greece.