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  • A grounding framework for developing adaptive software products 
    Mavetera, Nehemiah; Kroeze, Jan H (International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA), 2009)
    This paper is an analysis of the issues, problems and concerns facing practitioners in the fields of software and system development. The main task that faces practitioners in these fields is to choose an appropriate software ...
  • Guidelines for the design and creation of a web form to facilitate the registration of first time tax payers: An HCI approach 
    Terblanche, Juanita T; Kroeze, Jan H; Gilliland, Sonja (IBIMA, 2010)
    Research has been conducted both in the field of Human-Computer Interaction and in the field of design and creation. Very little research has been conducted in the area of tax registration systems. No research was carried ...
  • Guiding principles for developing adaptive software products 
    Mavetera, N; Kroeze, Jan H (2010)
    This paper presents an analysis of problems that are faced by software development practitioners. While communication, team management, coding and software documentation are some of the persistent problems, the first and ...
  • ICT to disempower? A perspective on ICT as postmodern agent 
    Nel, D F; Kroeze, Jan H; Lotriet, H (2010)
    The wholesale implementation of Information Technology (IT) has brought with it a host of unintended and unforeseen consequences. Through a literature review and an examination of both Postmodernism and IT, it is proposed ...
  • Interactive network graphs of Biblical Hebrew data. 
    Kroeze, J H; Bothma, Theo J D; Matthee, Machdel C; Kruger, Ockert C; Kroeze, Jan C W (Department of Ancient Studies. University of Stellenbosch, 2009)
    Knowledge workers, including Biblical Hebrew computational linguists, should look into the possibilities offered by graphical visualisation techniques to allow explorative investigation of available linguistic data, since ...
  • Introduction of e-learning material to Engineering students at the Vaal University of Technology: Measuring academic success 
    Van Aardt, C; Goede, R; Taylor, E; Pretorius, P D; Kroeze, Jan H (IBIMA, 2010)
    Traditional learning and teaching methods are still an integral part of many academic institutions. Will the implementation of e-learning material as an additional resource to normal lectures have an effect on a student's ...
  • Just how literal is the King James Version? 
    Kroeze, Jan H; Van den Heever, C M (Manie); Van Rooy, A J (Bertus) (Department of Ancient Studies, University of Stellenbosch, 2011)
    Many scholars have the perception that the King James Version (KJV) is a literal translation. However, it is not so easy to define the concept of "literal translation". The simplest definition may be to regard it as ...
  • A longitudinal investigation about issues and problems of software engineering in Turkey 
    Kirlidog, Melih; Aykol, Meric (2010)
    This article reports the findings of a longitudinal research about the maturity of software practices in Turkey. Two surveys were conducted in 2001 and 2008 in order to get the perceived maturity levels in SWEBOK’s ...
  • The mutualistic relationship between information systems and the humanities 
    Kroeze, Jan H (IBIMA, 2010)
    The paper explores the nature of the relationship between the study fields of Information Systems and the humanities. Although literature on Humanities Computing states in principle that there is a bidirectional, beneficial ...
  • An ontology-driven software development framework 
    Mavetera, Nehemiah; Kroeze, Jan H (2010)
    The software development process has been curtailed by the lack of a methodology that can capture and maintain the softer, humanist characteristics of organizational systems into the software product. This is attributed ...
  • Ontology goes postmodern in ICT. 
    Kroeze, Jan H (ACM Press, 2010)
    This paper investigates the move from philosophical ontology to information systems ontologies. Ontology has traditionally been (and still is) a philosophical discipline that studies the nature of existence. In a certain ...
  • Optimizing the value chain in the automotive industry using B2B portals 
    Smit, Danie; Kroeze, Jan H; Kirlidog, Melih (2010)
    Successfully implementing ICT projects is a significant challenge for ICT managers. This paper addresses this problem by adding insights regarding critical success factors of B2B portals in the automotive industry to the ...
  • Probing some theoretical aspects of practitioner-based inquiry research in Information Systems 
    Averweg, Udo Richard; Kroeze, Jan Hendrik (ACM Press, 2010)
    Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) practitioners are often located in the social sciences branch of Information Systems (IS). Practitioner research comprises of research that practitioners undertake with a ...
  • The Role of ICT within Small and Medium Enterprises in Gauteng. 
    Modimogale, Lloyd; Kroeze, Jan H (IBIMA Publishing, 2011)
    This article discusses the role of information and communication technology (ICT) within the small and medium enterprise (SME) sector in Gauteng, a province in South Africa. ICT plays a very important role in the current ...
  • Simulation experiments for maximising the availability of a commercial octene production facility 
    Rossouw, R F; Coetzer, R L J; Pretorius, P D (2010)
    Overall availability of a chemical process is of critical importance in industry. In this paper we evaluate the process design factors that influence the availability of a new chemical production facility by performing ...
  • The use of disruptive information technologies for competitive advantage in the banking sector of South Africa. 
    Windell, Anneke C.; Kroeze, Jan H. (Hempstead, NY : International Business Information Management Association (IBIMA), 2009)
    The main focus of this paper is to determine the impact of disruptive technology in the ICT environment and how new technologies can be managed in a secured architecture framework of organisations in the banking sector. ...
  • Using ICTs to become a competitive SME in South Africa 
    Modimogale, Lloyd; Kroeze, Jan H (2009)
    This paper discusses the role of Information and Communication Technology (ICT) within the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) sector in South Africa. It looks at the current state of affairs regarding the use of ICT by ...
  • Using queuing theory to reduce the number of abandoned calls at a central service desk 
    Pretorius, Philip D; Madisa, Victoira G; Kroeze, Jan H (2010)
    This paper addresses the problem of an unacceptably high rate of abandoned calls at a centralised service desk of a South African telecommunications company. It uses a queuing methodology to design a system that may ...
  • Water poverty mapping and its management applications 
    Van der Vyver, Charles; Jordaan, Dawid B (IBIMA, 2010)
    In recent years it has been widely recognized that water was managed with little regard to efficiency in its utilization and with no or very little effective pollution control. The amount of freshwater on earth will continue ...

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