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  • Business processes implementation using agent systems

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    - Year 2012

    This paper will show that some complex and repetitive actions performed in a company can be modelled for the sake of optimization and automaton. It is achieved by connecting business processes management and agent paradigms. Moreover it shows that organization structure can be mapped to distributed multi agent system. Finally it states that interorganization communication can be automated on the same basis as intra-organization...

  • Implementation of Business Processes in Smart Cities Technology

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    The goal of the paper is to present the results of studies concerning the development of a method of implementation of business processes in Smart Cities systems. The method has been developed during studies carried out within the building of a Smart Cities system for Gdańsk, and is based on basic development project management mechanisms (drawing from best practices, and in particular from the RUP methodology) and business-oriented...

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  • Employee Suggestion Program as a way to involve employees in improving business processes

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    - Year 2016

    The following article presents one of the Lean Management tools – employee suggestion program. Companies consider this method as a way to involve employees in improving business processes. In the first part of the article the author explained the idea of the Japanese management system. The next part presents the philosophy of Kaizen, which is crucial for proper implementation of Lean Management concept in the company. Moreover,...

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  • Experience based enhanced decision support for business processes

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    - Year 2012

    Przedstawiono koncepcje wspomagania procesow biznesowych poprzez wprowadzneie do modelu zbioru doswiadczen.

  • Multi-Criteria Knowledge-Based Recommender System for Decision Support in Complex Business Processes

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    - Year 2019

    In this paper, we present a concept of a multi-criteria knowledge-based Recommender System (RS) designed to provide decision support in complex business process (BP) scenarios. The developed approach is based on the knowledge aspects of Stylistic Patterns, Business Sentiment and Decision-Making Logic extracted from the BP unstructured texts. This knowledge serves as an input for a multi-criteria RS algorithm. The output is prediction...

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  • Mixed integer nonlinear optimization of biological processes in wastewater sequencing batch reactor

    Wastewater treatment plays a key role for humanity. The waste entering lakes, rivers, and seas deteriorates daily quality of life. Therefore, it is very important to improve the efficiency of wastewater treatment. From a control point of view, a biological wastewater treatment plant is a complex, non-linear, multidimensional, hybrid control system. The paper presents the design of the optimizing hierarchical control system applied...

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  • Mitigating the Energy Consumption and the Carbon Emission in the Building Structures by Optimization of the Construction Processes

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    - ENERGIES - Year 2021

    For decades, among other industries, the construction sector has accounted for high energy consumption and emissions. As the energy crisis and climate change have become a growing concern, mitigating energy usage is a significant issue. The operational and end of life phases are all included in the building life cycle stages. Although the operation stage accounts for more energy consumption with higher carbon emissions, the...

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  • Adaptive stochastic and hybrid nonlinear optimization algorithms for improving the effectiveness of the biological processes at WWTP

    Wastewater treatment plays an important factor in the modern world. Insufficient treatment may result in environmental pollution which can further lead to disasters and diseases. However, processes that take place inside wastewater treatment plants (WWTP) are highly complex in nature, therefore it is difficult to design an efficient, optimal control system. The problem regarding biochemical reactions inside Sequential Batch Reactor...

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  • Zdzisław Kowalczuk prof. dr hab. inż.

    Zdzislaw Kowalczuk received his M.Sc. degree in 1978 and Ph.D. degree in 1986, both in Automatic Control from Technical University of Gdańsk (TUG), Gdańsk, Poland. In 1993 he received his D.Sc. degree (Dr Habilitus) in Automatic Control from Silesian Technical University, Gliwice, Poland, and the title of Professor from the President of Poland in 2003. Since 1978 he has been with Faculty of Electronics, Telecommunications and Informatics...

  • Jolanta Łopatowska dr inż.

    Jolanta Łopatowska, assistant professor at the Department of Management Engineering and Quality at the Faculty of Management and Economics, is a graduate of the Faculty of Electronics at Gdańsk University of Technology and Institute of Organization and Design of Production Systems at Gdańsk University of Technology. She obtained Ph.D. degree in the discipline of Economic Science. Her scientific and research interests focus on organizationally...

  • Multi-objective optimization of tool wear, surface roughness, and material removal rate in finishing honing processes using adaptive neural fuzzy inference systems

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    • I. Buj - Corral
    • P. Sender
    • C. J. Luis-Pérez

    - TRIBOLOGY INTERNATIONAL - Year 2023

    Honing processes are usually employed to manufacture combustion engine cylinders and hydraulic cylinders. A crosshatch pattern is obtained that favors the oil flow. In this paper, Adaptive Neural Fuzzy Inference System (ANFIS) models were obtained for tool wear, average roughness Ra, cylindricity and material removal rate in finish honing processes. In addition, multi-objective optimization with the desirability function method...

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  • Interactive Prototypes in Teaching User-Centred Design and Business Process Modelling

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    - Year 2014

    This publication describes experiences gathered during the use of interactive prototyping in two areas: design of user interfaces for a touch screen information kiosk and interactive prototyping of business processes. Prototyping is promoted here as a technique useful for both visualizing design concepts and for stimulating communication within relevant teams. Developing interactive prototypes of use interfaces is discussed here...

  • Wojciech Wyrzykowski dr hab.

    Wojciech Wyrzykowski is an employee of the Department of Finance at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University of Technology. He is the author of 70 scientific publications, including 5 monographs, and co-author of 7 monographs. The most important of them reflecting the author's scientific interests include: Tax conditions for the development of entrepreneurship in Poland, Taxes in Poland - outline of the...

  • Anna Baj-Rogowska dr

      Anna Baj-Rogowska is employed as an assistant professor at the Department of Informatics in Management at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology. Her higher education is connected with the University of Gdańsk, where she graduated from a master's degree in business informatics, doctoral studies and then obtained a PhD degree in economics in management science (Department of Business Informatics...

  • High-Level Model for the Design of KPIs for Smart Cities Systems

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    The main goal of the paper is to build a high-level model for the design of KPIs. Currently, the development and processes of cities have been checked by KPI indicators. The authors realized that there is a limited usability of KPIs for both the users and IT specialists who are preparing them. Another observation was that the process of the implementation of Smart Cities systems is very complicated. Due to this the concept of a...

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  • Kamil Brodnicki dr inż.

    Kamil Brodnicki is an assistant at the Department of Applied Informatics in Management at the Faculty of Economics and Management at the Gdańsk University of Technology. From 2017, he is the head of the Customer Experience laboratory. Since 2011, he has been working in one of the Tri-City IT companies as an IT Systems Analyst, implementing projects in the financial sector. His research interests are focused on the following areas:...

  • Bridging the gap between business process models and use-case models

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    - Year 2014

    Today's software development methodologies are equipped with a plethora of methods and techniques for business process engineering and Requirements Engineering. However, heavy investments in IT have not brought forth expected results. What seems to be lacking is a systematic approach that consolidates both disciplines to gain a synergistic effect. To address this challenge we extend Use-Case Driven Approach (UCDA) by binding use...

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  • Marek Wirkus dr hab. inż.

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    M. Sc. (1977 in the field of mechanical engineering technology and production management); Ph.D. degree in the field of Economic Sciences (1990; production management using IT techniques), habilitated doctor in the field of Economic Sciences, in the discipline of Management Sciences (2007 in the area of managing the portfolio of innovative projects); Co-creator of the Faculty of Management and Economics (1993); Vice Dean for Continuing...

  • Business Process Modelling and Enterprise Improvement Analysis

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    - TASK Quarterly - Year 2015

    The main trends in developing an approach and tools for business process modelling are discussed. Business Process Management (BPM) and BPM Notation (BPMN) are presented. Moreover, the possibilities of C2NIWA in a wide range of these tools running on a supercomputer are suggested. Firstly, the company development strategy can be planned . Secondly, quick and flexible changes of its processes can be modelled, analysed and implemented....

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  • Mateusz Muchlado dr

    Mateusz Muchlado - assistant professor at the Department of Management and Quality Engineering. He obtained a doctoral degree in management and quality sciences in 2020 at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University of Technology, defending his thesis entitled "Outsourcing in selected medical entities of the Pomeranian Voivodeship". Associated with the Gdańsk University of Technology since 2010, a graduate...

  • Karol Flisikowski dr inż.

    Karol Flisikowski works as Associate Professor at the Department of Statistics and Econometrics, Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology. He is responsible for teaching descriptive and mathematical statistics (in Polish and English), as well as scientific research in the field of social statistics. He has been a participant in many national and international conferences, where he has presented the results...

  • Towards a Framework for Context Awareness Based on Textual Process Data

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    - Year 2023

    Context awareness is critical for the successful execution of processes. In the abundance of business process management (BPM) research, frameworks exclusively devoted to extracting context from textual process data are scarce. With the deluge of textual data and its increasing value for organizations, it be-comes essential to employ relevant text analytics techniques to increase the awareness of business process (BP) workers,...

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  • KM Challenges in Small KIBS Companies: Multi-case Analysis in Two Countries

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    - Year 2023

    Knowledge Intensive Business Services (KIBS) – i.e. companies like e.g. computer services, consulting, engineering, business communication, and R&D support - are key players in the modern economies. They stimulate the innovativeness of businesses and societies. Their competitiveness is based on knowledge, which is their key production factor and also the kind of “goods” they sell. The large majority of KIBS companies have a small...

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  • Towards solving heterogeneous fleet vehicle routing problem with time windows and additional constraints: real use case study

    In advanced logistic systems, there is a need for a comprehensive optimization of the transport of goods, which would reduce costs. During past decades, several theoretical and practical approaches to solve vehicle routing problems (VRP) were proposed. The problem of optimal fleet management is often transformed to discrete optimization problem that relies on determining the most economical transport routes for a number of vehicles...

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  • Business Sentiment Analysis. Concept and Method for Perceived Anticipated Effort Identification

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    - Year 2019

    Representing a valuable human-computer interaction interface, Sentiment Analysis (SA) is applied to a wide range of problems. In the present paper, the researchers introduce a novel concept of Business Sentiment (BS) as a measurement of a Perceived Anticipated Effort (PAE) in the context of business processes (BPs). BS is considered as an emotional component of BP task contextual complexity perceived by a process worker after reading...

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  • Knowledge Sharing in the COVID-19 Era of Remote Teaching: What Can Academia Learn from Business?

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    - Year 2021

    Purpose: The aim of this paper is to investigate how universities may benefit from experiences of businesses that were also forced to use remote forms of business operations. Methodology: The paper uses in-depth interviews to explore the possibilities of knowledge sharing improvements at the university-level teaching, based on the experiences elicited in the business sector. The theoretical sampling was used to find informants...

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  • Sustainable development model for measuring and managing sustainability in the automotive sector

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    - SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT - Year 2021

    A growing number of organizations across a variety of industries are now pursuing sustainable management business goals to improve business efficiency, manage stakeholder expectations, or for legislative compliance. This is also the case for automotive manufacturing organizations who are under pressure from their stakeholders to manage and improve sustainability performance. This requires the development of credible measurement...

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  • Emergent approach to Knowledge Management by Small Companies: multiple case-study research

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    - Journal of Knowledge Management - Year 2016

    Purpose: The aim of this paper is to examine knowledge management approach followed by small companies on the example of firms from the knowledge-intensive business services (KIBS) sector. Design/methodology/approach: The study is based on the results of a qualitative survey involving 12 owners and managers of small companies operating in the KIBS sector. The survey uses the case study method. Findings: The findings confirm that...

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  • Business continuity management framework for Industry 4.0 companies regarding dependability and security of the ICT and ICS/SCADA system

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    - Year 2021

    This chapter addresses a business continuity management (BCM) framework for the Industry 4.0 companies including the organizational and technical solutions, regarding the dependability and security of the information and telecommunication technology (ICT), and the industrial control system (ICS) / supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) system. These technologies and systems play nowadays important roles in modern advanced...

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  • Sustainable Knowledge Sharing Model for IT Agile Projects

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    - Year 2022

    In order to overcome work environment challenges and remain competitive in the market, organisations must adapt. An organisation's competitiveness can be improved through knowledge sharing; however, improvement without responsibility can have a negative impact on the sociotechnical environment which people cannot fully comprehend. According to researchers, business involvement in sustainable development goals remains minimal [51]....

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  • Evolution of End-User Participation in IT Projects.

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    - Year 2013

    This chapter is aimed at presenting a review of evolutionary design paradigms which determine the end-user’s role in IT (Information Technology) projects across recent decades. This review covers different perspectives starting from technology-oriented sequential software development lifecycles, through user-centred approaches, ending finally in contemporary service design approaches supported by e-business and social media. Finally,...

  • IT Business Standards as an Ontology Domain

    The aim of this paper is to report a selection of Semantic Web aspects pertaining to ontology development activities in the domain of the IT business standard (TOGAF 9) such as formulating competency questions, conceptualization of the domain, resolution of the source knowledge deficiency and applying common design patterns in the OWL formalization. Authors also try to determine target groups that may benefit from such ontology...

  • Key logistics processes in project management based on organisation of an international training session-case study

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    Improvement of processes, including the logistics processes forms one of the essential aspects of modern business entities functioning. Search for the solutions allowing for quicker and less costly method of realisation of particular activities in highly significant, especially in the conditions of a dynamically changing environment in which the organisations have to function. It is a natural field occuring principally both in...

  • Implementation of Business Intelligence in an IT organization - the concept of an evaluation model

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    - Foundations of Management - Year 2013

    This paper presents the issue of assessing the validity and effectiveness of implementing a Business Intelligence system in an IT Support Organization. This entity provides IT services to external clients involving, in particular, the storage and processing of large amounts of data. The vast amount of realized projects and also incidents reported in connection with those projects prevented effective decisions from being made without...

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  • Assessing business process complexity based on textual data: Evidence from ITIL IT ticket processing

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    - Business Process Management Journal - Year 2021

    Purpose This study aims to draw the attention of business process management (BPM) research and practice to the textual data generated in the processes and the potential of meaningful insights extraction. The authors apply standard natural language processing (NLP) approaches to gain valuable knowledge in the form of business process (BP) complexity concept suggested in the study. It is built on the objective, subjective and meta-knowledge...

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  • Anna Zielińska dr

    In 2016, she started her work at the Faculty of Management and Economics of the Gdańsk University of Technology. Since 2018, a member of the board of the International Project Management Association Young Crew Polska. Author of numerous scientific publications in the field of crisis management, project and health program management, and improvement of business entities. Scientific and research interests include program and project...

  • C2 Niwa - The Centre of Competence for Novel Infrastructure of Workable Applications

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    - TASK Quarterly - Year 2015

    Scientific and cloud computing are discussed in the paper . The paradigm of EaaS (Everything as a Service) is presented and the design methodology of service oriented applications is proposed. Implementation of the SOSE (Software Oriented Software Engineering) approach is analyzed and the roles of developing teams to obtain software products satisfying business requirements are also shown. The above listed activities create a basic...

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  • THE CASE OF MANAGEMENT CONCEPTS IN CIVIL AVIATION BUSINESS.

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    The article presents the changes in management concepts used in civil aviation business in last 25 years. There is a need to make prognosis and support decision-making processes with different models but each model is adapted to current management concept. This article will present the changes and possible future trends in management concepts with the description of strengths and weaknesses of each of them. These might be used...

  • Method of Decision-Making Logic Discovery in the Business Process Textual Data

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    - Year 2019

    Growing amount of complexity and enterprise data creates a need for novel business process (BP) analysis methods to assess the process optimization opportunities. This paper proposes a method of BP analysis while extracting the knowledge about Decision-Making Logic (DML) in a form of taxonomy. In this taxonomy, researchers consider the routine, semi-cognitive and cognitive DML levels as functions of BP conceptual aspects of Resources,...

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  • The Perception of an Entrepreneur’s Structural, Relational and Cognitive Social Capital among Young People in Poland - An Exploratory Study

    The goal of the current paper is to verify how an entrepreneur’s structural, relational and cognitive social capital levels are perceived by young people in Poland. The research involved a group of 374 undergraduate business students from a Polish university as participants. Participants completed a survey on entrepreneurial cognitions. It was found that participants assess the level of an entrepreneur’s social capital as relatively...

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  • Design thinking qualifications framework – standardizing the innovative approach to entrepreneurial education delivery to engineering students

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    - Year 2014

    Highly competitive labor market stimulates increasing expectations towards fresh university alumni. It is not enough to be an expert - well educated and often experienced - in chosen discipline. High variability of the business environment, continuous change, number of risks, together with higher work demand than supply, shape clear employers’ expectations: entrepreneurial employees are wanted. On this ground a need for entrepreneurial...

  • Influence of the internet and electronic commerce growth on polish small and medium enterprises. PODAĆ POLSKI TYTUŁ.

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    - Year 2004

    Technological development in communication creates new possibilities for commercial activity . Each new medium was changing business processes . Internet does the same - implies rapid changes in every stage of commercial activity.The aim of this paper is to show that the Internet and Electronic Commerce are influencing the Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) development in Poland. For achieving this another issue had to be under...

  • Determinants of SME location in a suburban area: Evidence from the Gdańsk–Gdynia–Sopot metropolitan area.

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    - Urbani izziv - Year 2017

    Given the importance of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the European economy, it is essential to have adequate information about the various factors that determine their choice of location. However, the size of a company is often an aspect not covered in theoretical studies and empirical research on industrial locations and urban planning. This article examines the place of residence...

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  • Online brand communities’ contribution to digital business models

    Abstract Purpose – There is limited research examining social drivers and mediators of online brand community identification in the context of business models development. This study aims to identify them behind the social mechanisms and present essential factors which should be applied in business models to foster value co-creation. Design/methodology/approach – Data were collected from a convenience sample of 712 cases gathered among...

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  • Economic Vitality of Polish Suburbs

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    - Year 2015

    For over 25 years, Poland has been undergoing major political, social and economic transformations. The country's system changed from a planned economy to a free-market, neo-liberal one. The effects of these changes are visible on several levels, including the field of urban planning, where they manifested themselves as the birth of the suburbanization process. In the field of economics, it could be noticed that since 1989, the...

  • Transformation of Energy Markets: Description, Modeling of Functioning Mechanisms and Determining Development Trends

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    One of the key contemporary economic and social issues today is the global energy transition. Energy transition processes are having a significant impact on the development of world economies, increasing their TFP and leading to an increase in their level of innovation through the transfer of myriad new technologies. These processes also contribute to an increase in foreign direct investment and, consequently, an increase in the...

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  • Organizational IT Competency, Knowledge Workers and Knowledge Sharing

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    - Year 2019

    IT competency plays a vital role in knowledge management processes. Information technology affects an organization’s ability to store and recall knowledge that has been made explicit through codification, including different forms such as written documents, reports, presentations, patents, formulas, etc. This study aims to measure the influence of a company’s IT competency dimensions such as IT-knowledge,...

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  • Business Process Analysis and Optimization 2022

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  • Business Process Analysis and Optimization 2023

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  • Knowledge management in the processes of project requirements analysis

    Authors, based on one of popular software project management methods as RUP fo-cused on one of most important discipline in project management as requirements management. Authors decomposed the role of the business analyst and present methodological and realizational processes of knowledge managament in traditional and applied sources of knowledge tied with this role. An experiment was conducted in four project teams of all sizes,...