Observations on Software Project Deviations

Software projects have proved to be troublesome to be implemented and as the size of software keeps increasing it is more and more important to follow-up the projects. The proportion of succeeded software projects is still quite low in spite of the research and the development of the project control methodologies. The success and failure factors of projects are known, as well as the project risks but nevertheless the projects still have problems with keeping the schedule and the budget and achieving the defined functionality and adequate quality. The purpose of this thesis was to find out what deviations are there in projects at the moment, what causes them, and what is measured in projects. Also project deviation was defined in the viewpoint of literature and field experts. The analysis was made using a qualitative research approach. It was found out that there are still deviations in software projects with schedule, budget, quality, requirements, documenting, effort, and resources. In addition also changes in requirements were identified. It was also found out that for example schedule deviations can be affected by reducing the size of a task and adding measurements.

WCDMA HSPA performance counters for monitoring 3G-radio access network

The objective of this project was to gather all the counters which are used on HSPA performance monitoring. The main purpose was to create a compact packet of HSPA performance counters and radio network monitoring which Ericsson's employees can then use in their daily work. The study includes a short introduction to the architecture of the 3G-radio access network. The HSPA technology and HSPA performance are presented including a functional description of performance counters and KPIs, which are used for performance management and monitoring. The theory part of the study also covers an overview of performance management in OSS-RC. The final part of the study covers an overview of the performance management tools, in-troducing how the counters are represented in these interfaces. MOShell and OSS-RC are tools used in this study. Tools were selected because the MOShell is Ericsson's inter-nal management tool and OSS-RC is a tool designed for customers.

Agile Methods in Small Software Projects

Agile software development methods are attempting to provide an answer to the software development industry's need of lighter weight, more agile processes that offer the possibility to react to changes during the software development process. The objective of this thesis is to analyze and experiment the possibility of using agile methods or practices also in small software projects, even in projects containing only one developer. In the practical part of the thesis a small software project was executed with some agile methods and practices that in the theoretical part of the thesis were found possible to be applied to the project. In the project a Bluetooth proxy application that is run in the S60 smartphone platform and PC was developed further to contain some new features. As a result it was found that certain agile practices can be useful even in the very small projects. The selection of the suitable practices depends on the project and the size of the project team.

Análisis, diseño y desarrollo de una aplicación bajo software libre destinado a emprendimientos dedicados a la producción de leche en la sierra ecuatoriana

En esta memoria final se encuentra embebida la investigación realizada para poder generar una aplicación web que permite registrar los procesos realizados para la producción de leche en el Cantón Cayambe de la provincia de Pichincha en Ecuador.

An open source browser-based software tool for graph drawing and visualisation

In this research work we searched for open source libraries which supports graph drawing and visualisation and can run in a browser. Subsequent these libraries were evaluated to find out which one is the best for this task. The result was the d3.js is that library which has the greatest functionality, flexibility and customisability. Afterwards we developed an open source software tool where d3.js was included and which was written in JavaScript so that it can run browser-based.

WorkCol : Software colaborativo

La finalidad de este proyecto es desarrollar un espacio colaborativo donde poder compartir y gestionar conocimiento.

Euskofarma : Aplicación Android para búsqueda de farmacias en el País Vasco

EuskoFarma es una aplicación Android para buscar las farmacias en el País Vasco. Se pueden seleccionar farmacias por provincia o localidad. La aplicación permite filtrar por un radio de búsqueda, marcar/desmarcar farmacias como favoritas, realizar llamadas a las farmacias y ver la ruta a seguir desde la posición del usuario hasta la farmacia seleccionada.

Could concomitant radio-chemotherapy improve the outcomes of early-stage node negative anal canal cancer patients? A retrospective analysis of 122 patients.

One hundred twenty-two early-stage anal canal cancer patients (median age: 69 years) were treated with curative radiotherapy with (70 patients) or without (52 patients) concomitant chemotherapy. Median follow-up was 65 months (range: 4-238). At multivariate analysis, concomitant chemotherapy significantly improved local control (p = .007). Local control significantly influenced all considered endpoints, except the metastases free survival. The global rates of G3-G4 acute and late toxicity were 13.1% and 8.2%, respectively, and they were not increased by concomitant chemotherapy. Finally, concomitant chemotherapy is efficacious and safe in the treatment of T1-2N0 anal canal cancer patients and should be prospectively studied.

VariScan Software

VariScan is a software package for the analysis of DNA sequence polymorphisms at the whole genome scale. Among other features, the software:(1) can conduct many population genetic analyses; (2) incorporates a multiresolution wavelet transform-based method that allows capturing relevant information from DNA polymorphism data; and (3) it facilitates the visualization of the results in the most commonly used genome browsers.

Disseny de circuit de proves de traçabilitat amb rfid

ITENE és un institut tecnològic de recerca situat a Paterna (València). Té una plantapilot especialitzada en logística on les empreses que ho vulguin (mitjançant convenis,en règim de lloguer, etc.), poden utilitzar les instal•lacions (magatzem intel•ligent,aplicacions RFID, etc.), per provar els seus productes i simular processos de logística itraçabilitat.En aquesta planta s'ha detectat la necessitat de poder provar nous productes cometiquetes, detectors i processadors equipats amb tecnologia RFID (Identificació perRadiofreqüència). Aquesta tecnologia consisteix en passar informació que conté unaetiqueta “intel•ligent” cap a un terminal (PC) mitjançant uns detectors que, perproximitat, poden llegir la informació. Per exemple, quan un camió ple de mercaderiesprèviament etiquetades, passa per un pòrtic amb detectors RFID, es genera unainformació que passa directament a un terminal. Al moment es pot saber què porta elcamió, quantitat, color, mides, etc. Si això es combina amb un ERP, es pot descomptarde l'estoc en temps real. De fet s'utilitza per moltes aplicacions logística, control deprocessos de fabricació, traçabilitat de productes, etc.Per aquest motiu, ITENE, mitjançant el contacte de AIFOS SOLUTIONS S.L (empresaespecialitzada en RFID) ha encarregat un sistema de transportadors de banda per provarnoves solucions.L'objecte del present projecte consisteix en el disseny i automatització d'un sistema de 4cintes transportadores 2 elevadors per tal de fer un circuit tancat per moure caixes en un“bucle” de forma automàtica. L'objectiu és “llençar” caixes plenes de productes (etiquetats amb RFID) mitjançant untransportador equipat amb un pòrtic que té instal•lats diversos detectors de radiofreqüència,i poder-ne provar la correcta detecció a diferents velocitats. Un “buffer” s'encarrega desubministrar les caixes d'una en una que, un cop acabat el circuit, tornen al lloc d'on hansortit. Per donar un producte per bo, es realitzen tests de diverses hores i se n'obté unaestadística de lectures bones/dolentes. Si la ràtio és la desitjada es dóna per bo elproducte.Per aconseguir un disseny correcte s'ha utilitzat diferents eines CAD per dimensionar elsistema de transportadors i els seus elements. Tota l'aplicació està realitzada en 3Dmitjançant el software AutoCAD 3D. L'abast d'aquest projecte inclourà la solució mecànica i pneumàtica del sistema, aixícom el seu muntatge i tot el referent a les normes de seguretat per tal que el sistemacompleixi la normativa referida a la seguretat de màquines