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Motivation in Software Engineering: A Systematic Literature Review
White Papers This paper presents a systematic literature review of motivation in Software Engineering. The objective is to report on what motivates and de-motivates developers, and how existing models address motivation.
[January 2, 2009, 0:00]
'Cyber-loafing' signposts motivation problems
News While cyber-loafing was identified by 22.79 percent of respondents as the main obstacle to a productive workforce, 'low staff morale and lack of motivation' was identified by 32.39 percent of respondents -- suggesting it's the bosses and the HR...
[July 16, 2004, 12:25]
De-Motivation: Blame The Sun
Blog The findings showed that 39% of office workers believe Summer Seasonal Affective Disorder, or ‘Summer SAD’, detracts from their motivation to work, while 8% said they are more likely to call in sick during the summer months.
[August 7, 2008, 12:03]
Using UML Guided by BMM to Model Business Motivation
White Papers Taking the term system in its most generic meaning, such as a business system, a system of human political interaction, or in this context a System of Business Motivation, UML can be used to successfully communicate meaning in a rigorous manner.
[November 29, 2008, 23:00]
Google motivation
Talkback I was stating the motivation for Google to be against the format. They are using a competing format that is less feature rich. That is why Google is against OOXML becoming an ISO standard, because then Google will have to compete more against...
[February 27, 2008, 9:16]
HelpMeDo
Downloads HelpMeDo is a motivation system for your iPhone. HelpMeDo also provides other tools to encourage you Gimme5, Motivation texts further. When you create your target, you also create motivators, which are extra incentives for actually getting them done.
[August 14, 2009, 9:55]
The IBM Rational Unified Process Solution at the Tivoli Rome Laboratory: A RUP Pilot Implementation
White Papers The chances of successfully implementing a change within any organization increase significantly with the amount of motivation for the change and the passion the organization brings to the effort. This white paper describes the experiences of the...
[August 31, 2007, 1:00]
MPs turn to Web for votes
News The prime motivation could be to capture your email address, rather than to address your concerns. Warning that "the expectation that an MP can enter into an online chat cannot be met", the Labour MP for Stevenage admitted that a prime motivation...
[October 30, 2001, 13:06]
There needs to be a culture shift - open source yes - free -no
Talkback Wanting "something for nothing" is a peculiarly British trait, but is, I believe, wholly the wrong motivation for considering open source software. The prime motivation should always be efficiency, quality and flexibility.
[February 25, 2008, 9:47]
There's still time to review and renew your certification efforts
News Check out "Gain newfound certification motivation with these simple tips.to find tips on relighting your fire TechRepublic has published a number of articles to help you simplify the certification process, gain newfound motivation, become more...
[August 30, 2002, 12:18]
Novell: Customers are coming back
News What was the motivation behind this indemnification announcement? ZDNet UK spoke with Novell's UK MD Steve Brown about the motivation behind the indemnification decision, integration between Suse and Ximian and seeing Novell back on top again.
[January 13, 2004, 17:10]
Migration frustration across the nation
Blog According to the vendors… the “motivation” for data migration has fundamentally changed. Today, apparently, the motivation for migrations is increasingly due to revenue drivers (business issues). Oh no, not another data migration story!
[March 6, 2008, 9:09]
US begins patent probe
News He felt that perhaps having a test that requires motivation is too rigid and doesn't always give the court or the decision maker the flexibility needed to reach a conclusion of obviousness. It's worse than meaningless because it complicates the...
[November 29, 2006, 7:44]
Hardware download satire backfires
News We asked Bates what was his motivation for this bit of satire. My motivation? Last month, Gil Bates, a PC World columnist, wrote a column about a brand-new system called Shardware (shared hardware). This revolutionary system was said to enable...
[June 4, 1997, 13:26]
Marijuana worm smoked out of action
News Anyone with a motivation can write a virus," Liou said, adding that this virus writer's motivation was obviously political. The recent Marijuana worm's chance of infecting computer networks was slim partly because it wasn't attractive enough for...
[July 12, 2001, 15:43]
'Basic' tabbed browsing to come in IE7
News The IE guru also explained the motivation behind keeping the feature - which has been available for some years in competing products - out of IE until now. The Firefox developer contended that Microsoft's motivation in adding the tabbed browsing...
[May 17, 2005, 9:50]
Russia tweaks laws to drive IT growth
News Our motive is not to give them something, but to give them motivation. It is a big motivation," Fursenko said. Although raw materials have been the cornerstone of Russia's economic growth in the last decade, the country will increasingly attempt to...
[January 30, 2004, 8:40]
Next Sobig outbreak 'overdue'
News The motivation behind the Sobig worms also suggests the work of the creator is unlikely to stop now. CA's Perry said: "If it is the case that this was essentially a way to harvest email addresses and then sell them to spam houses, the fact that the...
[September 18, 2003, 11:50]
Doubts raised over Android fragmentation
News If that critical mass exists, the motivation to fragment decreases. What is the motivation to fragment if the main draw for Android, from a consumer perspective, is that you get the applications and benefit from innovation?
[June 12, 2008, 15:05]
CA talks the open source talk
News Although Governor questions CA's real motivation, he claims the decision to open source Ingres is sound. But despite the overtly commercial motivation, Ovum's Barnett says that CA's contribution to open source is significant when compared with...
[February 4, 2005, 15:15]
