Dissertations / Theses on the topic 'Standard IPMA'

The diploma thesis is focused on the topic of managerial competencies and competency models, as a particular combination of competencies that are necessary for the effective performance of the work. Managerial competencies are in this thesis specifically focused on the competencies of the project manager. The aim of the diploma thesis is based on an analysis to identify the competencies of the project manager and on this basis to develop generic competency model of project manager. The theoretical basis of the work is focused mainly on the issues of the concept of competence, the development, use and types of competencies. Further are processed concepts of the area of managerial competencies and project management on the basis of literature and Internet resources on this topic. Own part is based on analysis of documents, which is the basis for compiling the survey, whose result is a list of selected competencies important for work as a project manager. Based on the list of important competencies is compiled generic competency model project manager. In conclusion summarizes the results from own part.

The diploma thesis focuses on the concept of a project management plan in the municipality Sobůlky. It summarizes the theoretical knowledge according to the IPMA standard and applies them in the proposal section. It contains a questionnaire survey conducted in the municipality and a subsequent comparison of the findings with the proposal of the family folklore afternoon plan.

The purpose of this thesis is to implement project management methodologies to support development of innovative entrepreneurship in the South Moravia region, to promote Czech innovation abroad, and to bolster interdisciplinary cooperation in research commercializing and development results. The thesis summarizes both the theoretical knowledge of project management according to the IPMA standards, and the use of their tools and methodologies in practice.

Larger systems today, like telephone and optical switches, are usually based on a multiboard architecture where a set of printed-circuit boards are connected to a backplane board. These systems are also equipped with Boundary-Scan to enable testing, however, the backplane in a multi-board system has a limited wiring capability, which makes the additional backplane Boundary-Scan wiring highly costly. The problem is to access the Boundary-Scan enabled boards with the Boundary-Scan controller located at a central board. In this MSc. thesis project we propose an approach suitable for the Advanced Telecommunication Computing Architecture (ATCA) standard where we make use of the existing Intelligent Platform Management Bus (IPMB) and expands its protocol for application of Boundary-Scan tests. We have also defined a command set as well as a test data format for storing embedded test data on the boards to support the remote execution of Boundary-Scan tests. For validation of the proposed approach we have developed demonstrator.

This thesis deals with the subject of project management, primarily from the viewpoint of the development of a tool for project management support using the PRINCE2 methodology and the Unicorn Universe information system. The subject of the theoretical part is the definition of a project and project management and a description and a comparison of the most widely used project management standards, PRINCE2, PMI and IPMA. Subsequently, the emphasis is put on a detailed description of PRINCE2 with regard to its use in the next parts of the work. At the end of the theoretical part of the thesis the chapters are devoted to Unicorn Universe and to Unicorn Enterprise System Powered Company, which is a methodology used for company management. In the practical part, the author followed the recommended 4-phases process of the development of a new methodology set defined by the UESPC methodology; inception, elaboration, construction and transition. By means of the analysis in inception and elaboration stages and creation of A4 and High Level Concept documents, which describe specific ways how to implement various elements of PRINCE2into the Unicorn Universe, and the subsequent production of project management tool prototype, the author worked his way up to the construction stage, in which he designed and created definitions of meta artifacts and scripts for their later implementation in the final phase, called transition. In this phase metaartifacts were set up. They are templates for management and control artifacts and for other items necessary for the production of the methodological set, a final product of the thesis. At the end of thesis, the automation scripts, as proposed in the previous stage to verify the practical use of the thesis product, were assigned for implementation.

The thesis is focused on the role of assurance within project management standards. Firstly, the theoretical role of assurance was established based on the performed research. Three main areas of interest have been identified: Assurance over business, the project itself and the product. The role established in the theoretical part of the work was subsequently compared to information systems development methodologies and project management standards. From the comparison with AUP, Scrum and FDD methodologies, it seems that the better assurance is defined, the longer the feedback cycle is. During the comparison with the three most widespread project management standards - IPMA, PRINCE2 and PMBOK - various areas have been identified where these are not fully compliant with the theoretical role of assurance. Additions to IPMA and PMBOK have been created to support the compliance with the theoretically established role of assurance, fulfilling the objective set for the practical part of the work and providing benefits to IT project management professionals that struggle to deliver quality products while following one of the aforementioned standards.

The lack of studies relating to the ethical needs and values of public relations professionals in the European Union indicated the need for a research study to ascertain: 1. the experience of European Union public relations professionals in confronting and resolving ethical issues, 2. what the needs are in charting an ethical course for individual professional conduct, 3.what the needs are to guide organizations in the ethical performance of public relations, and 4. the social responsibility of public relations.Nearly all of the quantitative studies have been devoted to an examination of the views of members of American public relations associations. Numerous authors have pointed out the value of ethical standards and of a means of enforcement of the standards for professions. In spite of an ongoing professional dialogue as to the need, little progress has been made in defining sanctions against those who violate ethical principles while defining themselves as public relations counselors.This study was based on a mail survey created and distributed by Sharpe in the Fall of 1993. Three questions from the 1972 Newsom's research study were added. Threehundred and fifty-five public relations practitioner members of the International Public Relations Association within the European Union in 1995 were identified as the population for this study. A 35.2% response rate was attained after two mailings.The typical respondent was male, had been in the profession from 10 to 30 years, held an accreditation, was a specialist and identified himself as a counselor. He related that he confronted ethical issues with frequency particularly in relation to relationships with clients, the news media, and customers. The majority of the ethical issues, which would have or had transgressed the organizational policies and personal/religious principles, consisted of: misleading information, promising more than could and was delivered, supporting a program with which he disagreed in principle, withholding information, and failure to accept responsibilities. He said that he resolved the last ethical issue encountered, which involved their organization's management performance, by pointing out the ethical issue and influencing an ethical action. He placed some value on both IPRA Codes. He saw all ethical issues as ethically wrong, especially those relating to sexual harassment, the sale of unsafe products and services, discrimination, establishing different pay scales for men and women doing the same work, withholding information for gain at expense of others, and promotion and sale of products in other countries that are unacceptable in the EU that place people at risk. He viewed the public relations profession as having a leading role in improving relationships between peoples of different races within a country and between countries. He saw public opinion as an effective control over public relations performance. Finally, he would recommend the establishment and communication of the organization's ethics code and performance policies so organizational management would be recognized for public relations performance. The employment of public relations officials with professional memberships obligating them to uphold a code of ethical conduct was viewed as a criteria that organizations should establish as evidence of the organization's commitment to ethical public relations.
Department of Journalism

The English diction texts by Madeleine Marshall and Kathryn LaBouff are two ofthe most acclaimed manuals on singing in this language. Differences in style between the two have separated proponents to be primarily devoted to one or the other. An in-depth study, comparing the precepts of both authors, and applying their principles, has resulted in an understanding of their common ground, as well as the need for the more comprehensive information, included by LaBouff, on singing in the dialect of American Standard, and changes in current Received Pronunciation, for British works, and Mid-Atlantic dialect, for English language works not specifically North American or British. Chapter 1 introduces Marshall and The Singer’s Manual of English Diction, and LaBouff and Singing and Communicating in English. An overview of selected works from Opera America’s resources exemplifies the need for three dialects in standardized English training. Chapter 2 reviews notational and diction resources, and use of the International Phonetic Association’s alphabet (IPA). Chapter 3 directly compares Marshall and LaBouff’s views of the importance of the unstressed syllable, often schwa [ә] or open I [ɪ], as vital to allowing the audience to understand the flow of the sung text, and contrasts their differences regarding < r >. Chapter 4 discusses observations in applying the tenets with singers, focusing on three arias coached for this dissertation. Chapter 5 states conclusions and opportunities for further research. Figures include materials from the Juilliard School Archives. Appendices include interviews.

Speech work, as it relates to actor training, has undergone many important changes since its formal introduction to the field over a century ago by Edith Skinner. Unfortunately, there are many who hold on to antiquated, misinformed and often harmful approaches to this kind of training. This thesis questioned the traditional models of speech pedagogy by creating a narrative for its development, questioning its efficacy, and exploring the alternatives that have developed over the years. I looked at the texts and approaches of Edith Skinner, Patricia Fletcher, Louis Coliaini, and Dudley Knight/Phil Thompson. I acknowledge that each practitioner has made a substantial contribution to the field. In this thesis I question what place each has in the future of speech pedagogy in America. I gathered opinions from both critics and proponents of each work in the hopes of creating a more cohesive understanding of how speech pedagogy should be handled in the future according to those who will be teaching it. This thesis includes considerable usage of phonetic symbols found on the International Phonetic Alphabet establish by the International Phonetic Association.

Neurotrophins and their receptors are key molecules in the development of the
nervous system. Neurotrophin-3 binds preferentially to its high-affinity receptor
NTRK3, which exists in two major isoforms in humans, the full-length kinaseactive
form (150 kDa) and a truncated non-catalytic form (50 kDa). The two
variants show different 3'UTR regions, indicating that they might be differentially
regulated at the post-transcriptional level. In this work we explore how
microRNAs take part in the regulation of full-length and truncated NTRK3,
demonstrating that the two isoforms are targeted by different sets of microRNAs.
We analyze the physiological consequences of the overexpression of some of the
regulating microRNAs in human neuroblastoma cells. Finally, we provide
preliminary evidence for a possible involvement of miR-124 - a microRNA with no
putative target site in either NTRK3 isoform - in the control of the alternative
spicing of NTRK3 through the downregulation of the splicing repressor PTBP1.
Las neurotrofinas y sus receptores constituyen una familia de factores cruciales
para el desarrollo del sistema nervioso. La neurotrofina 3 ejerce su función
principalmente a través de una unión de gran afinidad al receptor NTRK3, del cual
se conocen dos isoformas principales, una larga de 150KDa con actividad de tipo
tirosina kinasa y una truncada de 50KDa sin dicha actividad. Estas dos isoformas
no comparten la misma región 3'UTR, lo que sugiere la existencia de una
regulación postranscripcional diferente. En el presente trabajo se ha explorado
como los microRNAs intervienen en la regulación de NTRK3, demostrando que las
dos isoformas son reguladas por diferentes miRNAs. Se han analizado las
consecuencias fisiológicas de la sobrexpresión de dichos microRNAs utilizando
células de neuroblastoma. Finalmente, se ha estudiado la posible implicación del
microRNA miR-124 en el control del splicing alternativo de NTRK3 a través de la
regulación de represor de splicing PTBP1.

The thesis is focused on two chosen standards of project management such as IPMA and PMI. The document covers fundamental terms of connected with the topic of project management. There is also a description of both institutions including their history and structure. The comparison of both standards and their certifications according to chosen indicators is based on the analysis of above-mentioned theoretical background. The thesis is based on information contained in official IPMA and PMI materials.

This diploma thesis focuses on processes in project management based on international standard IPMA Comptence Baseline (ICB). Its main goal is to create process models of chosen technical competences of the ICB. The models were built in a program called Bizagi Modeler in accordance with an international standard Business Process Model and Notation. Results of this thesis are represented by the process models for each of the chosen technical competences and by an overall model that put all the created competences together. It helps to show connections between the competences as well as to understand the application of competences within the project cycle. Crucial steps of chosen competences are also applied to a model project for better understanding of a real application. Created process models may serve as a user guide for project managers who manage projects according to the ICB.

This thesis deals with certification of project managers according to the ICB standard, which focuses on the competence of the project manager. The theoretical part introduces the historical development and approaches to project management, basic concepts in project management and widespread standards and certification in project management. The practical part is devoted to detailed description of the version 3 and 4 of the ICB standard. Subsequently comparison of both versions according to selected criteria and on the basis of this comparison are evaluated strengths and weaknesses of each version. The conclusion is formulated to benefit ICB 4 for the practice of project management and is designed to possibly form the structure of the standard.

This diploma thesis is focused on technical, behavioural and contextual competences of project managers defined by IPMA ICB 3 and its use by projcet managers in practice. Theoretical part describes project management, standards a methodics in the area of project management and competences of project managers defined by IPMA. The empirical part deals with analysis of the survey results. This analysis is focused on evaluating the use and necessity of competencies of project managers in practice.

This diploma thesis contains comparison of IPMA standards' use among project managers from Chelyabinsk oblast in Russian Federation and South-Moravian region in Czech Republic. The work is divided into two parts by themes. The first part creates theoretical platform for understanding of this problematic. The second part is composed of questionnaires’ evaluation and further comparison, which were made by using statistic calculations and coefficients. Findings acquired through questionary assessment are described as follows and on their basis a recommendation for IPMA development is given.

博士
中華大學
科技管理博士學位學程
100
The purpose of this study was to establish a new methodology to improve the service quality of the standard hotel in Taiwan by integrating IPA, Taguchi Signal-to-Noise Ratio and DEMATEL. First of all, this study used IPA method to evaluate the importance and performance of service quality of customers’ expectation. And then, using the Taguchi Signal-to-Noise Ratio to process ordinal data, and considered the influence of average and variance to determine the improvement direction of quality characteristics, so as to, intergrating the experts and customers’ opinions of service quality by conducting DEMATEL. Finally, we established a new TD-IPA matrix to find out the core service quality problems of the hotel to develop strategies for continuous improvement and enhance customer satisfaction.

碩士
中華大學
科技管理學系碩士班
102
According to Tourism Bureau, nearly a decade of change in visitor arrivals to Taiwan shows that the number of inbound visitors yearly growth, and according to the Tourism Bureau data show that another passenger in the main accommodation units at the hotel (89 times per hundred people), where the order of the general type of accommodation Hotels hostels (accounting for 61.82%), international tourist hotels (accounting for 29.90%), tourist hotels (representing 8.28%); visitors to the hotel's overall satisfaction was 84% overall satisfaction for Breakfast 81% of the youth hostel. activity centers overall satisfaction was 82%. (Tourism Bureau, 2013), showing average hotel stay in Taiwan's service industry occupies an important position. This study aims to create an integrated Kano's Model, Taguchi signal to noise ratio and IPA decision analysis methodology to analyze the quality of standard hotel services in Taiwan importance, expressivity and attributes to identify standard hotel service quality continued to improve with innovative projects. The study found that standard hotel service quality should be an immediate improvement projects, order for the company to be able to customer equity as a priority consideration (E9), understand customers special needs (E11) and service personnel immediately resolve consumer issues abilities (RES3). The average hotel service quality charm projects, namely decorating uniqueness (T2), good vision landscape (T3), consumer Amount low (T7), with modern equipment (karaoke ok, TV, newspapers and magazines ... etc., T9) , the diversity of facilities (swimming pool, air conditioning, conference room, sauna, internet ... etc., T10), hotel marketing (advertising, internet ... etc., T11) and commodity trafficking (souvenirs, T12).

Projeto de dissertação de mestrado em Engenharia e Gestão de Sistemas de Informação
A existência de normas e guias de boas práticas é vasta e estes são necessários para ajudar as organizações a obter bons resultados nos projetos, sendo que, esse resultado é atingido se no final do projeto todos os requisitos forem cumpridos e o cliente estiver satisfeito. A utilização destas normas e guias, para a gestão de projetos, aumenta o conhecimento dos gestores e ajuda a organização a atingir melhores resultados. As mesmas estão associadas a diversas áreas de conhecimento ou competências, em que cada uma delas possui processos a desenvolver. Esta dissertação caracteriza diversos referenciais associados à gestão de projetos na área de Tecnologias de Informação, descreve as várias áreas associadas a cada referencial especificado anteriormente e de forma breve aborda as mudanças ocorridas de edição para edição de cada um deles. De forma a ajudar as organizações a escolher o referencial que melhor se adecua ao seu projeto, é feito um estudo de complementaridade e sobreposição entre referenciais. No entanto, o objetivo base desta dissertação passa pelo desenvolvimento de um framework que mostre a evolução futura na gestão de projetos, tendo por base a evolução passada. Através desta dissertação, foi possível o desenvolvimento de uma tabela que apresenta os 12 referenciais estudados e feito um cruzamento entre as áreas que os compõem de forma a mostrar como estes se complementam. Também, através desta dissertação, foi desenvolvido um modelo comparativo/prospetivo em que apresenta várias mudanças entre edições dos referenciais e vários pontos associados à evolução futura na gestão de projetos.
The existence of standards and guides of good pratices is vast and these are required to help the organizations to obtain good results in the projects, which means, a result is reached if in the end of the project all the requirements are fulfilled and the client is satisfied. The use of these standards and guides, for project management, increases the manager’s knowledge and helps the organization to achive better results. The stantards are associated with different areas of knowledge or competences, each with their own processes to develop. This dissertation, characterizes several standards related to project management in the area of Information Technologies, describes their associated areas for each standard and briefly discusses the changes that occurred in the last editions of the standards. In the way to help th organization to choose the best standard that best suits the project, it’s made a complementary and overlap study between standards. However, the objective of this dissertions it is the development of a framework that shows the future evolution in the project management based on past evolution. Through the progress of this dissertion, it was possible to develop a table that shows the 12 study standards and it was made an interlacement between the areas that compose them in order to show how they complement each other. In addition, it was developed a comparative/prospective model incorporating several changes between standards editions and various associated points to the future evolution in project management.