https://akos.ma/tags/papers/Recent content in Papers on akos.maHugo -- gohugo.ioenMon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0100https://akos.ma/blog/using-phonegap-as-a-mobile-app-platform/Mon, 04 Nov 2013 00:00:00 +0100https://akos.ma/blog/using-phonegap-as-a-mobile-app-platform/This report will provide an overview of the challenges and opportunities brought by PhoneGap when building cross-platform mobile applications for touchscreen smartphones and tablets.https://akos.ma/blog/on-the-importance-of-yerba-mate-in-the-software-development-process/Mon, 26 Oct 2009 00:00:00 +0100https://akos.ma/blog/on-the-importance-of-yerba-mate-in-the-software-development-process/This paper will highlight the results of an extensive research conducted since the mid 90’s, on the effects of the consumption of beverages based in the plant known as Ilex paraguariensis, in the framework of software development process activities in South America and some small parts of Europe.https://akos.ma/blog/dangers-of-prototyping/Fri, 15 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200https://akos.ma/blog/dangers-of-prototyping/Frederick P. Brooks Jr. has written about prototypes, saying that they are not only useful but strictly fundamental pieces of the overall software process, as in many other engineering activities.https://akos.ma/blog/saving-a-failing-project/Mon, 11 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200https://akos.ma/blog/saving-a-failing-project/In 2006 I had the opportunity to work as a “project leader” into a small failing project.https://akos.ma/blog/adding-manpower/Fri, 08 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200https://akos.ma/blog/adding-manpower/Published in 1975, “The Mythical Man-Month” is considered an all-time classic in the software engineering field.https://akos.ma/blog/certification/Tue, 05 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200https://akos.ma/blog/certification/While several other professions have a long, established and standard procedure of certification, the title “software engineer” is applied to both self-made developers, turned into experts of some technique, or to people with PhD degrees, and a long history of both academic and professional achievements.https://akos.ma/blog/challenges-for-software-engineers/Sun, 03 Aug 2008 00:00:00 +0200https://akos.ma/blog/challenges-for-software-engineers/Software Engineering is the youngest of all the professions, being born around 50 years ago, but since then it has been continually improved.https://akos.ma/blog/a-watch-from-an-oop-perspective/Sun, 13 Jul 2008 00:00:00 +0200https://akos.ma/blog/a-watch-from-an-oop-perspective/A watch might be one of the most common types of objects, but it remains also one of the earliest pieces of human craftmanship to show an extreme level of complexity, all contained in a small amount of space.https://akos.ma/blog/total-quality-management-and-software/Tue, 18 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100https://akos.ma/blog/total-quality-management-and-software/Total Quality Management is one of the founding pillars of modern mass-production economy, of which the software industry is by far the youngest (and most rebel) child.https://akos.ma/blog/factors-of-software-project-quality/Sun, 16 Dec 2007 00:00:00 +0100https://akos.ma/blog/factors-of-software-project-quality/I strongly consider that the following three items are of high relevance for software project quality: