Shukor Sanim Mohd Fauzi

Consumer acceptance of RFID-enabled services in validating Halal status

As Halal is the greatest concert to all Muslims, several measures have been taken by the authorities to educate Muslims about Halal status on food products. Introducing Halal logo is one of the significant approaches. Challenges faced by manufacturers in promoting their products to Muslims consumers made process of securing Halal logo harder. Fake Halal logos are produced massively which then leads to confusion to the consumers. This study is focused on validating Halal status for food products by using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology to enhance existing methods in Malaysia. A preliminary survey was performed to valuate the industrys readiness ti implement RFID technology in Malaysia. A process model and prototype were developed to enhance existing systems. With this method, the authentic Halal logo that is issued by JAKIM can easily be validated, because every stamp that will be embedded into food packages is identified with its own unique identification number. An RFID reader will be placed at retail stores for consumers to validate products status. User evaluation has been conducted to measure satisfaction in term of usability, efficiency, security, affordability and profitability. Based on the evaluation, all respondents are satisfied with the performance of this new technology and fully support implementing this system globally, as the Malaysian government is now moving towards becoming the worlds Halal hub.

The effects of pair programming in programming language subject

Programming language subject is one of the main core subjects for undergraduate IT students. 47 of the undergraduate IT students in public higher education in Malaysia involved in the study. These students enroll Programming Language subject. Pair programming practice has been applied to these students to investigate the effect towards performance, confidence and quality of program developed. They had to sit for two lab tests and complete two assignments. First lab test and assignment need to be completed individually, while the second by using pair programming. Questionnaire has been used as a tool to collect data and then the data were analyzed using Statistical packages for the Social Science (SPSS 11.5).Pair programming has been indicated that it affects students’ performance, confidence and performance, where 100% of them increased their second assignment.

Incorporating software agents in automated personal software process (PSP) tools

The PSP-Expert Visualization Agent (EVA) is designed for software engineers specifically to introduce the agent-oriented concept, as well as to automate all the processes and fields involved in PSP. Currently, some developers of PSP automated tools include the agents element in their system that focuses on sensor-based tracking of lines of code. However, none of them fully utilize this element for other purposes or provide the agent with a personal assistant for the software engineer. This sensor-based tracking is limited to Eclipse environments such as Java and is not compatible with the use of web platforms as a PSP automated tool. The PSP-EVA system is required to perform several tasks. There are three agents that exist within the system: Interface Agent (IA), TaskAgent (TA), and SearchAgent (SA). By incorporating the multi-software agent in this automation system, PSP-EVA is able to have ready-access to applications and also to provide a visual representation of performance to the user. Additionally, evaluation of software engineers and team performance can be easily derived and evaluated statistically.

Software Configuration Management A Result from the Assessment and its Recommendation

Software Configuration Management (SCM) is a set of engineering procedures which involves defining and controlling the software products in a software configuration. The main goal of the SCM process is to ensure that all changes are recorded and the current state of the software is known and reproducible. SCM is applied not only during the design and development phase, but it is also applied until the maintenance phase. The purpose of this paper is to discuss about the result from the assessment of SCM practices in one small scale project. From the result, we have proposed a recommendation that the project team should employ to establish proper SCM practices in their project. To perform the research, we are embedded in the project for the duration of two weeks. We have participated and observe the SCM practices in that project. Data is gathered by interviewing members of the project, distributing questionnaires, observing the work done, and by analyzing work artifacts and other available documents.

Software Process Improvement and Management: Approaches and Tools for Practical Development

Over the past decade, there has been an increase in attention and focus on the discipline of software engineering. Software engineering tools and techniques have been developed to gain more predictable quality improvement results. Process standards such as Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI), ISO 9000, Software Process Improvement and Capability dEtermination (SPICE), Agile Methodologies, and others have been proposed to assist organizations to achieve more predictable results by incorporating these proven standards and procedures into their software process.Software Process Improvement and Management: Approaches and Tools for Practical Development offers the latest research and case studies on software engineering and development. The production of new process standards assist organizations and software engineers in adding a measure of predictability to the software process. Companies can gain a decisive competitive advantage by applying these new and theoretical methodologies in real-world scenarios. Researchers, scholars, practitioners, students, and anyone interested in the field of software development and design should access this book as a major compendium of the latest research in the field.

Software Process Improvement Models Implementation in Malaysia

The growing focus on software development has highlighted the importance of software process. Over the last few years, many large foreign organizations like Motorola, Thales, Lockheed Martin and other organizations have adopted the software process improvement model to provide effective software process management and control of the software they developed. What about the IT Company in Malaysia? This research attempts to identify and analyze the extent of Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) and other associated process model or frameworks in Malaysian organizations. Surveys in Malaysian software organizations which have an experience in initiating and conducting software process improvement initiative have been conducted. There were 20 respondents involved in this research. Most of the respondents were professionals who are directly involved in SPI initiative. This paper will present a survey analysis on organizations initiative in CMMI, IT Service Management and Other framework. From the survey, most of the organizations do not plan to implement IT service management framework such as AS8018 ICT Service Management, HP ITSM (IT service Management Reference Model), MOF (Microsoft Operations Framework), IBM SMSL (Systems Manage Solution Lifecycle, and CobiT (Control Objectives for Information and related Technology). Most of the organizations have implemented CMM/CMMI in their organizations. Other than that, they also implemented ISO 9001, Balance Scorecard and also PMBOK. From the result, it shows that most of the organizations in Malaysia have already shifted to the new paradigm by enforcing software process improvement in their organization.

Prediction of Dengue Outbreak in Selangor Using Fuzzy Logic

This research encapsulates a case study based on fuzzy logic approach for predicting dengue outbreak in Selangor from 2010 to 2013 by looking at certain variables such as total rainfall and total rainy days obtained from Malaysian Meteorological Department and Ministry of Health. The prediction is made to determine the conditions contributing to this outbreak. The objective of this research is to evaluate the performance of the fuzzy logic prediction and to predict the dengue outbreak in Selangor using fuzzy logic. The data is gathered in order to achieve a pattern, and correspondingly the value between actual and predicted is analysed. Fuzzy logic is then evaluated by looking at the mean square error (MSE). Other than that the value for prediction is attained after the actual value is normalized using min–max normalization. The analysis of the result concludes that fuzzy logic is able to provide the value of prediction that can be compared with other methods. By using this fuzzy logic model, the authorities are able to use this model to predict the dengue outbreak at certain regions and consequently preventive measures can be taken as precautions.

How the PMBOK Addresses Critical Success Factors for Software Projects: A Multi-round Delphi Study

A four-round Delphi was conducted to determine the degree to which the PMBOK can address the identified critical success factors for software projects. Our findings show that the PMBOK provides a very effective framework for addressing only one critical success factor. Thirteen factors are addressed to a very good degree, five to a good degree, four to a fair degree and two are addressed to a limited degree. The experts highlighted that the PMBOK provides little operational guidance in its processes, and some customisations are required to manage software projects.

Mapping of software configuration management issues with the area of responsibility

Majority of the current literature in GSD today only present the issues and solutions related to the social difficulties; cultural, language, time zone and others. There is only little investigation related to technical difficulties; particularly on Software Configuration Management (SCM). SCM is a practice which has been used widely; neither in collocated environment nor in GSD itself. SCM practices can be done without major problems in collocated environment. However, a lot of challenges faced by the team members in GSD environment; for the reason that the coordination and synchronization become more complex. This paper presents our findings of a systematic mapping study of the literature related to the issues concerning SCM and SCM areas of responsibility which have major problems.

The Development of Software Configuration Management Repository

The idea of the OSCMR is to manage software configuration items (CSCI) of various software development processes. OSCMR has been designed and developed to run on the Internet and features simple user interfaces. It also has been designed to help beginners having a simple view of the software development process. Next, OSCMR is flexible enough to adapt itself to different software development methodologies. CSCI in OSCMR is referred to any documents from early phase of software development until the end of the software development process. It can contain anything that can be stored and distributed in electronic form such as source codes, compiled executables, change request forms, software testing materials, and others. In this paper, we discuss the overview of OSCMR.