[Asis-l] Abstract Announcement for International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP) 5(4)

[Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha]

Abstract Announcement for International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP) 5(4)
The contents of the latest issue of:
International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP)
An Official Publication of the Information Resources Management Association
Volume 5, Issue 4, October - December 2013
Published: Quarterly in Print and Electronically
ISSN: 1938-0194; EISSN: 1938-0208;
Published by IGI Global Publishing, Hershey, USA
www.igi-global.com/ijwp

Editor(s)-in-Chief: Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Polytechnic Institute of Cavado and Ave, Portugal), João Varajão (University of Minho, Portugal)

INTERVIEW

Editorial Preface

Maria Manuela Cruz-Cunha (Polytechnic Insitute of Cavado and Ave, Barcelos, Portugal), João Varajão (University of Minho, Guimarães, Portugal)

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ARTICLE 1

Using Web Portals to Model and Manage Enterprise Projects

Sergey Zykov (Higher School of Economics, National Research University, Moscow, Russia), Alexey Kukushkin (Moscow Aviation Institute, National Research University, Moscow, Russia)

Enterprise content management is quite an issue because of heterogeneity, complexity and size. Moreover, this burden is exponentially growing. In order to efficiently handle the enterprise content, a systematic approach is required, which embraces object-based models and software engineering tools. The paper outlines the approach, and gives the primary attention to the formal models for content management. The formal models are fully supported by problem-oriented languages and CASE level tools. The proposed approach has been extended for application in project integration management. The paper also suggests the method of dynamic modeling of planning and change management processes taking into account particular project constraints, priorities, environment etc. This method is based on ER-model of project structures (WBS, OBS, TRM, network etc.) and the Selective-function Linear resolution for Definite Clause. The resolution procedure defines the sequence of the project structures determination i.e. the management process including inputs and outputs on the basis of specified initial conditions. This method was applied in a consulting project in public management domain. It could be implemented as a web-service for another web-based Enterprise Project Management Systems or as a stand-alone solution with GUI. The approach has been approved by a number of successful enterprise-scale implementations in oil-and-gas industry, public management, trading and banking enterprises, nuclear power plant construction and other areas.

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ARTICLE 2

Project Management Simulation Portal: Proposal, Features and Construction Process

João Nascimento (School of Management and Technology, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Santarém, Portugal), Paulo Resende da Silva (School of Social Sciences, University of Évora, Évora, Portugal), João Samartinho (School of Management and Technology, Polytechnic Institute of Santarém, Santarém, Portugal)

Simulation, in the context of Project Management teaching / learning process, has been described as an effective way to achieve better outcomes. There are already some tools developed to simulate the management of technical work. Still, project management is much more than dealing with technical tasks. The system developed aims to sustain the process of teaching / learning the subject of project management in a broad range. When compared with other work in the field, there are two aspects that stand out from the product described in this paper: (1) the use of the Web to enhance the interaction between the agents involved in the teaching / learning process, and (2) the variety of skills considered in the system. More than focusing on a small set of processes dealing with technical work management, the solution presented here involves nearly the full project management life cycle. This paper proposes a simulation system for Project Management, based on the Web environment (Project Management Virtual Environment). It also presents the process of the system's construction and describes its features.

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ARTICLE 3

Using Mobile Devices with BYOD

Georg Disterer (University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hannover, Germany), Carsten Kleiner (University of Applied Sciences and Arts, Hannover, Germany)

Using mobile devices like smartphones and tablets offers many advantages and has become very popular in private life. Using them in the workplace is also popular, but nobody wants to carry around and handle two devices: one for personal use, and one for work-related tasks. Therefore “Bring Your Own Device” (BYOD) may be appropriate: users make their personal devices available for company use. Apart from improved convenience this also incurs additional opportunities and risks for companies at the same time. We describe and discuss organizational issues, technical approaches, and solutions.

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ARTICLE 4

The Quality of Portuguese Obesity Websites

Diana Clarisse Pires Martins (Health School, Polytechnic Institute of Braganza, Braganza, Portugal), Sandra Emanuela da Silva Soares (Health School, Polytechnic Institute of Braganza, Braganza, Portugal), Marta Maria Monteiro de Jesus (Polytechnic Institute of Braganza, Health School, Braganza, Portugal), Joana Isabel Almendra Gomes (Polytechnic Institute of Braganza, Health School, Braganza, Portugal), Tânia Gisela Miranda Dias (Polytechnic Institute of Braganza, Health School, Braganza, Portugal), António José Gonçalves Fernandes (Agriculture School, Polytechnic Institute of Braganza, Braganza, Portugal & Centre of Transdisciplinary Development Studies, University of Trás-os-Montes and Alto Douro, Vila Real, Portugal), Vera Ferro-Lebres (Health School, Polytechnic Institute of Braganza, Braganza, Portugal)

The objective of this study was to evaluate the quality of Portuguese obesity websites. A cross-sectional, quantitative and observational study was designed. The evaluation of 127 sites found using the Google in “Advanced Search” option “pages in Portuguese”, country “Portugal” was performed. The quality criteria used in this study resulted from the merger/adaptation from several authors previously published. The information on obesity was evaluated according to the Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network: Management of Obesity, a National Clinical Guideline, 2010. The quality criteria most mentioned in the websites, were the purpose (80.3%) and authority (73.2%). On the other hand, the editorial review (7.9%) and references (15.7%) were mentioned in the narrowest websites. The websites analyzed had a mean quality score of 5.2 points (± 2.1) out of 11. A significant correlation was found between the score of information on obesity and quality score for adults group (0.282) and both ages group (0.437). In Portugal, the websites that provide information on obesity had, generally, a low quality score.

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ARTICLE 5

Facet of Modeling Web Information Systems from a Document-Centric View

Bálint Molnár (Information Systems Department, Eötvös University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary), András Benczúr (Information Systems Department, Eötvös University of Budapest, Budapest, Hungary)

The modeling of Information Systems in general, and Web Information Systems (WIS) especially, is a permanent issue so that there have been already several attempts and proposals for representing various facets of WIS. In our proposed approach, we focus on the organizational and business activity modeling and we concentrate on documents that represent the information of enterprises in the form of unstructured and semi-structured documents. The compilation of documents mirrors implicitly or explicitly the structure of enterprises, the interrelationship of business processes, and activities and tasks within processes. The documents represent, at the same time, the system roles along with tasks and activities. Our modeling approach concentrates on the co-existence and co-operation of documents and activities of business. The Story Algebra, or more generally the process algebra approach provides a formal framework that promises a formal describing method for modeling precisely the event triggered processes coupled with data in document format within an Enterprise Architecture Framework.

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Mission of IJWP:

The mission of the International Journal of Web Portals (IJWP) is to be a primary forum for researchers and practitioners to disseminate the evolving theory and practice related to Web portals, providing comprehensive coverage and understanding in its technological, business, organizational, and social dimensions. IJWP expands knowledge on all types of portals, from personal and corporate to domain specific, including government, news, cultural, collaborative, and business oriented portals. The journal publishes original contributions concerned with all aspects of planning, development, implementation, management, and exploitation, including literature reviews and case studies.

Coverage of IJWP:

Topics to be discussed in this journal include (but are not limited to) the following:

    Business process integration and management
    Cloud and grid solutions
    Content Management Systems
    Customization
    e-Commerce and e-Business applications
    Evolution of portals
    Frameworks for portal design and development
    Infrastructures
    Mobile technologies and applications
    Project management
    Resource management, performance issues, and administration issues
    Security issues
    Semantic Web services and federated architectures in Web portals
    Tools and development environments
    User interface issues
    Web services 

Interested authors should consult the journal's manuscript submission guidelines www.igi-global.com/calls-for-papers/international-journal-web-portals-ijwp/1113