• DocumentCode
    1823031
  • Title

    The importance of technology management in the ICT requirements definition process

  • Author

    Linden, Ari

  • Author_Institution
    Tampereen Teknillinen Yliopisto, Porin yksikkö, Finland
  • fYear
    2013
  • fDate
    July 28 2013-Aug. 1 2013
  • Firstpage
    2283
  • Lastpage
    2295
  • Abstract
    The research will concentrate on the importance of technology management in the ICT (Information and Communications Technology, especially Telephony Technology) requirements definition process, focusing on the words (terms and features) occurrence in requirements specifications. The importance of technology management among companies has grown. Technology terms are still very poorly understood and features behind the terms cause confusion and difficult situations for the people concerned. Very technical terms and features are difficult to handle, present, understand, or discuss, because the vocabulary is not the common language of the people in the organization. Requirements specifications, if they occur, are offered in formats, with language, terms, and features, which it may take time to really understand the purpose of or to deal effectively with. This lack of knowledge or information may cause major misunderstandings. While there are very complex technical services or products, the importance of features are very significant items to solve and discuss, to avoid the possibility that participants do not understand each other. Technology has grown so complex that we need external consultants and experienced specialists to co-operate with the people from the procurement unit to solve the terms, features, needs, and requirements. Terms, features or needs and requirements are presented in a way that there is a huge risk of understanding them in different ways. What has happened to technology management in companies nowadays? Our focus is on researching public procurement units that use very complex technology procurements. The main focus is on the national level, but as we can read from articles and other informative channels, the importance of the whole procurement market is worldwide issue. We wished to search for mor
  • Keywords
    formal specification; procurement; technology management; telephony; ICT requirements definition process; complex technical products; complex technical services; complex technology procurement; feature occurrence; information and communication technology; informative channels; national level; procurement market; public procurement units; requirements specifications; technology management; telephony technology; term occurrence; word occurrence; Capability maturity model; Computer architecture; Procurement; Standards; Technological innovation; Technology management;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Technology Management in the IT-Driven Services (PICMET), 2013 Proceedings of PICMET '13:
  • Conference_Location
    San Jose, CA
  • Type

    conf

  • Filename
    6641810