Browsing by Author "AZIZ DERAMAN"

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    LANGKAWI GEODIVERSITY REPOSITORY SYSTEM
    (Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 2011) AZIZ DERAMAN; JAMAIAH H. YAHAYA
    The development of a geodiversity information and repository system is a valuable solution that can assure the management and preservation of geological data sets are more interesting, reachable and shared to the public at large. This research was embarked upon based on the realisation that, with the advancement of information and communication technology, knowledge about geodiversity might be better represented and explored. This research attempted to establish how geodiversity components and their relationships could be modelled into various forms of digital object (DO) to enable access and sharing of geodiversity information. The objectives of this research were (1) to establish a data model for geodiversity repository, (2) to design and implement Geodiversity Repository System, and (3) to capture the Langkawi geodiversity data into a single repository specifically for tourism industries. This development was conducted through an action research approach which comprised in five phases: diagnosing, action planning, action taking, evaluating and specifying learning. This paper presents the phases in the action-research cycle for the development of Langkawi Geodiversity System, also known as MyGeo-RS. It highlights the theoretical architecture, the design of geodiversity repository and the implementation. The data captured and provided in this system is suitable for tourism industries but gives little contribution to scientific applications. This will be the limitation of current design and architecture and further work needs to be done to accommodate the scientific requirements.
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    SOFTWARE CERTIFICATION MODEL BASED ON PRODUCT QUALITY APPROACH
    (Journal of Sustainability Science and Management, 2008) JAMAIAH HAJI YAHAYA; AZIZ DERAMAN; ABDUL RAZAK HAMDAN
    In this information age, most businesses are highly dependent on the availability ofiCT services, especially in software application components. The interest in the acquisition of a high quality software has increased among various stakeholders. However, some pertaining problems are still being debated such as: (i) determining the quality ofsoftware product; (ii) defining mechanism for assessing software product quality; (iii) ensuring and offering software quality guarantee; and (iv) ensuring the continuous improvement ofquality ofsoftware product. Users are concerned with the quality of software delivered and they expect the software to be in good quality and meet their prescribed standard. Therefore, a practical mechanism for assessment and certification is required to resolve these uncertainties. Findings from previous empirical study conducted in Malaysia agreed that with certification embedded and granted to the software might resolve the uncertainties and suspicion on the status and standing of software product. Based on survey and literature findings, main quality attributes have been identified which are crucial to the proposed certification framework. Two distinct models of certification are developed i.e. SCtM_prod and SPAC based on product and process quality approaches respectively. This paper focuses on software certification model based on product quality approach.