This contribution presents a model for process improvement in the area of performance engineering, which is called performance engineering maturity model. The use of this model allows the evaluation of the level of integration and application of performance engineering. It leans against the well-established capability maturity model from the software engineering institute. The model is based on a questionnaire catalog, which was transferred into a web based evaluation form. The results of this anonymous evaluation are analyzed in this contribution.
The protection of our environment remains one of the greatest challenges in industrialized societies. This challenge is addressing politics, economy as well as technology and research. It is clear that the various problems in environmental protection, environmental planning, research and engineering can be only solved on the ground of a comprehensive and reliable information basis. State and dynamics of the environment are described by biological, physical, chemical, geological, meteorological, and social-economic data. This data is time and space dependent and addresses past or current states. The processing of this data and the production of information on the environment, on its stress factors, and on mutual influence mechanisms are fundamental for any kind of environmental planning and preventive measures. Therefore, environmental problem solving is mainly an information processing activity handling a wide range of environmental data. Solutions to our environmental problems are strongly dependent on the quality of accessible information sources. Certainly, information is a very critical factor in making decisive political actions and in changing people’s attitudes on the environment. This information on environmental aspects is just as important as basis for decisions on actions in environmental protection as for gaining knowledge in environmental research.
Dieses Werk ist urheberrechdich geschiitzt. Die dadurch begriindeten Rechte, insbesondere die der "Obersetzung, des Nachdrucks, des Vortrags, der Entnahme von Abbildungen und Tabellen, der Funksendung, der Mikroverfilmung oder der VervieIfăItigung auf anderen Wegen und der Speicherung in Datenverarbeitungsanlagen, bleiben, auch bei nur auszugsweiser Verwertung, vorbehalten. Eine VervieIfăItigung dieses Werkes oder von Teilen dieses Werkes ist auch im Einzelfall nur in den Grenzen der gesetzlichen Bestimmungen des Urheberrechtsgesetzes der Bundesrepublik Deutschland vom 9. September 1965 in der jeweils geitenden Fassung zulăssig. Sie ist grundsătzlich vergiitungspflichtig. Zuwiderhandlungen unterliegen den Strafbestimmungen des Urheberrechtsgesetzes. @ Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 1999 Die Wiedergabe von Gebrauchsnamen, Handelsnamen, Warenbezeichnungen usw. in diesem Werk berechtigt auch ohne besondere Kennzeichnung nicht zu der Annahme, daB solche Namen im Sinne der Warenzeichen-und Markenschutz-Gesetzgebung als frei zu betrachten wiiren und daher von jedermann benutzt werden diirften.
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