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A Case Study on Project-Management Training-Support Tools for Japanese/Chinese/Indian Offshore Development Engineers

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Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (KES 2007)

Part of the book series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science ((LNAI,volume 4693))

Abstract

We developed project-management training-support tools. The tools consist of a Web-based training (WBT) (e-learning) system and software designed to teach bridge software engineers (SEs) methods for solving problems. We asked a group of bridge SEs to participate in an experiment to determine whether training with our tools would improve their project-management and/or problem-solving skills. The results suggest that WBT (e-learning) is an effective method for acquiring explicit knowledge. However, the results also suggest that the software designed to teach the SEs methods for solving problems is ineffective in improving their problem-solving skills.

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  1. School of Knowledge Science, Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology, 1-1 Asahidai, Nomi, Ishikawa, 923-1292, Japan

    Sadamitsu Toyoda, Motoki Miura & Susumu Kunifuji

  2. The SANNO Institute of Management, 6-39-15 Todoroki, Setagaya, Tokyo,158-8630, Japan

    Sadamitsu Toyoda

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  1. Dipartimento di Scienze dell’Informazione, Università degli Studi di Milano, Via Comelico 39/41, 20135, Milano, Italy

    Bruno Apolloni

  2. Centre for SMART Systems, School of Engineering, University of Brighton, BN2 4GJ, Brighton, UK

    Robert J. Howlett

  3. Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems Centre, University of South Australia, Mawson Lakes, SA 5095, Adelaide, Australia

    Lakhmi Jain

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Toyoda, S., Miura, M., Kunifuji, S. (2007). A Case Study on Project-Management Training-Support Tools for Japanese/Chinese/Indian Offshore Development Engineers. In: Apolloni, B., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L. (eds) Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems. KES 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 4693. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74827-4_152

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