http://repository.uwic.ac.uk/dspace The DSpace digital repository system captures, stores, indexes, preserves, and distributes digital research material. Search the Channel search http://repository.uwic.ac.uk/dspace/simple-search http://hdl.handle.net/10369/888 Title: E-theses: metadata record<br/><br/>Authors: Other, A.N.<br/><br/>Abstract: This is the abstract for the test record. It highlights all the metadata we will need to handle.<br/><br/>Description: Other Description http://hdl.handle.net/10369/882 Title: Agile development in bureaucratic arena - A case study experience<br/><br/>Authors: Berger, Hilary<br/><br/>Abstract: The evolving nature of development approaches towards Agile development is viewed with some success. However, evidence suggests that not all development environments have evolved with the same alacrity, thus an organization's inherent culture may not match the development approach adopted effecting failure. This paper concerns an innovative, real-world Government IS project that is currently being implemented in the UK that reflects such a situation. The paper looks at the tension that transpired between the bureaucratic project arena and the Agile development approach. It examines stakeholders’ behaviour and attitudes borne from a bureaucratic and hierarchical society that were problematic for Agile development. It further explores the issues of conflict and trust that prevented key stakeholders from building and fostering a collaborative and co-operative collective with the Developers that had significant impact. The case study provides evidential insights into the phenomenon of stakeholder control over critical decision-making activities that prevailed over organizational driven strategies that has implications for practice. http://hdl.handle.net/10369/881 Title: Stigma: Addressing Negative Associations in Product Design<br/><br/>Authors: Stockton, Glynn<br/><br/>Abstract: Inclusive Design is the practice of providing access to a solution for as many users as possible. However, stigma can be seen as the Achilles heel of Inclusive Design, as it is possible for artefacts employed by users outside of mainstream society to carry a negative association independently of the user. This can result in mainstream users rejecting the product, which can in turn become a signifier of the stigmatised condition leading to further discrimination. This paper details methods identified for addressing negative associations that products can carry when employed by stigmatised user groups. It is made clear from the outset that stigma is a societal wide issue and the research is not intended to try and address this; the outcome is intended to be a disassociation from the stigma for the artefacts.Research was conducted and several methods were identified where products had become successfully disassociated from the stigmatised user, meaning that the product itself was free from any negative association. These methods were then taxonomised and evaluated for effectiveness for creating artefacts free of negative association.It was found that it is possible to create artefacts that are free from negative association and although it may not have been the intention to address the stigma of the user, this may occur as a benefit.<br/><br/>Description: Published in Creating a better world - Proceedings from the 11th international conference on engineering and product design education http://hdl.handle.net/10369/861 Title: A Study to discover whether students following dance courses in the public and /or private sector are informed or given effective Careers Advise [sic] about Dance Careers<br/><br/>Authors: Barr, Nicola