%0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2020 %T Enabling Rapid Product Development through Improved Verification and Validation Processes %A Antti Perttula %A Joni Kukkamäki %K agile %K requirements %K set-based design %K validation %K Verification %X Fierce competition in consumer electronics market has raised a lot of challenges for product development. Products now must enter to the market as fast as possible. The verification and validation (V&V) process is normally the most resource-demanding activity in product development (PD), and thus also has huge potential for improvement. The V&V process is traditionally executed near the end of the development process, and is one of the most critical activities because it identifies design errors. Error correction for a nearly complete product is often difficult and therefore can cause unexpected delays in product delivery. Performing V&V activities in early phases of the PD process and utilising V&V methods other than testing has proven to be a good approach to reduce risks associated with taking a long time to reach the market. However, V&V can only be carried out when verifiable requirements exist. This paper focuses on the importance of moving V&V activities to each phase of PD by defining the requirements for components and modules. In addition, we explore how some of product-level requirements can be verified before a product has been integrated, and explain the difference between definitions of verification and validation requirements. Finally, we present the idea of changing the focus of verification activities from being set-based in the early phase of development, to being point-based when the product is close to completion. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 10 %P 25-36 %8 03/2020 %G eng %U timreview.ca/article/1334 %N 3 %1 TAMK Dr. Antti Perttula is Principal Lecturer of Systems Engineering and Head of Aircraft Engineering Education at Tampere University of Applied Sciences (TAMK). In 2019, he was a Visiting Professor at the München University of Applied Sciences. Before academia, Perttula held several senior management positions in R&D organisations in the industry, military and civil aviation. Currently, Perttula works in rapid PD and in drone technology, including autonomous flying. He has worked in several countries in Europe, Asia and Africa. %2 HAMK Joni Kukkamäki acts as a Research Manager in the HAMK Smart Research Unit. He runs the Digital Solutions and Platforms team whose role is to provide technology-based research and development activities for the needs of HAMK research and industry. Focus areas for the team are software development, the Internet of Things, Game Engines and data analytics. Kukkamäki is a Bachelor of Business Administration (IT) graduate and is currently running his MSc (Computer Science) at Tampere University. %& 25 %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/1334 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2015 %T Building Cyber-Resilience into Supply Chains %A Adrian Davis %K cyber-resilience %K cybersecurity %K direct suppliers %K indirect suppliers %K information-centric approach %K procurement %K requirements %K resilience %K supply chain %K Tier 1 suppliers %X The article discusses how an organization can adopt an information-centric approach to protect its information shared in one or more supply chains; clearly communicate the expectations it has for a direct (Tier 1) supplier to protect information; and use contracts and measurement to maintain the protection desired. Building on this foundation, the concept of resilience – and that of cyber-resilience – is discussed, and how an information-centric approach can assist in creating a more cyber-resilient supply chain. Finally, the article concludes with five steps an organization can take to improve the protection of its information: i) map the supply chain; ii) build capability; iii) share information and expertise; iv) state requirements across the supply chain using standards, common frameworks, and languages; and v) measure, assess, and audit. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 5 %P 19-27 %8 04/2015 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/887 %N 4 %1 (ISC)2 Adrian Davis, PhD, MBA, FBCS CITP, CISSP, heads the Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) team for (ISC)2, the global, not-for-profit leader in educating and certifying information security professionals throughout their careers. His role is to deliver the (ISC)2 vision of inspiring a safe and secure cyber-world and its mission of supporting and providing members and constituents with credentials, resources, and leadership to secure information and deliver value to society. Before working for (ISC)2, Adrian delivered practical business solutions to over 360 blue-chip multinational clients for the Information Security Forum. His expertise included: managing information security in supply chains; information security governance and effectiveness; the relationship between information security and business continuity; and possible near-term threats to organizations. Adrian regularly attends and chairs conferences and contributes articles for the press. He also contributed to the development of ISO/IEC 27014: Governance of Information Security and currently acts as a co-editor for ISO/IEC 27036 Information Security in Supplier Relationships, Part 4: Guidelines for Security of Cloud Services. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/887 %0 Journal Article %J Technology Innovation Management Review %D 2013 %T Sustainability and Governance in Developing Open Source Projects as Processes of In-Becoming %A Daniel Curto-Millet %K becoming %K emergence %K governance %K open source %K Ostrom %K processes %K requirements %K sustainability %X Sustainability is often thought of as a binary state: an open source project is either sustainable or not. In reality, sustainability is much more complex. What makes this project more sustainable than that one? Why should it be assumed in the first place that sustainability is a prolonged state of an ingraced project? The threads are pulled from their yarns in many directions. This article attempts to reconceptualize some assumed notions of the processes involved in developing open source software. It takes the stance in favour of studying the fluctuant nature of open source and the associated artefacts, not as well-defined objects, but as commons that are continually built upon, evolved, and modified; sometimes in unexpected ways. Further, the governance of these commons is an ongoing process, tightly linked with the way in which these commons are allowed to further develop. This perspective of "in-becoming" is useful in understanding the efforts and processes that need to be provided to sustainably govern the development of open source projects and the advantages for managing requirements derived therein. %B Technology Innovation Management Review %I Talent First Network %C Ottawa %V 3 %P 40-45 %8 01/2013 %G eng %U http://timreview.ca/article/649 %N 1 %1 London School of Economics and Political Science Daniel Curto-Millet is a PhD student at the London School of Economics and Political Science. His research focuses on studying requirements engineering and innovation in open source contexts from new perspectives. He has presented his work at a number of international conferences including the Academy of Management conference and the European Conference of Information Systems Doctoral Consortium. He has a background in Software Engineering from University College London and has worked for the DG DIGIT of the European Commission. %R http://doi.org/10.22215/timreview/649