Modelling Second Order Effects of Changes in Civil Engineering Projects

One of the most common hurdles especially in large infrastructure projects is scope change. Scope changes negatively affect time, quality and usually lead to cost overruns due to underestimating the change order impacts on the project. There are two main categories through which the impacts could be quantified: the first and second order effects...

Exploring the practice of organisational Security Patch Management from a socio-technical perspective: Using a Mixed Methods Approach to investigate IT-practitioners’ decision-making and patch activity

In the current digitalised society keeping assets secure is one of the most prominent challenges organisations face. In the ongoing arms race between attackers and defenders, software security patching is a well-recognised and effective strategy to mitigate vulnerabilities in software products. However, organisations struggle with the best...