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This study aims to analyze the evaluation of learning management programs in the field of Islamic education, so that the quality of learning in adiwiyata schools is truly in accordance with the wishes of the community at large. This research uses a qualitative approach with case study. The research site is at Sekolah Menengah Umum Negeri 8 Samarinda dan Sekolah Menengah Umum Negeri 1 Tenggarong, East Kalimantan. The results showed that The results showed that Islamic education learning management is done through planning, implementation, evaluation by integrating the principles of adiwiyata schools in learning, by implementing the principal's policy strategy through continuous planning, implementation, mentoring and evaluation. The achievement of the evaluation results of the management of Islamic religious education learning in the context of integrated learning is very significant, with a value of 7.75 (good), development of learning tools 7.59 (good), monolithic learning 7.19 (good), and through extracurricular activities 6, 90 (good). The impact of management learning in Islamic education is; (a) the establishment of cooperation between schools and related parties in environmental management, (b) creative and innovative teaching staff, and (c) familiar with the attitude of environmental love and the use of used materials.

Continuous planning for the future of any profession is wise. The profession of biokinetics has made remarkable advances since the 1980s. However, new opportunities for development need to be embarked on. This short commentary explores three such areas: training and education; entry into the South African public healthcare system; and interprofessional healthcare collaboration. The intention is to encourage the Biokinetics Association of South Africa and biokineticists to work together to attain these goals, thereby strengthening the profession.

O objetivo do estudo foi analisar o conhecimento das mulheres atendidas no Sistema Único de Saúde, no ambulatório de um hospital de ensino do Sul Fluminense, sobre o planejamento familiar e saúde reprodutiva. Tratou-se de um estudo descritivo exploratório de abordagem qualitativa, realizado no ambulatório de Medicina Integrada do Hospital Escola, no setor de atendimento Gineco-obstétrico, com as mulheres que ali procuram a assistência à saúde. Foi realizada uma entrevista sendo a análise por meio de Categorização das Respostas. Participaram da pesquisa 30 mulheres; há predominância de 46,6% nas faixas etárias de 25 a 30 anos de idade, quanto ao nível de escolaridade, 36,6 % têm ensino médio incompleto e 96,6 % moram no município de realização do estudo. Em relação ao tipo de método utilizado para não engravidar destacou-se o anticoncepcional (oral e injetável) com 46,6%. De acordo com as falas das entrevistadas foram criadas as seguintes categorias de análise: 1) O desconhecimento das finalidades do planejamento familiar; 2) Despreparo para o uso e descrédito de métodos de barreira e hormonais para planejamento contínuo; e 3) O entendimento da mulher em relação à esterilização cirúrgica como forma de minimizar sua suposta culpa restrita da mulher devido a gravidez atual não planejada. Concluiu-se que as mulheres entrevistadas apresentam um conhecimento deficiente sobre o planejamento familiar.

The concept of continuous planning (CP) refers to the periodic revisions of master plans in response to uncertainties faced by long-term urban planning. In this paper, we analyse CP practices in two European cities – Stavanger (Norway) and Belgrade (Serbia) and present how they cater for innovative planning tools which respond to the need to balance between both stability and change in long-term planning. We argue that in spite of its limitations, the CP approach adjusted to the local context, contributes to the certainty and stability of urban communities.

It is more than 4 years since the 2030 agenda for sustainable development was adopted by the United Nations and its member states in September 2015. Several efforts are being made by member countries to contribute towards achieving the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The progress which had been made over time in achieving SDGs can be monitored by measuring a set of quantifiable indicators for each of the goals. It has been seen that geospatial information plays a significant role in measuring some of the targets, hence it is relevant in the implementation of SDGs and monitoring of their progress. Synoptic view and repetitive coverage of the Earth's features and phenomenon by different satellites is a powerful and propitious technological advancement. The paper reviews robustness of Earth Observation data for continuous planning, monitoring, and evaluation of SDGs. The scientific world has made commendable progress by providing geospatial data at various spatial, spectral, radiometric, and temporal resolutions enabling usage of the data for various applications. This paper also reviews the application of big data from earth observation and citizen science data to implement SDGs with a multi-disciplinary approach. It covers literature from various academic landscapes utilizing geospatial data for mapping, monitoring, and evaluating the earth's features and phenomena as it establishes the basis of its utilization for the achievement of the SDGs.

This study addresses the topic of continuous planning in the agile and lean software development context. The paper investigates how software companies can achieve various benefits by dividing their product development practices along the three horizons of growth. This approach allows software companies to have different product development and planning practices inside the company, thereby strengthening their positions in well-established businesses as well as creating growth in completely new businesses. Theoretically, the paper draws on the business literature of the three horizon model and on the literature of agile and lean software development. The empirical part is based on a case study with a leading Finnish software company. Altogether, 12 narrative interviews were conducted, involving people with various roles from product manager to chief strategy officer. The research presents a new approach towards continuous planning within multiple business horizons, to address common challenges in managing software product portfolios in different maturity phases.

Continuous planning is a relatively new and not yet fully studied field of research, especially from the perspective of agile and lean development organisations. To augment the knowledge in this field, this article presents both a literature review and empirical findings from three case studies that reveal how companies conduct continuous planning. The results indicate that continuous planning is not commonly adopted and applied throughout these organisations and that it currently involves only a certain kind of planning (e.g., release planning). The results of this study bring to light that the main elements of continuous planning (i.e., organisational, strategic and business planning) are tightly related to each other and thus should be considered when companies seek to improve their planning processes and practices. The importance of continuous planning will only increase dramatically in turbulent business environments that include ever shorter planning cycles and the need to improve transparency and knowledge-sharing in organisations.

New and innovative approaches that support continuous development and planning throughout organisations are needed. Continuity is required in all levels of an organisation, from business strategy and planning to software development and operational deployment, as well as between these levels. Continuous planning is one of these activities. However, continuous planning is not commonly adopted and applied throughout organisations and currently involves only a certain level of planning, e.g., release planning. Based on the current literature, continuous planning is a relatively new and not yet fully studied field of research. To augment the knowledge relating to continuous planning, this paper presents a multiple-case study in which the various levels of planning, along with their timeframes, are explored. The research results point out the key activities, as well as the bottlenecks, of continuous planning.

New and innovative approaches that support continuous development and planning throughout organisations are needed. Continuity is required in all levels of an organisation, from business strategy and planning to software development and operational deployment, as well as between these levels. Continuous planning is one of these activities. However, continuous planning is not commonly adopted and applied throughout organisations and currently involves only a certain level of planning, e.g., release planning. Based on the current literature, continuous planning is a relatively new and not yet fully studied field of research. To augment the knowledge relating to continuous planning, this paper presents a multiple-case study in which the various levels of planning, along with their timeframes, are explored. The research results point out the key activities, as well as the bottlenecks, of continuous planning.

Explanation of the Problem.Typical facility master plans are designed to follow a series of rigid steps aimed at achieving fixed goals and objectives,within a particular timespan and at an expected cost. Such time horizons are usually five, ten, and sometimes even fifteen or twenty years. Fixed plans tend to serve well when the future is foreseeable, and few unexpected events occur in the markets, population, and other change trends of the area. In our facilities management consulting work with school districts in the USA, changes often resist predictability. This has led to many school districts abandoning master plans altogether, or to engage them in fits and starts. Out of more the than 150 school districts with which the authors have worked, fewer than 10 have had active master plans. In the others the plans had been invalidated after only a few years by changes in external circumstances. Approach. In our consulting practice, we recommend that school districts adopt a continuous, perpetual facility master planning process, as opposed to a rigid plan. We developed this process ten years ago for a school district that had not had any type of facilities plan for nearly eight years. Results. We present the essential elements of the continuous facility master planning process as we have structured it in our recommendations to school districts. This process can be used by owners of large building inventories of all types as a viable alternative to fixed plans.

International audience; While only continuous motions are possible, the way contacts appear and disappear confers to legged locomo-tion a characteristic discontinuous nature that is traditionally shared by the algorithms used for legged locomotion planning. In this paper we show that this discontinuous nature can disappear if the notion of collision is well redefined, and we efficiently solve two different practical problems of legged locomotion planning with algorithms based on an approach that establishes a bridge between discrete and continuous planning. The first problem consists of reactive footstep planning with a biped robot, and the second one of non-gaited locomotion planning with a hexapod.

It is hard to survive and succeed in today's business environment, and to be able to sense and respond to predictable and unpredictable events. Also, market uncertainties, increased competitiveness and the constant need to shorten development cycles call for more flexible, responsive and adaptive software development practices. Agile and lean software development practices have been presented as a solution to these challenges and to creating a change-tolerant organisation. Despite the wide adoption of agile and lean practices, it is realised that companies are going further in their practices towards continuous deployment. All of these practices, agile, lean, and continuous deployment, change scheduling and planning, among other things. This thesis investigates how the planning has changed in agile and lean software development from roadmap-based planning towards continuous planning. Roadmapping is seen a process of creating and revising future plans. It is used to manage a high-level view and to link aspects of business to software development, as well as to bridge the gap between different levels of planning. In contrast, continuous planning is a process of implementing the planning practices continuously based on a need, instead of the predefined and regular planning occasions. This thesis provides empirical evidence of how large and global software development companies are conducting planning. The empirical data were collected in two ways: firstly, by conducting an initial inquiry consisting of both questionnaire study and semi-structured interviews, and secondly, by conducting a multiple-case study. According to the results, in software development, roadmap-based planning focuses mainly on product roadmapping, as it improves visibility both upwards to business and strategic planning and downwards to team level planning. The results also show that the main levels of continuous planning are: strategic, financial, business, product, and release planning. The main cycles of planning are conducted weekly, quarterly or annually. Longer-term plans are created for the next three-year period. On the basis of the findings, it was realised that planning practices have changed both in regard to scope and schedule. Planning in agile and lean software development is not restricted to release planning only; instead it is viewed from a wider perspective that involves also strategic and financial planning. What is more, the time frame of the plans has shortened remarkably, from years to months, weeks and days. The reasons for these changes are both internal and external. Both the unstable and turbulent business environment and the rapid development of technology and new product development practices as well as shorter product development cycles are drivers for the change in planning.

It is hard to survive and succeed in today's business environment, and to be able to sense and respond to predictable and unpredictable events. Also, market uncertainties, increased competitiveness and the constant need to shorten development cycles call for more flexible, responsive and adaptive software development practices. Agile and lean software development practices have been presented as a solution to these challenges and to creating a change-tolerant organisation. Despite the wide adoption of agile and lean practices, it is realised that companies are going further in their practices towards continuous deployment. All of these practices, agile, lean, and continuous deployment, change scheduling and planning, among other things. This thesis investigates how the planning has changed in agile and lean software development from roadmap-based planning towards continuous planning. Roadmapping is seen a process of creating and revising future plans. It is used to manage a high-level view and to link aspects of business to software development, as well as to bridge the gap between different levels of planning. In contrast, continuous planning is a process of implementing the planning practices continuously based on a need, instead of the predefined and regular planning occasions. This thesis provides empirical evidence of how large and global software development companies are conducting planning. The empirical data were collected in two ways: firstly, by conducting an initial inquiry consisting of both questionnaire study and semi-structured interviews, and secondly, by conducting a multiple-case study. According to the results, in software development, roadmap-based planning focuses mainly on product roadmapping, as it improves visibility both upwards to business and strategic planning and downwards to team level planning. The results also show that the main levels of continuous planning are: strategic, financial, business, product, and release planning. The main cycles of planning are conducted weekly, quarterly or annually. Longer-term plans are created for the next three-year period. On the basis of the findings, it was realised that planning practices have changed both in regard to scope and schedule. Planning in agile and lean software development is not restricted to release planning only; instead it is viewed from a wider perspective that involves also strategic and financial planning. What is more, the time frame of the plans has shortened remarkably, from years to months, weeks and days. The reasons for these changes are both internal and external. Both the unstable and turbulent business environment and the rapid development of technology and new product development practices as well as shorter product development cycles are drivers for the change in planning.

The climate of Texas makes our state particularly susceptible to droughts, floods, and hurricanes. Weather events over the past 150 years have resulted in policy changes at the state and federal level that have helped us prepare for, respond to, and prevent weather disasters. Many of these efforts have been successful; however, continuous planning and improvement will be necessary to meet the needs of our growing population. Recent droughts and floods have demonstrated that traditional infrastructure must work in tandem with early forecasting and warning systems, which will require effective policies at both the state and federal level to support them along with citizen engagement., Texas Water Journal, Vol. 6 No. 1 (2015)

Part 4: Logistics and Transportation; International audience; The planning, designing and building of roads is an extensive process that takes several years and involve several actors from industry and the public sector. This paper reports the collaboration with the Norwegian Road Authority on using the Active Knowledge Architecture approach and Visual Modelling methods to support road planning, design and building. The experience is based on the work conducted on real parts of the E6 Motorway, being built north of Trondheim, Norway. The purpose of the knowledge architectures presented in this paper is to improve collaboration and to share knowledge among all the stakeholders in the process. Road planning projects will benefit from agile collaborative networks and active knowledge bases built by knowledge models and architectures. Important lessons learned include the need for holistic design methods, instant data-driven collaboration, and agile approaches and work environments for continuous planning, design and building.

This paper introduces and elaborates the concept of continuous strategy with an aim to better address the fluxing reality and challenges of contemporary strategizing within the field of software development. Theoretically the paper draws on the strategy process and practice -literature and on the literature on agile and lean software development when conceptualizing continuous strategy. It is further elaborated by empirically studying the emerging challenges in a software company’s strategy process when it is pursuing continuous practices in software development. The tentative analysis revealed that the practices that stem from the more traditional, structured strategy process are not compatible with the more “continuous planning”-oriented practices within the organisation. Thus, there seems to be pressure for developing more continuous strategy process and practices. The examined case further revealed that in other organizational processes, especially in team level, the practices relating to continuity are more successfully applied, but in the strategic level continuity is not yet achieved. The reasons for this are brought out in this paper.

This extended abstract introduces an ongoing research which elaborates the concept of continuous strategy with an aim to better address the contemporary challenges of strategy process within the field of software development. Theoretically the research draws on the strategy process and practice -literature and on the literature of agile and lean software development when conceptualizing continuous strategy. Empirically the research examines the emerging challenges in software companies' strategy process when they are pursuing continuous practices in software development. The tentative analysis revealed that the practices that stem from the more traditional, structured strategy process are not compatible with the more "continuous planning"-oriented organisational practices. Thus, there seems to be pressure for developing more continuous strategy process and practices. Furthermore, in other organisational processes, especially in team level, the practices relating to continuity are more successfully applied, than in strategic level.

This extended abstract introduces an ongoing research which elaborates the concept of continuous strategy with an aim to better address the contemporary challenges of strategy process within the field of software development. Theoretically the research draws on the strategy process and practice -literature and on the literature of agile and lean software development when conceptualizing continuous strategy. Empirically the research examines the emerging challenges in software companies' strategy process when they are pursuing continuous practices in software development. The tentative analysis revealed that the practices that stem from the more traditional, structured strategy process are not compatible with the more "continuous planning"-oriented organisational practices. Thus, there seems to be pressure for developing more continuous strategy process and practices. Furthermore, in other organisational processes, especially in team level, the practices relating to continuity are more successfully applied, than in strategic level.

This paper introduces and elaborates the concept of continuous strategy with an aim to better address the fluxing reality and challenges of contemporary strategizing within the field of software development. Theoretically the paper draws on the strategy process and practice -literature and on the literature on agile and lean software development when conceptualizing continuous strategy. It is further elaborated by empirically studying the emerging challenges in a software company’s strategy process when it is pursuing continuous practices in software development. The tentative analysis revealed that the practices that stem from the more traditional, structured strategy process are not compatible with the more “continuous planning”-oriented practices within the organisation. Thus, there seems to be pressure for developing more continuous strategy process and practices. The examined case further revealed that in other organizational processes, especially in team level, the practices relating to continuity are more successfully applied, but in the strategic level continuity is not yet achieved. The reasons for this are brought out in this paper.

This paper presents the analysis of the implementation of the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) in solving problems in the area of transport. The transport sector is currently one of the most important sectors, and an efficient transport system requires continuous planning. Investments in transport infrastructure are projects that have specific characteristics. These projects have an extremely long lifetime (some thirty years), are not profit-oriented, are usually financed by the state of the local administration, and are primarily for social use. The decision-making process, which includes making decisions on investments, is extremely complex. The decision-maker has to envisage the future, and consequently make decisions in a modern and flexible manner. The methods used in the process of evaluating the investment projects in transport are numerous and usually distinguished by the optimization criteria. The projects can be evaluated through the prism of a single criterion or several criteria. The most common optimization criterion is the economic system; however, long-term and high-quality solutions require the introduction of other optimization criteria such as technological, technical, ecological and many others. Therefore, in such situations it is essential to implement multi-criteria decision methods which will eventually result in making the optimal decision. It will be determined in the paper to what extent the AHP method is implemented regarding transport problems and for which categories of transport problems.

This paper introduces and elaborates the concept of continuous strategy with an aim to better address the fluxing reality and challenges of contemporary strategizing within the field of software development. Theoretically the paper draws on the strategy process and practice -literature and on the literature on agile and lean software development when conceptualizing continuous strategy. It is further elaborated by empirically studying the emerging challenges in a software company’s strategy process when it is pursuing continuous practices in software development. The tentative analysis revealed that the practices that stem from the more traditional, structured strategy process are not compatible with the more “continuous planning”-oriented practices within the organisation. Thus, there seems to be pressure for developing more continuous strategy process and practices. The examined case further revealed that in other organizational processes, especially in team level, the practices relating to continuity are more successfully applied, but in the strategic level continuity is not yet achieved. The reasons for this are brought out in this paper.

This paper introduces and elaborates the concept of continuous strategy with an aim to better address the fluxing reality and challenges of contemporary strategizing within the field of software development. Theoretically the paper draws on the strategy process and practice -literature and on the literature on agile and lean software development when conceptualizing continuous strategy. It is further elaborated by empirically studying the emerging challenges in a software company’s strategy process when it is pursuing continuous practices in software development. The tentative analysis revealed that the practices that stem from the more traditional, structured strategy process are not compatible with the more “continuous planning”-oriented practices within the organisation. Thus, there seems to be pressure for developing more continuous strategy process and practices. The examined case further revealed that in other organizational processes, especially in team level, the practices relating to continuity are more successfully applied, but in the strategic level continuity is not yet achieved. The reasons for this are brought out in this paper.

Розглядається метод організації оперативно-диспетчерського управління матеріальними потоками з динамічною корекцією шляхом розповсюдження пріоритетів. Метод, що розглядається, будується на основі модифікованого алгоритму Дейкстри, більш відомого як А*, а також методик створення неперевно плануючих агентів, які планують і здійснюють свої дії в реальному часі.

In recent few years, the adoption of agile and lean development practices has increased remarkably. However, this is not the end, new and innovative approaches that support continuous practices are needed. Continuity is required in all the levels of the organisation; from business strategy and planning to software development and thereafter to operational deployment, as well as between these levels. Continuous planning means implementing planning practices continuously, in rapid parallel cycles, instead of the predefined and regular planning occasions. Continuous planning is not commonly adopted and applied throughout the organisation and currently involves only a certain level of planning, e.g. release planning. Based on the current literature, continuous planning is a relatively new and not yet fully studied field of research. To augment the knowledge relating to continuous planning, this research plan presents how the knowledge relating to continuous planning is going to be increased and disseminated.

In recent few years, the adoption of agile and lean development practices has increased remarkably. However, this is not the end, new and innovative approaches that support continuous practices are needed. Continuity is required in all the levels of the organisation; from business strategy and planning to software development and thereafter to operational deployment, as well as between these levels. Continuous planning means implementing planning practices continuously, in rapid parallel cycles, instead of the predefined and regular planning occasions. Continuous planning is not commonly adopted and applied throughout the organisation and currently involves only a certain level of planning, e.g. release planning. Based on the current literature, continuous planning is a relatively new and not yet fully studied field of research. To augment the knowledge relating to continuous planning, this research plan presents how the knowledge relating to continuous planning is going to be increased and disseminated.

Process Management Systems (PMSs, aka Workflow Management Systems – WfMSs) are currently more and more used as a supporting tool to coordinate the enactment of processes. In real world scenarios, the environment may change in unexpected ways so as to prevent a process from being successfully carried out. In order to cope with these anomalous situations, a PMS should automatically adapt the process without completely replacing it. In this paper, we propose a technique, based on continuous planning, to automatically cope with unexpected changes, in order to modify only those parts of the process that need to be changed/adapted and keeping other parts stable. We also provide a running example that shows the practical applicability of the approach.

The data attempting to determine the acceptability level of context, inputs, processes, and outputs of the Medical Records Education Course at Master of Science Level at four Iranian Medical Sciences Universities have been gathered through the questionnaires that were developed by the researcher based on the CIPP evaluation model. As a result of the research it is found that all areas of context, input, process, and output are placed in relatively acceptable category. The results of the study indicate that the continuous planning evaluation of medical records groups results in a better analysis of strong and weak points of the plans and improves their qualities level.