Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas

Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas attended Loughborough University where she obtained a bachelor’s degree in electronic and electrical engineering and master’s in IT before completing her PhD in information science (2006). Since completing her PhD she has been working for Rolls-Royce (Derby, UK). She started her career in the Strategic Research Centre as a technologist in information engineering, and is currently working as a process specialist in information management and decision support. In addition to her work at Rolls-Royce, she is a director and company secretary of the Natural Computing Applications Forum.

Publications

Data-Exchange Standards and International Organizations: Adoption and Diffusion
Data-Exchange Standards and International Organizations: Adoption and Diffusion
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas. © 2010. 337 pages.
Despite the significance and potential benefits of data-exchange standards, a void remains in literature of a research publication dedicated to its barriers and critical success...
General Introduction
General Introduction
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas. © 2010. 17 pages.
A study commissioned by the US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) found that ISO 10303, the Standard for the Exchange of Product Model Data (STEP), has the...
Benefits, Classifications and Research Surrounding Standardization and IT Standards
Benefits, Classifications and Research Surrounding Standardization and IT Standards
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas. © 2010. 18 pages.
Standards have been in existence since the beginning of recorded history. One of the earliest indications of a standard is the beginning of written alphabets by the Egyptians and...
IT Standards Adoption and Diffusion Models
IT Standards Adoption and Diffusion Models
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas. © 2010. 25 pages.
The motivation behind this research is to identify the factors that impact the adoption of data-exchange standards, such as STEP. Research into the adoption of STEP and other...
Research Philosophy and Strategy
Research Philosophy and Strategy
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas. © 2010. 20 pages.
Chapter 2 highlighted both the critical need for data-exchange standards and the current limit of empirical research in the adoption of information technology standards and more...
Innovation-Centric Perspective: ISO Technical Committee 184 Sub-Committee 4
Innovation-Centric Perspective: ISO Technical Committee 184 Sub-Committee 4
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas. © 2010. 53 pages.
The standardization process and the success and failure of standards takes place in complex socio-technical settings that are shaped by a variety of factors and a multitude of...
Adopter-Centric Perspective: The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
Adopter-Centric Perspective: The United Kingdom Ministry of Defence
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas. © 2010. 44 pages.
The focus of this research is to identify the factors and barriers critical to the adoption of data-exchange standards. Chapter Five identified these factors from an...
Emergent Innovation-Centric and Adopter-Centric Checklists
Emergent Innovation-Centric and Adopter-Centric Checklists
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas. © 2010. 15 pages.
Data-exchange standards adoption research is important to both the SC4 community and the IT standards research community. Chapter Five and Six presented case studies of four...
Innovation-Centric Checklist Application: Product Life Cycle Support Adoption and Diffusion
Innovation-Centric Checklist Application: Product Life Cycle Support Adoption and Diffusion
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas. © 2010. 25 pages.
PLCS (Product Life Cycle Support) was one of the motivations behind this research and triggered the research question into the factors and barriers critical to the adoption of...
Adopter-Centric Checklist Application: Product Life Cycle Support Adoption and Diffusion in the UK MoD
Adopter-Centric Checklist Application: Product Life Cycle Support Adoption and Diffusion in the UK MoD
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas. © 2010. 36 pages.
Standardization is the key to ensuring the interoperability, quality, safety, reliability, maintainability, effectiveness and efficiency of the equipment used by the Armed Forces...
Summary and Recommendations
Summary and Recommendations
Josephine Wapakabulo Thomas. © 2010. 13 pages.
The benefits of standardization are realised through the effective adoption, implementation and use of standards. Nonetheless, there are a cross-section of factors that impact...
A Step Towards the Adoption of Standards Within the UK Ministry of Defence
A Step Towards the Adoption of Standards Within the UK Ministry of Defence
Josephine W. Thomas, Steve Probets, Ray Dawson, Tim King. © 2010. 16 pages.
This article seeks to identify the factors that have impacted the adoption of ISO 10303, the Standard for the Exchange of Product Data (STEP), within the UK Ministry of Defence....
A Step Towards the Adoption of Standards Within the UK Ministry of Defence
A Step Towards the Adoption of Standards Within the UK Ministry of Defence
Josephine W. Thomas, Steve Probets, Ray Dawson, Tim King. © 2008. 15 pages.
This article seeks to identify the factors that have impacted the adoption of ISO 10303, the Standard for the Exchange of Product Data (STEP), within the UK Ministry of Defence....