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CALL FOR PAPERS

The SPICE Conference Call For Papers is already available here: (-->PDF<--)

Deadline For Paper Submission - EXPIRED
22 January, 2010
(extended) 2nd February 2010

Topics include but are not limited to:
  • Adaptive process improvement;
  • Knowledge and skills for process assessment and improvement;
  • Relating business goals and/or risks to process improvements;
  • Measurement frameworks and ratings;
  • Safety and dependability process model extensions;
  • Relationships between process capability and organizational maturity;
  • Assessment of organizations at higher Maturity Levels;
  • Empirical studies on characteristics of high maturity organizations;
  • Factors influencing the conduct and reliability of assessments;
  • Methods, models and tools to support process assessment;
  • Emerging Process Reference Models and Process Assessment Models;
  • Case study and experience reports on process improvement and/or capability determination;
  • Case study and experience reports in performing remote assessments;
  • Benchmarking as a foundation for process improvement;
  • Relationships and comparisons between different models and approaches to process assessment;
  • Theoretical considerations on the basis of the technique of process assessment;
  • Use of process assessment in domains outside software, systems engineering and service management;
  • Issues in assessing virtual enterprises and teams;
  • Assessment approaches applied to agile development;
  • Conformity assessment approaches and schemes for process capability and organizational maturity;

The breadth of application of the standardised approach to process assessment remains a topic of considerable interest, from both a practical and theoretical perspective; accordingly, the SPICE 2010 Conference seeks contributions specifically relating to the following areas of application:
  • Financial institutions and banks;
  • Automotive systems and software;
  • Aerospace systems and software;
  • Medical device systems and software;
  • IT service management;
  • Test process improvement;
  • Outsourcing organisations;
  • Safety-related systems and software;
  • Small and very small enterprises.

A special focus will also be given to the application and improvement of key development processes, such as Testing, Requirements Engineering and Project Management.

Paper submission email: by
22 January, 2010  (extended) 2nd February 2010 - EXPIRED

 
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