-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP - Special Issue of IEEE Software on Agility and Architecture Datum: Mon, 18 May 2009 00:27:28 -0400 Von: Muhammad Ali Babar muhammad.alibabar@lero.ie Antwort an: Muhammad Ali Babar muhammad.alibabar@lero.ie An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org
IEEE Software Special Issue on Agility and Architecture - Oil and Water?
Submission Deadline: August 17, 2009. Publication: March/April 2010
Agile software development approaches have had significant impact on industrial software development practices. However, despite becoming widely popular, there is an increasing perplexity about the scalability of Agile approaches to cater the needs and requirements of developing large scale software-intensive systems. Advocates of the vital role of architecture in achieving quality goals of large scale software intensive systems are skeptics of the scalability of any development approach that does not pay sufficient attention to the Non-Functional Requirements and architectural aspects of developing large-scale software-intensive systems, especially in domains like automotive, telecommunication, finance, and medical devices. But the proponents of Agile approaches usually emphasize the importance of features (i.e., functional requirements) and perceive the upfront design and evaluation of architecture as being of little value to the customers of a system. There is a growing interest in separating the facts from myths about the necessity, importance, advantages and disadvantages of co-existence of agile and architectural approaches.
IEEE Software seeks submissions for a special issue on Agility and Architecture � Oil and Water? Potential topics include
- Industry relevant and tested approaches, techniques, and tools for eliciting, specifying, and satisfying non-functional requirements in agile software development approaches - Case studies on success and/or failure in integrating architectural approaches in agile software development approaches - Practical guidelines and frameworks for designing and evolving reliable architectures while developing large systems using agile approaches - Experience reports of scale Agile approaches for large systems while dealing with architectural challenges - Best practices about putting together the agile values and architectural principles optimally for developing and evolving large scale software-intensive products and services
Manuscripts must not exceed 5,400 words including figures and tables, which count for 200 words each. Submissions in excess of these limits may be rejected without refereeing. The articles we deem within the theme's scope will be peer-reviewed and are subject to editing for magazine style, clarity, organization, and space. We reserve the right to edit the title of all submissions. Be sure to include the name of the theme or special issue you are submitting for.
Articles should have a practical orientation, and be written in a style accessible to practitioners. Overly complex, purely research-oriented or theoretical treatments are not appropriate. Articles should be novel. IEEE Software does not re-publish material published previously in other venues, including other periodicals and formal conference/workshop proceedings, whether previous publication was in print or in electronic form.
For this special issue, we particularly seek to include practitioner reports, experiences and case studies. For your contributions to be considered, please note the following aspects: - you have valuable insights from your projects or organizations from which other practitioners can learn; - you can place these insights in a larger context, indicating their origins and discussing alternative approaches; - the insights are deep enough to reveal the approaches� limitations; and - you can support them by qualitative or quantitative data.
For more detailed guidance in preparing your contribution in this special issue, see �Tips for Software Authors� in September/October 2007 (pp. 5.-7) issue of IEEE Software.
For general author guidelines: www.computer.org/software/author.htm
For submission details: software@computer.org
For more information about the focus, contact the Guest Editors: - Pekka Abrahamsson, University of Helsinki, Finland (pekka.abrahamsson@ieee.org) - M. Ali Babar, Lero, Ireland (Muhammad.AliBabar@lero.ie) - Philippe Kruchten, University of British Columbia, Canada (pbk@ece.ubc.ca)
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