-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] Workshop on Architecture-Centric Methods and Agile Approaches Datum: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 03:08:56 -0500 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

Call For contributions and participations

Workshop on Architecture-Centric Methods and Agile Approaches

http://www.acube-community.org/wikis/index.php/Architecture-Centric_Methods_...

Co-located with the 10th International Conference on Agile Processes and eXtreme Programming in Software Engineering (XP 2009) - http://www2.xp2009.org/xp2009/ Sardinia, Italy, 25 - 29 May

2009

Workshop Theme and Goals ------------------------

Agile software development approaches have had significant impact on industrial software development practices. Many software development companies, (e.g. Nokia, Philips, ABB, Volvo,

Ericsson, SAP, Microsoft, to name a few), across the globe are increasingly adopting agile approaches with an intention to increase quality, productivity, and profitability. Despite becoming widely popular, there is an increasing perplexity about the role and importance of a system's software architecture in agile approaches [1, 2]. 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

architectural issues, especially in domains like automotive, telecommunication, finance, and medical devices. However, the proponents of agile approaches usually perceive the upfront design

and evaluation of architecture as being of less value to the customers of a system. According to them, for example, re-factoring can help fix most of the problems. Many experiences show

that large-scale re-factoring often results in significant defects, which are very costly to address later in the development cycle. It is considered that re-factoring is worthwhile as

long as the high-level design is good enough to limit the need for large-scale re-factoring [1, 3, 4]. There is a growing recognition of the importance of paying more attention to architectural aspects in agile approaches [4-7]. Researchers and practitioners have also identified the

technical and organizational challenges involved in integrating Agile approaches in traditional software development methods [8, 9]. However, while anecdotal evidence reveals that there are

large organizations in the midst of agile transformation and that the architectural issues are somehow addressed, there has been no significant effort aimed at synthesizing and presenting a

reliable body of knowledge about the architecture-centric challenges being faced by agile software development projects and potential solutions to address those challenges. Hence, it is an emerging consensus among researchers and practitioners that there is a vital need for devising a research agenda for identifying and dealing with architecture-centric

challenges in agile software development [10]. Such research agenda is expected to make it possible to guide the future research on integrating architecture-centric methods in agile

approaches and give advice to the software industry on dealing with architecture related challenges.

Workshop goals:

The overall goal of this workshop is to refine and further develop the research agenda developed in the previous workshop [10, 11]. Developing such an agenda will require activities for

brainstorming, discussion and reaching consensus on important directions. To foster discussions at the workshop, the accepted position statements will be put online before the event and the

prospective participants will be invited to read them as preparation for the workshop. Moreover, we will also update the Wiki setup for the last workshop to reflect the research progress

that has been made since the last workshop. During the previous workshop on this topic, held at XP08, the organizers and participants identified several research questions that are expected

to stimulate the group discussions in the workshop. These questions are: � How has the role of software architecture and software architects changed in projects using Agile approaches and its impact on the quality of the products and processes? � What are the key architecture-centric challenges to implementing Agile processes for developing large scale systems and potential solutions available to practitioners? � How can the considerations for non functional requirements be appropriately addressed while using Agile approaches? � What are the prerequisites for integrating Architecture-Centric methods in agile development and potential implications of such integration on the processes and products? � What kind of training needs to be provided in the areas of architecture-centric technologies (methods, techniques, and tools), customization and integration of architecture-centric

approaches into Agile software development process? � How can the use of patterns by agile developers help address architectural issues related to the required quality attributes? � How does the architectural knowledge transfer from design to implementation in agile software development settings?

The workshop will be divided in two parts: Part one will include short presentations of position statements and identification of controversial topics. Part two will consist of focused brainstorming and discussion activities in order to deliberate on the relevant issues and research questions

Guidelines for Submission ------------------------- We are looking for two categories of submissions:

* short position papers, up to 4 pages. * Position statements, up to 2 pages or powerpoinnt slides.

Every submitted position papers and statements will be evaluated based on the potenial for stimulating lively and productive discussions. Submissions should be e-mailed in PDF to Ali Babar (malibaba "at" lero.ie) with "Architecture-Agile 2009" in the subject line. All the accepted position papers and statements will be made available on the workshop Wiki before the workshop.

Important dates ---------------- 10 April - deadline for submission 13 April - notification 15 April - Registration 8 May - Workshop

Workshop organizers -------------------

* Muhammad Ali Babar, Lero, Ireland, malibaba@lero.ie

* Pekka Abrahamsson, Univeristy of Helsinki, Finland, pekka.abrahamsson@vtt.fi

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