-------- Original-Nachricht -------- Betreff: [isworld] CFP: J of Brazilian Comp Society -- Special Issue on Global Software Engineering Datum: Thu, 17 Sep 2009 21:54:17 -0400 Von: Erran Carmel carmel@american.edu Antwort an: Erran Carmel carmel@american.edu An: AISWORLD Information Systems World Network isworld@lyris.isworld.org

Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society (JBCS) Special Issue Topic: Global Software Engineering

http://www.inf.pucrs.br/~rafael/jbcs_gse ------------------------------------------- Guest Editors Jorge Luis Nicolas Audy, PUCRS, Brazil Erran Carmel, American University, USA Rafael Prikladnicki, PUCRS, Brazil ------------------------------------------- Important dates Deadline for submission: 20 December 2009 Date of first feedback to authors: 28 February 2010 Minor or Major Revisions: 28 March 2010 Camera-ready version: 20 April 2010 Publication date: June of 2010 ------------------------------------------- Context and Theme We are soliciting submissions for a Special Issue of the Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society (JBCS) on the topic of �Global Software Engineering" to be published in June of 2010. Global Software Engineering (GSE) is pervasive in today's IT and software industry. The software industry has been grappling with distributed resources as a means to reduce cost and development time, and also to expand to new markets. However, distance has a significant impact on coordination and communication between distributed team members. Thus, problems and challenges intrinsic to software development processes become more critical in GSE. The diversity of culture and the dispersion over time and space require novel techniques, tools, and practices from many disciplines to overcome challenges and to take the advantages and opportunities that GSE offers.

The purpose of this special issue is to provide a state-of-the-art view of approaches and practices involved in effectively managing global software development projects, with a special focus on how large teams are dealing with distributed development. We encourage the submission of manuscripts describing strategies, failure stories and lessons learned as well as new tools, techniques or models that can be used in different GSE contexts.

Topics of interest include but are not limited to: - Strategic issues in GSE: business models (offshoring, nearshoring, outsourcing etc.), work distribution models; - Managing GSE; - Methods and tools for GSE; - Communication, coordination and collaboration; - Knowledge management in GSE; - Getting started with GSE; - Empirical studies of distributed teams and lessons learned; - Software Process paradigms in GSE (agile, traditional, etc); - Teaching GSE. - Case studies of successful and unsuccessful GSE projects; -------------------------------------------

Submission guidelines Submitted articles are to be written in English only. Length: 8.000 words max. Page 1 is a cover page and should contain the article title (not more than 15 words), author(s), affiliation(s), keywords (not more than 6 keywords), abstract (no more than 250 words) and the name, and complete mailing address (both postal and email) of the person to whom correspondence should be sent.

Specific guidelines can be found at www.sbc.org.br/jbcs/guidelines.zip All manuscripts will be peer-reviewed by at least three reviewers based on originality, relevance, technical soundness and presentation. Manuscripts submitted to this special issue must not have been published previously or be currently under consideration for publication in any other journals or conferences. Significant extensions to substantive papers published in conferences are also welcome, provided that the editors are made aware of the previous publications. Instructions on paper submission will be available soon at the special issue website - http://www.inf.pucrs.br/~rafael/jbcs_gse. -------------------------------------------

JBCS The Journal of the Brazilian Computer Society (JCBS) is the formal quarterly publication of the Brazilian Computer Society. Its objective is to publish original research papers, serving as a forum for disseminating innovative research in all aspects of computer science. The priorities of the journal are quality and timeliness. Online access to JBCS: http://www.scielo.br/revistas/jbcos/iaboutj.htm ------------------------------------------- For any kind of inquiry, please contact one of the guest editors: Jorge Luis Nicolas Audy: audy at pucrs.br Erran Carmel: carmel at american.edu Rafael Prikladnicki: rafaelp at pucrs.br

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