Theme 2001: The Combination of Methodologies, Tools, and Cultural Factors - The Holistic Approach

Call for Papers

SPI Experience , Who Should Attend , Conference Topics , Associated Events

Papers shall be about 12 A4 pages, written with MS Word >= 97, and address one of the topics listed below. For the submission of full papers please follow the SUBMISSION GUIDELINES . For paper writing use the typing instructions provided by the zipped Word97 template PAPER.ZIP and send as attachment to eurospi@iscn.com .

SPI Experience

EuroSPI conferences present and discuss practical results from improvement projects in industry, focussing on the benefits gained and the criteria for success. Leading European industry are contributing to and participating in this event. This year's event is the 8th of a series of conferences to which countries across Europe and from the rest of the world contributed their lessons learned and shared their knowledge to reach the next higher level of software management professionalism.

Who Should Attend

The conference will benefit all who are concerned with the management and improvement of organisational processes, the innovation and effective use of information systems and software processes, as well as all those who are interested in developing efficient and profitable work processes to increase the competitiveness of the organisation in the market.

Conference Topics
  1. SPI and Business Strategies
  2. Assessement Methodologies
  3. Improvement Planning
  4. Learning Organizations
  5. Innovation Management
  6. Measurement
  7. Goal Analysis and Improvement
  8. Experience Reports (Implementation)
  9. SPI in different Industry Branches
  10. SPI in different Process Areas
  11. SPI Networks and Systems
  12. Cultural Factors

Associated Events

INSERC is one of the newest research centres to be established in LIT (Limerick Institute of Technology), Ireland. INSERC2001- workshop in software ergonomics - takes place as a co-located event with EuroSPI 2001 in October the 10th to the 13th 2001. INSERC 2001 will focus on:

  1. software comprehension
  2. software visulualisation
  3. OO development and technologies

If you plan to submit a paper to the INSERC workshop connect to the INSERC2001 website .

In conjuction with this conference there will be a mini-seminars and workshop day dealing with practical issues of Software Process Improvement. Workshop leaders will be recognised experts in the field.The workshops cover the following topics:

  1. Business and Goal Based SPI
  2. Cost Benefit Analysis
  3. Root Cause Analysis
  4. GQM workshop
  5. Data Analysis
  6. Assessment Methodologies
  7. SPI in Innovation Management
  8. Teamwork Based SPI Principles and Experience

While the conference is a collection of different experiences the workshops are interactive sessions in which participants learn ''how to do it''.

 

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