SDG09

Following the fruitful workshop last year (see SDG'08 material at our =20= site), we continue this year aiming to examine the research and practice that =20= have emerged and to strengthen the relationships that have evolved.

The theme of the workshop is software development governance (SDG) =20 which is the process that governs software development process. Governance of software development involves the assignment of roles and decision =20 rights as per goals that are set as well as activating measures and policies that enable continuous assessment. Implementing governance in software =20 projects enhances the ability to deal with risks and supports a consistent =20 decision making.

Workshop participants of last year worked on the definition of =20 governance in general and of software development governance in particular. Further, several implementations of governance techniques and mechanisms were examined.

For the 2nd workshop we invite papers that deal with the governance of software development in the level of a team or a project, specifically =20= in nowadays situations like implementing agility or working in distributed environments. The implications of the governance in the level of the =20 team on the governance in the level of the organization is of interest too.

Topics related to software development governance, including (but not limited to)

 * Governance in agile teams
 * Governance in distributed teams
 * Governance models and frameworks
 * Development environment support for software development governance; Governance mechanisms (policies, controls and measurements) that =20 relate to contemporary software development projects and organizations
 * Governance roles and responsibilities in software development settings
 * The lifecycle of software development governance; Ways to assess software development governance and its effects
 * Methods and tools to define and deploy software development governance approaches
 * The role of software development governance in understanding the =20 business value and risk associated with projects
 * Effective measurement =C2 of software development governance
 * Risk and valuation techniques for software development governance
 * Individual, societal, ethical or cultural issues raised by software development governance

Submission guidelines
Submissions should be full research papers, short papers describing work-in-progress, or new ideas relevant to governance of software development. Papers must conform to the proceedings publication format (http://www.cs.uoregon.edu/events/icse2009/calls/format/) and should not exceed 6 pages for full paper and 4 pages for short paper, including all text, references, appendices, and figures. Electronic submission will be available through CyberChair soon.

Submissions will be evaluated according to the relevance and =20 originality of the work and to their ability to generate discussions between the participants of the workshop.

Important Dates

 * Submission deadline 23 January 2009
 * Acceptance notification 16 February 2009
 * Camera-ready deadline 22 February 2009
 * Workshop held 17 May 2009

Organization committee

 * has general chair::Yael Dubinsky IBM Haifa Research Lab, dubinsky@il.ibm.com
 * has general chair::Philippe Kruchten University of British Columbia, pbk@ece.ubc.ca

Keynote speaker

 * Scott Ambler, IBM

Program commitee

 * has PC member::Michel Benaroch Syracuse University
 * has PC member::Erran Carmel American University
 * has PC member::Aileen Cater-Steel University of Southern Queensland
 * has PC member::Sunita Chulani Cisco
 * has PC member::Kate Ehrlich IBM Watson Research
 * has PC member::Rick Kazman SEI, CMU
 * has PC member::Chris Kemerer University of Pittsburgh
 * has PC member::Jyrki Kontio Helsinki University of Technology
 * has PC member::Peri Tarr IBM Watson Research
 * has PC member::Giuseppe Valetto Drexel University
 * has PC member::Clay Williams IBM Watson Research
 * has PC member::Avi Yaeli IBM Haifa Research Lab
 * has PC member:: Annie t Ying IBM Watson Research