[AISWorld] CFP: WDICSB’10

[Slinger Roijackers (Jansen)]

Call for Participation: Workshop on Dutch-Indian Collaboration in Software
Business (WDICSB’10)
Collaboration in outsourcing

(find program below)

July 20th 2010, in Bangalore, India

In conjunction with The International Conference on Business and Digital
Enterprises 2010 (ICBDE 2010)

Workshop Objective

In their search for competitive advantage, nowadays more and more companies
find
outsourcing a solution to challenges like cutting down costs or lack of
internal
expertise. ICT outsourcing has become a global phenomenon, in which managers
are
trying to maximize the value of their collaboration partnerships by looking
for the
most favourable outsourcing environments. In this context, India represents
one of
the most popular destinations worldwide, because of the high quality
education,
cost-effective services and positive political climate it offers. But
together with the
wide range of benefits provided by outsourcing to India, companies also have
to take
into account a number of challenges. Cultural differences and distance are
only some
of the aspects that might affect the collaboration and if not handled
properly can
diminish the value that both partners are expecting.

To assist companies with solving these challenges and achieving better
results,
Utrecht University is conducting a research program on Collaboration in
Outsourcing.
The project will take place partly in the Netherlands and partly in India
and has the
scope of gathering first-hand data on both sides of the collaboration.
Outsourcing
and offshoring represent broad subjects with unlimited possibilities, but
also many
questions to be answered. We will cover topics such as risk and quality
management,
outsourcing partner selection criteria, communication and collaboration
tools and
outsourcing relationship management. The ultimate scope of this research is
to
capture valuable insights from case studies over large outsourcing projects
and
companies, to observe and analyse patterns and best practices and to make
companies more aware of the means to achieve success when pursuing
outsourcing
projects.

The purpose of this workshop on Dutch-Indian Collaboration in Software
Business is
to further enrich the body of knowledge in this area, by exchanging research
work
and expertise with academics and business professionals. Considering the
relevance
of outsourcing to the global business environment and the uncertainty that
still exists
in this field, the workshop aims to contribute to a better understanding of
challenges,
benefits and possible solutions.

Relevant Topics

Presentations shall address topics of interest related to collaboration in
outsourcing.
Possible subjects are:
• Knowledge Repositories
• Knowledge Management
• Security Risk Management
• Computer Mediated Communication
• Collaboration Tools Portfolios
• Maintaining Quality
• SCRUM in Distributed Teams
• Project Coordination
• Partner Selection Criteria
• Distributed Architecting
• Outsourcing Relationship Management
• Conflict Resolution
• Team Composition
• Service Level Agreements
• Distributed Requirements Management
• Mission Critical Outsourcing
• Software Development Tools and Practices
• Software Quality Management

Workshop proceedings

The proceedings of this workshop will be included in an official publication
by Utrecht
University. The proceedings will consist of the contributions of the
research project
and of any outside contributions to the workshop. The proceedings will be
published
as a book, with a renowned publisher in the computer and information science
domain.

Presentations

We welcome both academic and industry presentations to this workshop. You
can
find above a list of topics of interest related to the subject of
outsourcing, but we are
open to any suggestions or ideas. If you are interested in this workshop and
would
like to give a presentation or actively participate in it, please contact
Slinger Jansen
(slinger at cs.uu.nl).

Discussion Panel

At the end of the Workshop on Dutch-Indian Collaboration in Software
Business a
discussion panel will be organized to discuss the topics and the goals of
the
workshop in further detail. We believe that this activity will add value to
the whole
event, as it will structure and further develop our knowledge.

Programme

9:00-9:15 Slinger Jansen - Welcome
9:15-9:45 Sjaak Brinkkemper - Distributed Product Software  Development: a
Comparison between India and Eastern Europe
9:45-10:15 Hristo Stefanov - How to Boost Distributed Collaboration  through
Collaboration Tools Portfolio Optimization
10:15-10:45 Suzanne Haanappel - Mission Critical Outsourcing
10:45-11:00 Coffee
11:00-11:30 Jonathan Aarnouts - Service Quality Management
11:30-12:30 Discussion Panel
12:30 End and Lunch
(some speakers may still be added)
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Slinger Jansen (Roijackers)
Utrecht University
PO Box 80.089
3508TB Utrecht
The Netherlands
http://www.slingerjansen.nl
0031 6 19 884 880
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