[AISWorld] LESS 2013 CFP
Brian Fitzgerald
brian.fitzgerald at ul.ie
Tue Jun 4 06:54:55 EDT 2013
LESS 2013 - Lean Enterprise Software and Systems Conference
Galway, Ireland
1st - 4th December, 2013
www.less2013.org
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CALL FOR PAPERS
The 4th International Conference on Lean Enterprise Software and Systems
(LESS2013) will be hosted by the National University of Ireland Galway on
the west coast of Ireland. The conference brings together both industrial
practitioners and researchers in the fields of information systems and
software engineering, and focuses specifically on theory, practical
applications and implications of agile and lean development methods. LESS
joins three strong communities to form a platform for innovative ideas and
future developments. We foster the interaction between the lean product
development community and the agile community, coupled with innovative
ideas nurtured by the Beyond Budgeting School of thinking.
TRACKS
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The LESS 2013 conference will have five key tracks:
(i) Enterprise Transformation: This track examines a broad range of emerging
issues concerning transformation of how business is conducted in order to
help cope with shifts in environments.
(ii) Lean Startups: Lean Startup is an approach for launching businesses and
products that relies on validated learning, scientific experimentation, and
iterative product releases to shorten product development cycles, measure
progress, and gain valuable customer feedback. In this way, companies,
especially startups, can design their products or services to meet the
demands of their customer base without requiring large amounts of initial
funding or expensive product launches.
(iii) Lean & Agile Project & Portfolio Management: This track examines
emerging issues in the area of agile and lean methods. Papers are also
welcome on the application of these methods in project portfolios.
(iv) Scaling Software: Software is increasingly scaling in importance in
companies in different industry sectors who would not have traditionally
seen themselves as primarily software companies. As a consequence, software
development environments need to scale in various dimensions, e.g.,
Processes and Methods; Products, Systems and Services; Organization and
Business Domains.
(v) Beyond Budgeting: Because the world changes constantly, companies, not
just projects, must adapt to the new conditions as innovation comes in many
forms. Beyond Budgeting started as a learning journey for management
communities in Europe and is now a major active movement seeking a different
approach to the management of organisations.
TOPICS
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You are invited to submit original papers addressing contemporary issues
emerging in the specific or intersections among the proposed areas. Papers
for sessions that fit any of these tracks are welcome, and we are constantly
looking for new ideas to promote and review in the community. Novelty and
applicability are important factors in the choice of sessions for the
conference. LESS is a conference at the intersection of different ideas and
trends.
Topics include but are not limited to:
- Agile/Lean software development
- Complexity Thinking, Complexity Science and Complex Adaptive Systems in
the context of Agile and Lean
- Case studies of agile-lean
- Lean principles and values
- Kanban cases
- Lean education
- Agile enterprise
- Beyond Budgeting studies
- Control in agile/lean environments
- Scaling agile/lean development
- Combining or streamlining business processes and agile/lean development
TYPES OF CONTRIBUTION
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We encourage a range of submissions including:
Full research papers. Research papers are limited to 15 pages using the
template provided by Springer. Accepted completed research papers will be
presented at LESS2013 and included in the LESS2013 proceedings published
by Springer (Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing - LNBIP
series).
Research-in-progress submissions are papers developed from promising but
incomplete research projects that will benefit from feedback of other LESS
participants. Research-in-progress papers are limited to 8 pages in length
(Springer format). Accepted research in progress papers will be presented as
posters at LESS2013 and included in the LESS2013 proceedings.
Experience reports and demonstrations with a focus on presentations and
interactive sessions, experience report presentations or hands-on
engineering sessions. We are looking for lightning talks (10min),
presentations (60 or 90min) and interactive sessions (90min) related to any
of the conference themes. Please specify in your proposal: the title as it
should appear in the program, an abstract of 200 words or less, the
organizers (include a short 100 word bio), the theme covered, the format
(including duration), a justification for being included and the proposed
length (10min/60min/90min).
Workshops and tutorials for interesting and innovative half-day and full-day
experiences based on established material or interactive formats. We invite
research, technical papers, and work-in-progress investigating cases and
business models enabled by various technologies and developed in different
countries. Please specify in your proposal: the title of the
workshop/tutorial, an abstract of 200 words or less, the organizers (include
a short 100 word bio), the theme covered, the format (including duration)
and a justification for being included.
Ph.D. symposium inviting Ph.D. students to present their research.
Participants will be asked to prepare a presentation including a discussion
of the main research challenges, solution directions, results obtained thus
far, evaluation plan, and research plan towards the completion of the Ph.D.
Presentation should be limited to twenty minutes. An expert panel will
provide feedback to help students shape their work.
Panel proposals should be submitted to the track chairs. We invite proposals
that provide a forum to present, explore and debate timely proactive topics
and emergent trends. Panel sessions should complement the program by
allowing for the discussion of emerging issues as well as new research
ideas. In a panel proposal, submit the title and a 500-word description.
Papers must present new research not currently under review elsewhere. All
submissions are subject to a thorough peer-review process. At least one
author per paper is required to register upon acceptance. The LESS2013
conference proceedings will be published in the Springer Lecture Notes in
Business Information processing (LNBIP). We are also discussing a special
issue of the Journal of Enterprise Transformation
(http://www.tandfonline.com/loi/ujet20), to which successful conference
papers will be invited.
IMPORTANT DATES
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1 July 2013: Submission of academic papers for review
1 July 2013: Submission of industry, papers and workshop, tutorial, panel
proposals
1 Sep 2013: Acceptance decision on academic papers
15 Sep 2013: Camera-ready copy submission
1 Oct 2013: Early-bird registration deadline
AUTHOR INSTRUCTIONS
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All submissions must follow the guidelines as set by Springer:
http://www.springer.com/series/7911
Contributions should be submitted through EasyChair:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=less2013
ORGANISATION
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General Chair:
Brian Fitzgerald, Lero, University of Limerick
Program Chairs:
Kieran Conboy, National University of Ireland, Galway
Ken Power, Cisco Systems, Galway, Ireland
Ricardo Valerdi, University of Arizona, USA
Organising Chairs:
Lorraine Morgan, Lero, NUI Galway
Klaas-Jan Stol, Lero, University of Limerick
Doctoral Symposium Chair:
Xiaofeng Wang, Free University of Bozen Bolzano
Executive Track Chair:
JK Srinivasan, MIT, USA
Johanna Rothman, Rothman Consulting Group, Inc., USA
Lean Startup Track Chairs:
Pekka Abrahamsson, University of Bozen-Bolzano, Italy
Vasco Duarte, Avira Operations GmbH, Germany
Scaling Software Track Chairs:
Martin Höst, Lund University, Sweden
Sten Minör, Sigrun, Sweden
Beyond Budgeting Track Chairs:
Peter Bunce, Beyond Budgeting Round Table, UK
Bjarte Bogsnes, Statoil, Norway
Enterprise Transformation Track Chair:
Robert Cloutier, Stevens Institute of Technology, USA
Lean and Agile Product Portfolio Management Track Chair:
Orla O'Dwyer, Lero, NUI Galway, Ireland
FURTHER INFORMATION
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http://less2013.org
or email: less2013 at lero.ie
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Prof Brian Fitzgerald, PhD, FICS, FBCS, CEng
Frederick Krehbiel Chair in Innovation in Business and Technology
Lero the Irish Software Engineering Research Centre
University of Limerick
http://www.csis.ul.ie/staff/BF/ <http://www.csis.ul.ie/staff/BF/>
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