[AISWorld] Software and Systems Engineering Lifecycle Processes and the ISO/IEC 29110 Standard in IJITSA

[Rory O'Connor]

CALL FOR PAPERS

SPECIAL ISSUE ON:

Software and Systems Engineering Lifecycle Processes and the ISO/IEC 
29110 Standard in the International Journal of Information Technologies 
and Systems Approach (IJITSA)

Guest Editor:
Prof. Rory V. O’Connor, Dublin City University, Ireland
Prof. Claude Y. Laporte, Ecole de technologie superieure, Canada
Prof. Ricardo Colomo-Palacios, Ostfold University College, Norway

Objective Of The Special Issue
This special issue aims to promote and disseminate the recent advances 
in the field of Software and Systems Engineering Process Lifecycle 
Management as applied to Very Small Entities (VSEs) utilizing the 
Management and Engineering guides of the ISO/IEC 29110 standard, both at 
academic and industry level.

Introduction
The origins of the ISO/IEC 29110 project date back to a 2004 meeting of 
the ISO sub-committee (SC7) mandated to develop international Software 
Engineering standards, where there was a general recognition of the 
adoption issues presented by SC7 standards for small and very small 
companies. This lead directly to the subsequent formation in 2005 of a 
working group (ISO/IEC JCT1/SC7 WG24) whose brief was to develop a 
software process lifecycle standard specific to meet the needs of VSEs 
whilst remaining compatible with existing ISO/IEC standards to allow a 
path for VSEs future growth and standards adoption (Laporte et al., 2008).
Although commercial process improvement models have not been widely 
adopted by small and very small companies and their influence in the 
software industry therefore remains more at a theoretical than practical 
level. There is now a substantial body of research evidence (Laporte et 
al., 2008; Coleman & O’Connor, 2008b) that the majority of small 
software and systems organizations are not adopting existing standards 
because they perceive the international standards as being orientated 
towards large organizations. Studies have shown that small firms’ 
negative perceptions of process model standards are primarily driven by 
negative views of cost, documentation and bureaucracy and their lack of 
expertise in adapting existing life cycle standards to meet their needs. 
In addition, it has been reported that SMEs find it difficult to relate 
standards to their business needs and to justify the application of the 
international standards in their operations.
Accordingly there was a need to help such organizations understand and 
use the concepts, processes and practices proposed in the ISO/IEC 
JTC1/SC7’s international engineering standards. The recently published 
systems and software engineering ISO/IEC 29110 standard “Lifecycle 
profiles for Very Small Entities” is aimed at addressing the issues 
identified above and addresses the specific needs of VSEs.

Recommended Topics
Papers addressing any aspect of the process lifecycle management in 
VSEs, the ISO/IEC 29110 standard and related areas, from either a 
software or systems engineering perspective are welcome. Topics to be 
discussed in this special issue include (but are not limited to) the 
following:
* Historical perspectives and design of the ISO/IEC 29110 family of 
standards
* Design of process improvement programmes using ISO/IEC 29110
* Governmental strategies and programs to deploy ISO/IEC 29110
* Experience with applying ISO/IEC 29110 in an industrial setting
* Experience with applying ISO/IEC 29110 in an educational context
* Experience in assessing and auditing ISO/IEC 29110-based processes
* Process assessment, audit and certification in VSEs
* Extending existing ISO/IEC 29110 process areas and application domains
* Design or application of ISO/IEC 29110 in regulated environments
* Theoretical approach to integrating ISO/IEC 29110 with agile methods
* Experience of deploying ISO/IEC 29110 in agile environments
* Project management in a ISO/IEC 29110 environment
* VSE usage of ISO/IEC 29110 as suppliers (sub-contract management)
* Single of multiple ISO/IEC 29110 case studies
* Relationship of ISO/IEC 29110 and other ISO/IEC and/or process 
lifecycle standards and models
* Cultural studies on ISO/IEC 29110 deployment and adoption
* Electronic Process Guides and Process Asset Libraries for ISO/IEC 29110)
* ISO/IEC 29110Deployment Packages

Submission Procedure
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit papers for this 
special theme issue on or before 31 March 2016. All submissions should 
be should be directed to the attention of Lead Guest Editor Prof. Rory 
O’Connor by E-mail to rory.oconnor at dcu.ie

All submissions must be original and may not be under review by another 
publication. Interested authors should consult the journal’s guidelines 
for manuscript submissions at 
http://www.igi-global.com/Files/AuthorEditor/guidelinessubmission.pdf. 
All submitted papers will be reviewed on a blind, peer review basis. 
Papers must follow APA style for reference citations.

Schedule
Papers due: 31 March 2016
Editorial decision: 31 May 2016
Revisions due: 30 June 2016
Final editorial decision: 31 July 2016
Camera ready papers: 15 August 2016
Publication: January 2017

About the journal
The Journal of Information Technologies and Systems Approach (IJITSA) is 
an academic and practitioner journal created to disseminate and discuss 
high quality research results on Information Systems and related upper 
and lower level Systems as well as on its interactions with Software 
Engineering, Systems Engineering, Complex Systems and Philosophy issues, 
through rigorous Theoretical, Modeling, Engineering or Behavioral 
studies in order to explore, describe, explain, predict, design, 
control, evaluate, interpret, intervene and/or develop organizational 
systems where Information Systems are the main objects of study and the 
Systems Approach –any variant- is the main research methodology and 
philosophical stance used. This journal is an official publication of 
the Information Resources Management Association 
(http://www.igi-global.com/ijitsa). The Editor-in-Chief is Dr. Manuel 
Mora, Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico.

About the Publisher
The International Journal of Information Technologies and Systems 
Approach (IJITSA) is published by IGI Global (formerly Idea Group Inc.), 
publisher of the “Information Science Reference” (formerly Idea Group 
Reference), “Medical Information Science Reference”, “Business Science 
Reference”, and “Engineering Science Reference” imprints. For additional 
information regarding the publisher, please visit www.igi-global.com.