[AISWorld] CFP: Journal Special Issue on Improving Social Aspects of the Software Development Process: Games, Gamification and related approaches

[Rory O'Connor]

Special Issue of the Journal of Universal Computer Science on

Improving Social Aspects of the Software Development Process: Games, 
Gamification and related approaches

Call for Papers
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Social aspects of software development have gained an increasing 
attention among researchers. Recently, a number of researches have 
conducted to explore the potential factors that may affect the software 
process improvement tasks. Games are special kind of social activities, 
which can easily highlight the social interactions or engagements that 
could offer a variety of societal outcomes. Consequently, gamification 
(i.e. the use of game elements in business practices) becomes a trendy 
subject for improving the business xprocesses. It is frequently used to 
align individuals’ motivations with the main theme of any business task.
This journal special issue intends to include original, pertinent and 
relevant contributions to cover diverse topics to outline the importance 
of social aspects of SPI, including but not limited to social factors 
affecting the software processes, the experience gained to cope with the 
social constraints during software development, the implications of 
social interactions or conflicting situations on all stages of the 
software development, and even the use of game elements in software 
process improvement and software development. The application or 
investigation of any social factors in software process improvement 
about productivity enhancement, motivation, training, innovation, and 
customer engagement are also welcome.

Theme and topics
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We encourage international researchers from both academia and industry 
to submit original papers, related to social aspects of software 
development including, but not limited to the following:

* Application of games/gamification in the software development process.
* Exploration of social factors affecting software development.
* Conflicting situations in software development landscapes.
* Sociotechnical systems.
* Games addressing social conflicts in software development.
* The effect of social issues on software process improvement.
* The application or investigation of any social factors in the field of 
SPI.
* The practical and industrial implications of games and game-like 
approaches in the field of SPI.
* Checkland's Soft Systems Approach for studying the interrelationships 
between the logical and social sub-systems of the software development 
processes as Human Activity Systems (HAS)
* Social agent-based simulations of software development process
* Actor Network Theory for accounting social influences in software 
development processes

Submissions
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All scientists interested in social aspects of software development are 
welcome to submit. However, the main focus of the articles is software 
development since the focus of the journal is computer science. In 
addition, this Special Issue will include extended submissions of 
selected papers of the EuroAsia Conference on Software Process 
Improvement 2016 (EuroAsiaSPI 2016).

All submitted papers will follow a peer review process. Active 
researchers in the area of software process improvement will act as 
reviewers for this Special Issue. Each submission will be reviewed by at 
least three reviewers.

The recommended length of a paper is of maximum 20 pages. The 
submissions should follow the formatting guidelines of the Journal of 
Universal Computer Science (http://www.jucs.org/jucs_info/submissions)

Paper submissions should be made by email to the following address: 
myilmaz at cankaya.edu.tr. Only papers received at this address will be 
considered for publication. Any questions regarding this special issue 
should be sent to the guest editors.

Important dates
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Submission Deadline: March 27, 2016
First Notification of Acceptance/Rejection: June 27, 2016
Revised Manuscripts Submission Deadline: September 27, 2016
Final Notification of Acceptance: December 27, 2016
Expected Publication Date: March 2017

Guest editors
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Rory O’Connor
Dublin City University, Dublin, Ireland.
roconnor at computing.dcu.ie

Murat Yilmaz
Cankaya University, Ankara, Turkey
yilmaz at cankaya.edu.tr

Manuel Mora
Autonomous University of Aguascalientes, Mexico
mmora at securenym.net