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<P><FONT SIZE=2>Agile 2012 – Research in Practice<BR>
<A HREF="http://agile2012.agilealliance.org/">http://agile2012.agilealliance.org/</A><BR>
August 13-17, 2012, Dallas, Texas<BR>
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Agile annual conference is widely regarded as the premier international event on agile software development. The Research in Practice stage of the Agile Conference aims at bridging the gap between research and practice. It will provide a primary forum for contemporary research into the effectiveness of methods, process, techniques and tools as well as examine emerging issues and trends in agile and lean development. The Research in Practice stage focuses on bringing the results of rigorous scientific research on agile software development to practitioners and researchers. We invite researchers to contribute to this stage with case studies, action research studies, experiments, surveys and literature reviews with focus on practical implications. The topics include but are not limited to:<BR>
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- Agile and Lean Adoption & Transformation<BR>
- Large-Scale & Distributed Agile Development<BR>
- Agile Testing & Quality Assurance<BR>
- Agile for Embedded Systems Development<BR>
- Agile Coaching & Mentoring<BR>
- Agile Project Management<BR>
- User Experience and Interaction Design<BR>
- Collaboration and Co-development with customer<BR>
- Agile Leadership<BR>
- Agile Software Development and Cloud Computing<BR>
- Agile Software Innovation<BR>
- Application of Lean Thinking<BR>
- Lean Tools and Practices <BR>
- Lean Principles from Manufacturing and other disciplines<BR>
- Kanban-based Software Development<BR>
- Lean startup<BR>
- Theoretical Foundations of Agile and Lean<BR>
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Types of Contribution<BR>
We invite two types of submissions:<BR>
Complete research papers: papers that report on original, finished research, with implications for both theory and practice. Motivation for research and discussion of the related work must be included, as well as a description of the research method applied, e.g. case studies, action research, empirical experiments. Papers are limited to 10 pages.<BR>
Research in progress papers: papers that describe new research directions, synergies with other disciplines or results not mature enough to be full papers. These ideas will be further developed with feedback actively sought from the practitioner community. This will provide a great opportunity to develop your ideas with others. Papers are limited to 4 pages.<BR>
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Submission<BR>
Papers will undergo a rigorous double-blind peer-review process, by two reviewers selected from the program committee. Both complete research papers and research in progress papers will be published in the electronic proceedings and indexed in IEEE Xplore. Authors should follow the IEEE Proceedings format when preparing their manuscripts (<A HREF="http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting">http://www.computer.org/portal/web/cscps/formatting</A>). Author information should be removed from submissions. Submissions should be in PDF format.<BR>
Papers should be submitted electronically through EasyChair: <A HREF="http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=agile2012">http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=agile2012</A><BR>
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Upon notification of acceptance, all authors of accepted papers will be asked to complete a copyright form and will receive further instructions for preparing their camera ready version. At least one author of each paper is expected to register and present the results at Agile 2012.<BR>
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Best paper award and journal special issue<BR>
A best paper award will be given to one high-quality regular research paper chosen by the conference organising committee. We also intend to invite authors of the best paper and other high-quality papers to send a revised and extended version to a leading journal. A separate call for papers will be announced with instructions on direct submission, but we encourage authors to submit to the conference to receive more feedback.<BR>
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Important dates:<BR>
- Submission deadline: 19 February 2012<BR>
- Notification of acceptance: 18 March 2012<BR>
- Camera-ready version due: 5 April 2012<BR>
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Research in Practice Stage Co-Producers<BR>
Kieran Conboy, University of New South Wales, Australia<BR>
Xiaofeng Wang, Free University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy<BR>
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Program Committee<BR>
Pekka Abrahamsson, University of Bozen/Bolzano, Italy<BR>
Silvia Acuña, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Spain<BR>
Yvonne Dittrich, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark<BR>
Torgeir Dingsøyr, SINTEF, Norway<BR>
Tore Dybå, SINTEF, Norway<BR>
Juan Garbajosa, Technical University of Madrid, Spain<BR>
Xiaocheng Ge, University of York, UK<BR>
Rashina Hoda, University of Auckland, New Zealand<BR>
Johanna Hunt, University of Sussex, UK<BR>
Juhani Iivari, University of Oulu, Finland<BR>
Philippe Kruchten, University of British Columbia, Canada<BR>
Kim Man Lui, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, Hong Kong<BR>
Michele Marchesi, University of Cagliari, Italy<BR>
Angela Martin, University of Waikato, New Zealand<BR>
Frank Maurer, University of Calgary, Canada<BR>
Nils Brede Moe, SINTEF, Norway<BR>
Maurizio Morisio, Politecnico di Torino, Italy<BR>
Sridhar Nerur, University of Texas at Arlington, USA<BR>
James Noble, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand<BR>
Bala Ramesh, Georgia State University, USA<BR>
Carolyn Seaman, University of Maryland, USA<BR>
Kurt Schneider, Leibniz Universität Hannover, Germany<BR>
Bjørnar Tessem, University of Bergen, Norway<BR>
Richard Vidgen, University of Hull, UK<BR>
Barbara Weber, University of Innsbruck, Austria<BR>
Agustín Yagüe, Technical Universify of Madrid, Spain<BR>
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For more information, please contact the Research in Practice producers at xiaofeng.wang@unibz.it and k.conboy@unsw.edu.au.</FONT></P>
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