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</font><b><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">Call for Papers</font></font></b><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">AMCIS 2012 </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Seattle, Washington </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">August 9-12, 2012</font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Track: Systems Analysis and Design (SIGSAND)</font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Mini-track:<span> </span>Contemporary Issues in Agile Development</font></font></b></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri">Description</font></span></b></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Agile manifesto, which introduced agility into software
development, is now more than a decade old. During this period, agile
methodologies have seen increased acceptance among software developers. Though
agile methodologies, </font><a name="135a6ca1dbf7e886_133fb22071481690_133fb1e9e3a5b56a_133fb1d583c5a937__GoBack"></a><font size="3" face="Calibri">such as XP and Scrum, continue to
grow in popularity, there is also evidence of a tailored approach being used by
some organizations, by choosing agile practices from different methodologies
that fit with their needs.<span> </span>The
increasing acceptance of agile methods by organizations brings to the fore a
number of new research issues. These include adoption and post-adoption
experiences with agile, experiences with tailored approach to agile
development, agile project management, social aspects of agile development,
distributed agile development, scalability of agile methodologies, and
enterprise agility, to name but a few. For example, there is little of note on
the project management aspects of agile development, including such issues as
cost and schedule estimation and planning, allocation of resources, management
of risks, and change control management. Also, with software development
becoming more global, there is an urgent need to understand how agile practices
can be effectively employed in a distributed environment.</font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">The term “agility” has now assumed a broader meaning,
extending its context and implications beyond software development to the
overall organizational climate. Clearly, the growing popularity of agile
principles and practices affords IS scholars opportunities to study these and
many more research issues. This mini-track will provide a forum for researchers to address fundamental issues in agile
development and to explore contemporary issues raised by the widespread
acceptance of agile methodologies. </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri">Scope</font></span></b></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">The following questions attempt to delineate the scope of
this mini-track:</font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><ol style="margin-top:0in" type="1" start="1"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">What
are the critical success factors for the adoption and sustained use of
agile methodologies such as Extreme Programming (XP) and Scrum?</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">In
what ways do agile project management practices differ from traditional
approaches to managing IT projects? </font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">What
are the challenges and/or risks of using agile practices in a distributed
software development environment? What steps should an organization take
to mitigate these risks?</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">What
are the issues in scaling software agility?</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">How
are lean practices influencing agile software development?</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri">Suggested Topics</font></span></b></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><ul style="margin-top:0in" type="disc"><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Agile project management – tools, metrics, practices,
roles, risk management, etc.</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Tailored approach to agile development</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Knowledge Management in agile development</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">“Agile methods in theory” versus “agile methods in
practice”</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Decision-making and governance issues of agile
development</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Self organizing principles and practices of agile
teams</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Integrating human-computer interaction (HCI) concepts
with agile development </font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Economics of agile development</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Role of agile methods in large-scale, mission
critical systems and large teams</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Agile development and process maturity (relationship
to CMM-SW, CMMI and ISO 9001)</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">The efficacy of Test-Driven Development</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Distributed agile development</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3">Enterprise
agility</font></font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Education and training in agile development</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><li style="margin:0in 0in 0pt;text-align:justify" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Lean enterprise and software development</font></li><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri">Important Dates</font></span></b></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3" face="Calibri">January
2, 2012<span> </span>Submission opens</font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">March
1, 2012<span> </span>Submission deadline<span> </span></font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">April
2, 2012<span> </span>Notification of
acceptance<span> </span></font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3" face="Calibri">April
20, 2012<span> </span>Final camera-ready copy due</font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:12pt"><font face="Calibri">Instructions for Authors</font></span></b></p>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">All
conference submissions will be double-blind, peer reviewed, and must be
submitted using the online submission system at
<a href="http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012" target="_blank">http://mc.manuscriptcentral.com/amcis2012</a>.<span>
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt"><font size="3"><font face="Calibri">For
complete instructions for authors and information about the conference, visit
the AMCIS 2012 conference website at <a href="http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/" target="_blank">http://amcis2012.aisnet.org/</a> after January
2, 2012.<span> </span></font></font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Calibri"><span style="font-size:12pt">Minitrack Chair(s)</span></font></b></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">VenuGopal Balijepally, Prairie View A&M University,
Prairie View, TX, USA </font><a href="mailto:vebalijepally@pvamu.edu" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">vebalijepally@pvamu.edu</font></a></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">RadhaKanta Mahapatra, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington,
TX, USA </font><a href="mailto:mahapatra@uta.edu" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">mahapatra@uta.edu</font></a><font size="3" face="Calibri"> </font></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
</font><p style="margin:0in 0in 0pt" class="MsoNormal"><font size="3" face="Calibri">Sridhar Nerur, University of Texas at Arlington, Arlington,
TX, USA </font><a href="mailto:snerur@uta.edu" target="_blank"><font color="#0000ff" size="3" face="Calibri">snerur@uta.edu</font></a></p><font size="3" face="Times New Roman">
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