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<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">** Sorry for any
cross-posting<br>
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CALL FOR PAPERS<br>
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Track "</font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><span
style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Methods, Tools and Human
Factors in IS/IT Development and Management</font></span>"<br>
</font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><a
href="https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/the-conference/tracks-and-keynotes/track-methods-tools-and-human-factors-in-is-it-development-and-management">https://sites.google.com/site/ecis2013nl/the-conference/tracks-and-keynotes/track-methods-tools-and-human-factors-in-is-it-development-and-management</a></font><br>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">at the 21th European
Conference on Information Systems (ECIS 2013)<br>
</font><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3">June 5-8, 2013, Utrecht
University, Netherlands</font></font><font
class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br>
</font> <br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">*** Deadline for paper
submission: December 7th, 2012 ***<br>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">THEME AND TOPICS<br>
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Information technology and information systems (IT/IS) development
and management is a complex phenomenon. IT/IS is typically developed
and managed by deploying individuals or groups from various
cultures, educational / professional backgrounds, and organizations
who work together using various methods (or methodologies/
frameworks) and tools to ensure that the final product will meet the
expectations of all stakeholders. In order to better understand the
intricate problems that can arise in such a complex and dynamic work
environment, this track adopts a multi-dimensional approach focusing
on both user-centric, as well as, method-centric aspects:<br>
<ul>
<li><i>Human factors in IS/IT Development and Management</i>:
understanding the large variety of human factors that need to be
considered during IS/IT Development and Management. Issues such
as (and not limited to) lack of proper communication and
coordination among team members, employee motivation, cultural
differences etc. This topic also deals with human issues related
to IS/IT development in specific project and organizational
environments, for example, customer collaboration is important
in an Agile development context, while developer coordination
and communication is critical in a globally distributed software
development environment<br>
<br>
</li>
<li><i>Methods and Tools in IS/IT Development and Management</i>:
understanding and explaining the design, adoption, and success
of methods (or methodologies/ frameworks) and tools from areas
such as (and not limited to) project management, software
engineering, method engineering, architecture management,
service management, and IS/IT governance. The goal is to foster
research by providing deeper insights into factors that affect
their successful design, dissemination, and application.</li>
</ul>
Researchers and practitioners interested in submitting papers to
this track are encouraged to explore IT/IS development and
management issues related to the above mentioned themes – for
example, from a design, behavioral, and technical perspective.
Papers may consider different units of analysis: individual, group,
or organizational level. <br>
<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3"><br>
Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:<br>
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<ul>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Socio-technical
approach</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Coordination,
communication, collaboration, and awareness issues in IS/IT
development and management</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Organizational and
governmental issues in IS/IT development and management</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Project management
methods and tools</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Communities of
interest, communities of practice, knowledge sharing and
organizational learning in IS/IT development and management</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Issues particular to
global IS/IT development and management (e.g. outsourcing)</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Issues related to Open
source development</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Design, configuration
and customization of IT/IS management and development methods
and tools</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Empirical studies in
method design and engineering: experiences, case studies and
usage-oriented evaluations</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Issues related to
computer-based support to IS/IT methods</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Method and tool
acceptance and adoption</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Strategies to improve
IS/IT methods acceptance</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Leadership, power, and
politics in IS/IT development and management</font></li>
<li><font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">Software and tools
that support effective IS/IT development and management (e.g.,
project management information systems, software development
tools, etc.)</font></li>
</ul>
<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">TRACK CHAIRS<br>
Kunal Mohan, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:kunalmohan@gmail.com">kunalmohan@gmail.com</a><br>
Saïd Assar, Telecom Ecole de Management, France, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:said.assar@it-sudparis.eu">said.assar@it-sudparis.eu</a><br>
Chintan Amrit, University of Twente, The Netherlands, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:c.amrit@utwente.nl">c.amrit@utwente.nl</a><br>
Nils Urbach, EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht, Germany, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:nils.urbach@ebs.edu">nils.urbach@ebs.edu</a><br>
Christine Legner, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:christine.Legner@unil.ch">christine.Legner@unil.ch</a><br>
Maya Daneva, University of Twente, The Netherlands, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:m.daneva@utwente.nl">m.daneva@utwente.nl</a><br>
Jolita Ralyté, University of Geneva, Switzerland, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:jolita.ralyte@unige.ch">jolita.ralyte@unige.ch</a><br>
Daniela Damian, University of Victoria, Canada, <a
class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated"
href="mailto:danielad@cs.uvic.ca">danielad@cs.uvic.ca</a><br>
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<font class="Apple-style-span" size="3">ASSOCIATE EDITORS<br>
Benjamin Müller, University of Mannheim, Germany<br>
Stefan Smolnik, EBS Business School, Germany<br>
Rahul Thakurta, Xavier Institute of Management, India<br>
Jahangir Karimi, University of Colorado Denver, USA<br>
Frank Teuteberg, University of Osnabrück, Germany<br>
Rajeev Sharma University of Wollongong, Australia<br>
Abhijit Dutt, Penn State Beaver, USA<br>
Maximilian Röglinger, University of Augsburg, Germany<br>
Ali Sunyaev, University of Cologne, Germany<br>
Pär Ågerfalk, Uppsala University, Sweden<br>
Rébecca Deneckère, University Paris 1 - Sorbonne, France<br>
Manfred Jeusfeld, Tilburg University, Netherlands<br>
Agnès Front, IMAG, France<br>
Isabelle Mirbel, Université Nice Sophia-Antipolis, France<br>
João Alvaro Carvalho, Universidade do Minho, Portugal<br>
César González-Pérez, Spanish National Research Council,Spain<br>
Philippe Kruchten, University of British Columbia<br>
Venugopal Balijepally, Prairie View A&M University<br>
Cleidson de Souza, IBM Research, Brazil<br>
Darja Smite, Blekinge Institute of Technology<br>
Klaas Sikkel, University of Twente<br>
Gitte Tjornehoj, Aalborg University<br>
Mehmet Aydin, Isik University<br>
Yvonne Dittrich, IT University of Copenhagen<br>
Nils Brede Moe, SINTEF ICT, Norway<br>
Alexander Maedche, University of Mannheim, Germany<br>
Vishal Midha, University of Texas - Pan American, USA<br>
Stephanie missonier, Université de Lausanne, Switzerland<br>
Thomas Widjaja, Technical University of Darmstadt, Germany<br>
Chen-Hui Wang, University of Hsuan Chuang, Taiwan<br>
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