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<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Call for Papers<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US">Information and Software Technology, Special issue on Performance in Software Development<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><b><span lang="EN-US"><a href="http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~miroslaw/performance_in_sd.htm">http://www.cse.chalmers.se/~miroslaw/performance_in_sd.htm</a>
</span></b><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*Background*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Software development industry becomes increasingly interested in measuring performance of the organizations in their mission to develop and maintain stand-alone or embedded software products. In an era where outsourcing
is a viable alternative to in-house software development, the options of quantifying performance of organizations appeals to managers of software organizations and technical leaders of software products. This appeal is triggered by the fact that the performance
of software development and maintenance organizations consists of a number of elements, for example cost efficiency, innovation, and product quality.
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*Topics*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">This special issue solicits papers exploring the theory and/or practice of performance in software development and maintenance organizations.
</span>The topics solicited include, but are not limited to: <o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpFirst" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Managerial, technical and social aspects of measuring performance of software organizations
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Business aspects of organizational performance measurement
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Agile and Lean software development and its impact on organizational performance</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Performance of software development teams and organizations
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Performance of R&D in software organizations
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Ability to continuously satisfy customer demands</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Corporate performance management of software development organizations, teams and supply chains
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Impact of standardization on operational performance
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpMiddle" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Visualization of organizational performance and its patterns</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoListParagraphCxSpLast" style="text-indent:-18.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo2">
<![if !supportLists]><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:Symbol"><span style="mso-list:Ignore">·<span style="font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"">
</span></span></span><![endif]><span lang="EN-US">Case studies and experiments of how techniques/methods/technologies influence organizational performance and how it is measured
</span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*Important Dates*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Submission deadline: April 5th, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Notification of first decision: June 15th, 2013<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Special issue: Fall 2013 or early 2014.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">*Submission Information*<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The Editor-in-Chief and the Guest Editors will make the final decision to accept or reject a submission based on the journal review process. Submissions must be written in English and submitted according to regular standards
of the journal (including having structured abstracts) via the Elsevier Editorial System (EES) at
</span><a href="http://ees.elsevier.com/infsof"><span lang="EN-US" style="color:windowtext;text-decoration:none">http://ees.elsevier.com/infsof</span></a><span lang="EN-US">. To ensure the manuscripts are correctly submitted to this special issue, please select
“</span><span lang="EN-US">IS: Performance in software development</span><span lang="EN-US">” as the “Article Type”. Authors should aim at papers of approximately 20 pages following the instructions available at the journal website. The submissions must not
be published or submitted for publication elsewhere. </span><span lang="EN-US"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">* Guest Editors *<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Dr. Miroslaw Staron, University of Gothenburg, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Prof. Jörgen Hansson, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Prof. Jan Bosch, Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:SV">---------------------------------------------<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:SV">Dr. Miroslaw Staron<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:SV">Associate Professor, Software Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:SV">Vice-head of department (undergraduate education)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:SV"><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:SV">Computer Science and Engineering<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:SV">Chalmers | University of Gothenburg<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:SV"><a href="mailto:miroslaw.staron@gu.se"><span style="color:blue">miroslaw.staron@gu.se</span></a>
<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:SV"><a href="http://www.staron.nu/"><span style="color:blue">www.staron.nu</span></a>
</span><span lang="EN-US" style="mso-fareast-language:SV"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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