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<!--StartFragment--><p class="MsoNormal">This is a call For Minitrack Proposals on Systems Analysis and
Design – AMCIS 2015 in Puerto Rico. We invite the submission of minitrack
proposals to the 21st Americas Conference on Information Systems (AMCIS
2015), which will be held on August 13-15, 2015 in Puerto Rico. </p><p class="MsoNormal">AMCIS 2015 brings together academics and industry professionals
around the world to exchange knowledge related to the AMCIS 2015 theme,
Blue Ocean IS Research. <span style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);"><a href="http://amcis2015.aisnet.org/">http://amcis2015.aisnet.org</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal">TRACK: Systems Analysis and Design</p><p class="MsoNormal">Systems analysis is about analyzing business problems and
opportunities and identifying possible solutions, whereas systems design is
specifying how an identified solution can be implemented, specifically as it
involves information technology. The combined field of Systems Analysis and
Design deals with all issues related to the development of systems and as such
is of central importance to the information systems discipline. The SAND track
provides a forum for discussing research related to systems development
methodologies and the methods used and activities occurring throughout the
systems development life cycle. This includes requirements determination,
modeling techniques and languages, agile systems development practices,
empirical evaluation of analysis and design methods, user involvement in
systems development, open source development, design of systems architecture,
and other technical and organizational issues in systems development.
Some of these topics include: </p><p class="MsoNormal">• Systems Analysis and Design: Methodologies and Processes<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">• Systems Analysis and Design: Modeling Methods, Techniques, and
Languages<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">• Systems Analysis and Design: Requirements Elicitation, Modeling,
and Validation<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">•Analysis and Design for Service-Oriented Enterprises<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">•Contemporary Issues in Agile Development<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">•Strategic Software Management: Issues, Experiences, and Theory<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">•Technical and Managerial Issues in Open Source Development<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">•User Participation in Information Systems Development<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Systems Analysis and Design Mini tracks/ suggested topics:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">• Modeling methods<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">• Techniques and languages<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">• Agile systems development methods<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">• Analysis and design methodologies (including those in the context
of open/community source software and service-oriented computing)<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">• Empirical evaluations of SAND methods and techniques<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">• User participation in systems analysis<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Minitrack proposals due: September 29, 2014<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Decisions on minitracks: October 13, 2014<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Submission system open for manuscripts: January 5, 2015<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Deadline for manuscript submission: February 25, 2015<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Conference: August 13-15, 2015<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p> </p><p class="MsoNormal">Track Chairs:<o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Palash Bera, Saint Louis University, <a href="mailto:pbera@slu.edu"><span style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">pbera@slu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">Samuel Binny, University of Western Ontario, <a href="mailto:bsamuel@ivey.uwo.ca"><span style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">bsamuel@ivey.uwo.ca</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal">H. Roland Weistroffer, Virginia Commonwealth University, <a href="mailto:hrweistr@vcu.edu"><span style="color: rgb(56, 110, 255);">hrweistr@vcu.edu</span></a><o:p></o:p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p>
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