CfP: International SPICE Days 2010, Stuttgart

CALL FOR PAPERS The International SPICE Days 2010 21 - 23 June 2010, Stuttgart, Germany www.spice-days.com The International Software Quality Institute (www.isqi.org) together with the International Assessor Certification Scheme (www.intacs.info) announces the International SPICE Days 2010. ISO 15504 "SPICE" - industry practice today and in the future We live in exponential times: the increase in complexity and the reduction in delivery cycles accelerates, yet demands on the quality, and especially the safety and security of products and services are higher than ever. The International SPICE Days presents practical experiences in using SPICE to safeguard or improve high levels of quality in software and systems development. The International SPICE Days are the exchange platform for practitioners and open for all industry segments. Topics of Interest Higher Levels of SPICE * how to achieve deployment and acceptance of high level quality processes across the corporation * how to motivate and empower technical staff and management * competence development and management * what is business like at higher levels, what are the indicators, what the returns Practical Approaches to Key Challenges * requirements traceability, e.g. software requirements to code and test, requirements across software, hardware, mechanics * requirements traceability in model-driven approaches * quality metrics for product and process * where is the dividing line between process and tool chain * strategies using automated test environments * how to handle software architecture issues * variant handling in requirements management and beyond * how to conduct effective reviews, decisions, appraisals and product and process level The Future of SPICE * developments in the standardisation world * SPICE for industry domains or different disciplines * achieving higher levels of SPICE with agile and/or lean development * experience of SMEs in working with SPICE * enhancing SPICE assessments with perspectives from other standards, e.g. ISO 26262, ITIL * SPICE and open source * SPICE and a common tool infrastructure, e.g. Eclipse intacs.info Speaker Benefits and Expectations Benefits * In case we accept your submission, speaker & tutorial speaker will get a ticket for both conferences (excl. Tutorial Day) free of charge. * In case we accept your submission, you will get a speaker certificate as a proof of experience for iNTACS(tm) (Experience Evidence). * "The Best Presentation" will be selected by the conference participants and will be honoured with the "Best Presentation Award". * "The Best Paper" will be selected by the program committee and will be honoured with the "Best Paper Award". Expectations * Accepted papers must be presented at the conference by one of the authors. * The tutorial / paper presentation must be in English language. * The paper presentation can be a 40 min presentation (35+5). * The tutorial can be a half-day tutorial (3 hours) or a full-day tutorial (6 hours). Submissions Abstracts and papers have to be submitted using the submission form. Papers should not exceed 12 pages in length. If you submit a preliminary edition of your paper, it must not be shorter than 3 pages. Please note that our review process requires blinded papers. More information on www.spice-days.com. Important Dates Submission of abstracts: 16 February 2010 Notification of acceptance: 16 March 2010 Submission of final papers: 30 April 2010 Submission of tutorial and paper slides: 31 May 2010 Conference Chair Hans-Jürgen Kugler Lero - The Irish Software Engineering Research Centre Co-Conference Chairs Dr. Richard Messnarz, I.S.C.N. GesmbH Prof. Dr. Kevin Ryan, Lero Organizer iSQI GmbH Organizing Chair Stephan Goericke, iSQI GmbH Steering Committee Klaus Grimm, Daimler AG; Stephan Goericke, iSQI GmbH; Stefan Jähnichen, Präsident Gesellschaft für Informatik / FhG FIRST Berlin; Hans-Jürgen Kugler, Lero; Hans-Christian Reuss, FKFS/IVK, Universität Stuttgart The Program Committee will be announced on www.spice-days.com. Pre-Register now! If you want to attend the conference as a participant, sponsor or exhibitor you can register at the conference website. iSQI GmbH - International Software Quality Institute Breite Str. 2d, 14467 Potsdam, Germany mailto: info@spice-days.com Fax +49 331 231810-10 Phone +49 331 231810-19 www.spice-days.com