Call for Papers:

Collaboration and Intercultural Issues on Requirements:
Communication, Understanding and Softskills (CIRCUS)

Workshop in conjunction with: 17th IEEE International
Requirements Engineering Conference RE'09 (www.re09.org)
August 31, 2009 - Atlanta, Georgia, USA

http://www.re-circus.de

Submission deadline: June 21, 2009

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*** Workshop Overview ***

Many development projects today involve teams, which are distributed
over multiple sites or countries. Major drivers are cost competitiveness,
access to talent regardless of location, and co-location with important
markets or customers. While the advantages are obvious, global development
also introduces big challenges. One of the major problem areas is
requirements engineering. Communication and coordination of requirements
are impeded by distance, different domain knowledge and organizational
structures as well as cultural differences. Miscommunication is one major
reason for issues such as cost overruns, project delay and quality
problems.

This workshop will focus on multi-site collaboration and intercultural
issues on requirements and how to deal with them, providing a forum for
discussion of best practices, lessons learned and for experience exchange.

*** Topics of Interest ***

Topics to be addressed include, but are not limited to:
- Requirements Engineering in globally distributed projects
- Multi-site collaboration and intercultural issues on requirements
- Communication in requirements development and requirements management
- Writing and understanding of requirements in an intercultural environment
- Softskills and other people-related aspects such as trust, personal
contact and teambuilding in requirements engineering
- Training and coaching in global requirements engineering
- Delegation of responsibility in globally distributed projects

*** Types of Contributions ***

Position papers (3-5 pages) Short papers state the position of the
author(s) on any of the topics within the scope of the workshop. For
example, a position paper could describe lessons learned with requirement
reviews experienced in an intercultural environment. Position papers will
be evaluated based on their practical relevance, potential for generating
discussion, and on the originality of the positions expressed.

Full papers (8-10 pages) Full papers describe and report on experiences
and concepts for dealing with collaboration and intercultural issues in
Requirements Engineering. For example, a full paper could describe how
collaboration issues on requirements are observed and handled in a global
development project, or a research approach for analysis and improvement
of Requirements Engineering in an intercultural environment. Full papers
will be evaluated based on the originality and significance of the
contribution, soundness of the validation process or quality of the
survey procedure, and on the broader practical applicability of the
results.

*** Important Dates ***

Paper Submission June 21, 2009
Notification of Acceptance July 13, 2009
Camera-Ready Paper August 3, 2009
Workshop August 31, 2009

*** Submission ***

Only electronic submissions are accepted. To be considered for review, a
paper submission must be in the IEEE CS Press Proceedings format
(http://www.computer.org/portal/site/cscps/index.jsp). Paper submissions
must not exceed 5 pages for a position paper or 10 pages for a full paper.
Submissions are to be done via EasyChair from the workshop homepage.
Accepted papers will be published as workshop proceedings in the IEEE
Digital Library. At least one author must participate in the workshop.

*** Program Committee ***

- Matthew Bass, Carnegie Mellon University, USA
- Brian Berenbach, Siemens Corporate Research, USA
- Bernd Bruegge, Technische Universitaet Muenchen, Germany
- Daniela Damian, University of Victoria, Canada
- Olly Gotel, Pace University, USA
- Anne Hoffmann, Siemens AG, Germany
- Lise Hvatum, Schlumberger, USA
- Christian Lescher, Siemens AG, Germany
- Lin Liu, Tsinghua University, China
- Anil Kumar Thurimella, Harman Becker Automotive Systems, Germany
- Ruediger Weissbach, Hamburg University of Applied Sciences, Germany

*** Contact ***

E-Mail: mailto:info@re-circus.de

If you would like to be informed about the final agenda of the CIRCUS
workshop and receive the call for participation later on, please send us
an e-mail with subject field "send me call for participation".


PDF is available at: http://www.re-circus.de/circus-cfp.pdf