rodrique@hplabsz.HPL.HP.COM (Mike Rodriquez) (03/24/88)
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CALL FOR PAPERS AND REFEREES
HAWAII INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SYSTEM SCIENCES - 22
Software Productivity
KAILUA-KONA, HAWAII - JANUARY 3-6, 1989
The Software Track of HICSS-22 will contain a special set of
papers focusing on a broad selection of topics in the area
of Software Productivity. The presentation will provide a
forum to discuss new advances in theory and applications in
software productivity. Software productivity has become an
important issue in that information-age organizations rely
on their ability to manage information effectively and effi-
ciently to attain the strategic goals of heightened compet-
itive advantage and increased enterprise productivity. When
software development budgets are regularly exceeded and
software delivery delayed, organizations stand little chance
of reaching their goals. Improving software productivity has
become a high-priority issue on the agenda of both software
researchers and MIS managers.
However, problems in software productivity have only been
tackled by researchers from a single discipline with one
technique and method. This mini-track calls for papers from
various disciplines on software productivity research di-
rections and frameworks, integrated software development
methods, tools, and environment for productivity improve-
ment, as well as case studies, field studies, and laboratory
experiments on software productivity. In particular, this
mini-track would will focus on researches and applications
which integrated multiple disciplines and techniques to the
solutions of software productivity problems.
Papers are invited that may be theoretical, concep-
tual, tutorial or descriptive in nature. Those papers
selected for presentation will appear in the Conference
Proceedings which is published by the Computer Society
of the IEEE. HICSS-22 is sponsored by the University of
Hawaii in cooperation with the ACM, the Computer So-
ciety, and the Pacific Research Institute for Information
Systems and Management (PRIISM). Submissions are solicited
in:
o Integration of Software Processes, Methods, and Envi-
ronments for Software Productivity: This includes the
increase of software productivity by the development
and use of fourth generation languages, computer-
aided software engineering tools, reusable software
components, software factories, and knowledge-based
software development environments.
o Human and Organizational Factors in Software Develop-
ment: This includes studies of the cognitive proc-
esses of software developers, the selection and
adoption of productivity tools, factors that contrib-
uted to the high productivity of software developers
and software project teams, and the organizational
efforts and behaviors in improving software produc-
tivity.
o Software Productivity Measurement and Programs: This
includes research in software cost estimation models,
software metrics, relationships between software pro-
ductivity and corporate productivity, software pro-
ductivity of professional system development and
end-user computing, software quality assurance, soft-
ware factories, and implementation of company-wide
software productivity improvement programs.
INSTRUCTIONS FOR SUBMITTING PAPERS
Manuscripts should be 22-26 typewritten, double-spaced
pages in length. Do not send submissions that are sig-
nificantly shorter or longer than this. Papers must not
have been previously presented or published, nor cur-
rently submitted for journal publication. Each manuscript
will be put through a rigorous refereeing process.
Manuscripts should have a title page that includes the ti-
tle of the paper, full name of its author(s),
affiliation(s), complete physical and electronic
address(es), telephone number(s) and a 300-word abstract of
the paper.
DEADLINES
o A 300-word abstract is due by March 30, 1988.
o Feedback to author concerning abstract by March 31,
1988.
o Six copies of the manuscript are due by June 6,
1988.
o Notification of accepted papers by September 1,
1988.
o Accepted manuscripts, camera-ready, are due by Octo-
ber 3, 1988
SEND SUBMISSIONS AND QUESTIONS TO:
Jay F. Nunamaker
MIS Department
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ 85721
Phone: (602) 621-2748
BITNET: NUNAMAKER@ARIZMIS
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