kcby@kong.Atlanta.NCR.com (KC Burgess Yakemovic) (08/17/90)
Please note: The date for submission of position papers has
been changed from Aug. 15 to Sept. 1, at the request of the
conference organizers.
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- Final Call for Participation -
1990 ECOOP/OOPSLA Workshop
"The Bottom Line: Using OOP in the Commercial Environment"
On October 22, 1990, in conjunction with the joint
ECOOP/OOPSLA '90 conference in Ottawa, Canada, a workshop
will be held on the subject of using OOP in the commercial
environment.
PURPOSE AND GOALS FOR WORKSHOP
The goals of this workshop will be:
1) To have those with experience using OOP to develop medium
to large size commercial programs (5+ S/W developers) discuss
issues relating to commercial application of the technique.
In particular, we wish to focus on these issues:
- How can we sell the use of OOP to management?
- How does the use of OOP affect project resource
estimating?
- What development processes are useful?
- What methods are useful when integrating with
existing software and systems?
- What are the impacts of OOP on product quality?
2) To continue, from last year, the process of establishing a
dialog among commercial users of Object Oriented Programming.
3) To provide a report of the group's discussion and
conclusions for the participants and for inclusion in the
addendum to the conference proceedings.
PARTICIPANTS AND OBSERVERS
We are looking for software developers or managers who have
completed projects or product releases using OOP with teams
of 5 or more people, or who have integrated OOP with a
smaller number of people into a larger system. Participants
should be willing to talk about their experiences. Depending
on the response, an attempt will be made to balance project
types, languages used, etc. In response to several requests
made last year, we will maintain a waiting list for those who
wish to listen to the discussion, rather than participate.
When we know how many can be accommodated, observers will be
admitted on a first come, first serve basis.
WORKSHOP FORMAT AND LENGTH
The proposed format is to have a limited number of
participants make short presentations about their
experiences, followed by ample time for discussion with other
attendees. This format is intended to encourage discussion
among peers, rather than presentation by "experts". The
workshop will be one day in length.
POSITION PAPERS
All participants must submit short (1-2 page) position papers
to the workshop organizer. The paper should briefly describe
your project (application, number of people, language used),
and indicate your response to the five issues listed above.
Papers must be submitted by Sept 1, 1990. Participants will
be selected and notified by Sept. 21, 1990. Those who wish
to be placed on the waiting list for observers should provide
us with their name, address and phone number.
For more information, please contact one of the workshop
organizers:
K.C. Burgess Yakemovic Suzana Hutz
NCR Corporation Motorola Inc.
Human Interface Technology Center Corporate Offices
500 Tech Parkway 3701 Algonquin Rd, s/601
Atlanta, GA 30313 Rolling Meadows, IL 60008
phone: 404-853-2947 phone: 708-576-2815
fax: 404-853-2934 fax: 708-576-2025
email: email:
kc.burgess.yakemovic@atlanta.ncr.com hutz@mot.com