12th Australian Workshop on Requirements Engineering
Requirements Analysis for People, Businesses and Communities
http://australia.theiiba.org/index.php/events/awre09/call-for-papers
### Call for Papers ###
People, businesses and communities need to respond to the constantly
changing world. New Technologies such as Web 2.0, mobile and ubiquitous
devices, virtual worlds and social networking services, are changing the
way we communicate, collaborate and conduct businesses. Furthermore, the
Global Financial Crisis, domestic and global politics and climate
change, are amongst problems that present challenges for those who wish
to take advantage of the emerging technologies. More than ever,
Requirements Analysis — or Requirements Engineering in the field of
Software Engineering — is an important process in the development of
successful, technology-enabled solutions that meet the needs of people,
businesses and communities.
Under the theme of “Requirements Analysis for People, Businesses and
Communities”, the 12th Australian Workshop on Requirements Engineering
(AWRE’09) will continue the tradition of being a leading event in
Requirements Engineering in Australia. AWRE attracts researchers and
professionals from all over the world, and aims to bring together
academics and practitioners from Requirements Engineering and Business
Analysis to share experiences, present recent research findings, to
network and to form collaborative projects.
This year, AWRE is collaborating with the Australia Chapter of the
International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®), an independent
non-profit professional association serving the growing community of
Business Analysts. IIBA® works to develop recognition of the value of
the Business Analysis, and seeks to provide forums for knowledge sharing
and contribution to the profession. Whether it is called, Requirements
Engineering, Requirements Analysis or Business Analysis, IIBA® seeks to
assist practitioners do a better job.
AWRE'09 starts in the evening of Thursday 1st October 2009 with an
invited talk, and continues on Friday 2nd October, at the University of
Technology, Sydney (UTS). The workshop will consist of parallel tracks
for research and industry presentations, a keynote by a prominent person
in the field, and finish with a simulating discussion panel.
Participants from industry and academia are invited to submit papers. To
ensure a high quality workshop programme, all submissions will be
reviewed by the Programme Committee. However, participants may indicate
whether they would like to have their paper fully refereed (double blind
reviews) or submit for presentation only.
Topics of Interest (non-exclusive):
- Business analysis, requirements analysis, and systems analysis
- Requirements processes and activities
- Business process modelling
- Requirements analysis in different contexts, for example e-Commerce,
e-Business, m-Commerce, and e-Health
- Collaboration and Knowledge management in requirements teams
- Requirements presentations, methods and tools
- Requirements management, negotiation and validation
- Requirements analysis and software architecture
- Requirements analysis for service-oriented architecture (SOA) and systems
- Creativity techniques and creative processes in requirements discovery
and conceptual modelling
- Social, cultural and organisational issues impacting requirements and
the requirements process
- Practitioner perspectives on Business Analysis
- Education, training, and professional development for Business Analysts
- Research approaches and methods in requirements analysis
AWRE'09 invites the following types of contributions:
- Research papers: Authors should present research objective/question
and results clearly. They should indicate the research method used as
well as the significance of the contribution to the field.
- Experience papers: Authors should present a significant experience and
lessons learned clearly. Examples of experience papers are a success or
failure report about the transfer of known research results to evaluate
or improve current practice. Papers that describe current practices and
rationale could also be categorised as experience papers.
- Presentations (without fully written papers): Speakers can present
their work without a paper. Only an abstract will be printed in the
proceedings. Please submit an extended abstract for review.
- Proposals for discussion panel: The proposal should contain a 200-word
abstract, which outlines the panel topic, its significance, the
structure and content, and should be accompanied by the full names and
affiliations of the proposed panel chairperson and each of the panellists.
Important dates:
- Research and Experience paper submission: 15th July 2009
- Extended abstract submission (for presentations only): 15th July 2009
- Discussion panel proposal: 30th July 2009
- Paper/Presentation acceptance notification: 10 August 2009
- Final revision submission: 30 August 2009
- Conference date: 2nd October 2009 with a pre workshop function and
invited talk in the evening 1st October.
Submission: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=awre09
Submission format: IEEE 8.5" x 11", Two-Column Format, see
http://www.computer.org/portal/site/cscps/menuitem.02df7cde46985ea21618fc2e6bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=cscps_level1&path=cscps/cps&file=cps_forms.xml&xsl=generic.xsl&