Call for Papers - XP 2005, June 18-23, 2005 Sheffield University,

Sixth International Conference on
eXtreme Programming and Agile Processes
in Software Engineering

XP 2005

June 18-23, 2005 Sheffield University, UK

http://www.xp2005.org

The Sixth International Conference on eXtreme Programming and Agile
Processes in Software Engineering is a unique forum for industry and
academic professionals to discuss their needs and ideas for
incorporating eXtreme Programming and agile methodologies into their
professional life under consideration of social aspects.

XP 2005 facilitates to swap ideas in a number of ways, including
featured talks by professionals on the cutting edge of eXtreme
Programming and Agile Processes, technical presentations, special
activity sessions, panels, posters, code camps, workshops, tutorials
and other opportunities to exchange and elaborate on new findings. XP
2005 features additionally a PhD Symposium for PhD students.

CONFERENCE TOPICS

The conference will stress practical applications and implications of
XP and other agile methodologies (AM). Conference topics include, but
are not limited to:

* Foundations and rationale of XP and AM
* Case studies, experiments and practioner's reports
* XP, AM and "Lean Management"
* Organizational Change
* Other management and organizational issues
* Scalability issues
* Education and training
* Introducing XP and AM into an organization
* New insights into XP practices and their interrelations
* Refactoring and continuous integration
* XP, AM and process/product certifications (CMM, ISO 9001, ...)
* Unit and acceptance testing: practices and experiences
* Use of SW development tools and environments
* Agile development of Open Source software
* Merging of agile processes
* Customer interaction

CALL FOR PAPERS
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Program Chair: Hubert Baumeister

INSTRUCTIONS TO AUTHORS

Papers must be original and not under consideration for publication
elsewhere. Authors must clearly explain the contribution of the work
in terms of its theoretical and/or practical value and relationship to
previous work. Submissions must be full papers of at most 9 pages in
English using the Springer LNCS style
(http://www.springer.de/comp/lncs/authors.html).

Each submission must include an abstract and a list of
keywords. Electronic submission of proposals is required through the
online submission system: http://www.xp2005.org/submissions. All steps
indicated there have to be carefully followed. The proceedings will
appear in the LNCS series of Springer.

CALL FOR PANELS AND ACTIVITIES
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Panels and Activities Co-Chairs: David Hussman and David Putman
Details can be found at: http://www.xp2005.org/panels

CALL FOR WORKSHOPS
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Workshop Chair: Vera Peeters
Details can be found at: http://www.xp2005.org/workshops

CALL FOR TUTORIALS
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Tutorial Chairs: Geoff and Emily Bache
Details can be found at: http://www.xp2005.org/tutorials

CALL FOR POSTERS AND DEMONSTRATIONS
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Poster and Demonstration Chair: Barbara Russo
Details can be found at: http://www.xp2005.org/posters

PHD SYMPOSIUM
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PhD-Symposium Chair: Sandro Pinna
Details can be found at: http://www.xp2005.org/phdsymposium

IMPORTANT DATES

* Paper submissions: January 16, 2005
* Acceptance notification for full papers: March 6, 2005

* Submissions for tutorials, workshops, panels and activities, PhD
Symposium, and posters: March 1, 2005

* Acceptance notification for submissions other than full papers:
March 20, 2005

* All final manuscripts: April 3, 2005

* Pre-registration ends: May 7, 2005

Conference Chair: Michele Marchesi, University of Cagliari, Italy
Local Chair: Mike Holcombe, University of Sheffield, UK
Program Chair: Hubert Baumeister, University of Munich (LMU), Germany

For any additional information please contact
Hubert Baumeister at: program_chair@xp2005.org

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Dr. Hubert Baumeister, Institut für Informatik, Universität München
Program Chair XP2005 (www.xp2005.org)
mailto:baumeist@informatik.uni-muenchen.de
http://www.informatik.uni-muenchen.de/~baumeist
phone (x49-89)2180-9375  * fax -9175