[AM] CFP: EuroSP3, Cologne, Germany, 1-3 Dec 2004

CALL FOR PAPERS

EuroSP3, Software Projects, Process & People
1st - 3rd December, 2004
Cologne, Germany

We would like to invite you to speak at the first ever EuroSP3 
conference on Software Projects, Process & People.  EuroSP3 is being 
brought to you by EuroSTAR, europe's largest conference on Software 
Testing, Analysis and Review.

"Better Software Sooner" is the theme for EuroSP3.  Most practitioners 
in the software world seem to be asked to do more and more every day - 
with the same or less resources - and to more exacting quality and 
performance standards.  And software is being delivered!  This 
conference is about " how you did it".  What were the sucess factors, 
the processes, the project management practices, the people that allowed 
you to succeed?

EuroSP3 Topics:

1.    Software Process Management:

Requirements to Design - Use cases, function points, UML + Modeling 
languages
Design to Code - Lifecycle tools, software configuration mgmt, designing 
for secure systems
Process Improvement - The SEI World, The ISO World, other worlds - 
Benchmarking!

2.    Software Project Management:

Agile Practices -  XP & DSDM, Microsoft's Solutions Framework, For 
software maintenance
Outsourced Projects -  Best practices from case studies, the SEI's eSCM 
for outsourced projects, risk management
Software Measurement - Project Estimation, predicting project 
performance based on Software Quality data

3.    Software People Management:

Team management & Collaboration - Managing Virtual teams, managing teams 
from different companies, using the web to manage distributed projects
People Management - Managing and motivating difficult people, the art of 
negotiation, hiring well and firing smartly
Change Management & Leadership - managing expectations, communication, 
the work life balance in software - myth or reality!

Submission Guidelines:

You need to submit a summary of your presentation by 5th April 2004.  
The summary should be 1 - 2 pages long and should identify at least 3 
key points that you intend to cover.  

Full submission deadlines can be found at:

http://www.testingconferences.com/EuroSP3/speaker/papers/call_for_papers.asp


Key Dates:

Deadline for Submissions: Monday April 5th 2004
Notification of Acceptance: Monday May 31st 2004
Presentations / papers due: Monday 6th September
Conference Dates: 1-3 December

Exhibition:
An exhibition will be arranged to give the attendees the opportunity to 
evaluate tools that implement the presented theories.  As space is 
limited, those interested in exhibiting their products are urged to 
contact the organisers as soon as possible or check 
www.qualtechconferences.com for further details.

We invite you to be part of this new, exciting and prestigious event and 
look forward to receiving your submissions before the deadline of Monday 
April 5th.  We very much look forward to meeting you in Cologne, Germany 
later this year.  If you have any further questions, please do not 
hesitate in contacting me via telephone: +353 91 514478 or via email.

Best Regards
  
Niamh Carroll
QualTech Conferences

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