Call for Papers

The first conference on "Chaos and Agile In Action"

The first edition of the Agile Tour attracted over 800 participants in 7 cities in France and Switzerland, all at no cost for attendees!

This unique event, which combined local networking with a fun way to learn about agile, was highly appreciated and will therefore be extended another year.

For thise second edition, we would like to engage the research world and we propose a scientific open-issue about agility viewed as new foundation of Software Engineering, Knowledge Management, and Organizational Learning.

The conference will be held at the University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense, the afternoon of October 15, 2009. We expect this to be a mixed event between practitioners and scientific members.

More information about these events are available at the Agile Tour web site.

Call for Papers

Agile software development refers to any software development methodology which conforms to the twelve principles formulated by the Agile Manifesto. Agile methods generally promote:

• a disciplined project management process that encourages frequent inspection and adaptation,
• a leadership philosophy that encourages teamwork, self-organization and accountability,
• a set of engineering best practices that allow for rapid delivery of high-quality software,
• a business approach that aligns development with customer needs and company goals.

Therefore, the declaration of interdependence for modern management increases the reuse of a large part of previous concepts and extends it for other types of management. As a result, the agile posture becomes a standard which can be studied according to several points of view.

The main goal of this conference is to communicate about agility in action in several domains. Contributions on software engineering or process methods are welcome, but not limited in theses fields. The following list of topics is not exhaustive. Please categorize your contribution in one of these or summarize your category in one sentence. The submission process starts by sending your contribution via e-mail to paper@agiletour.org

Topics

• Software Engineering & Agile Best-Practices
  • Agile Methods
  • What's new about tests and refactoring?
  • How can we relate agile methods, patterns and models?
  • Testing & Proof
  • Refactoring
  • Automation
  • Emergent design
  • Quality
• Teams & Management
  • Measuring Agility
  • Psychological aspects of an agile environment
  • Extending the collaborative environment (Distributed teams, Telecommuting)
  • Human perspectives
  • Conflict and agility
  • Personal and group coaching
  • Organization and science
  • Education (Agility applied in education, Learning Agility in a University)
  • Enterprise aspects (Contract, Process, Financial, Legal issue)
  • Agility in Chaotic Environment (Research project management)
• Anthropology and computer science evolution.
• Boundaries of Agile

Submission Process

Papers papers must be at least 6 pages (for short or position papers) and must not exceed 15 pages). Paper submissions must conform to the LNCS formatting guidelines.

All submissions must be original, unpublished, and not submitted simultaneously for publication elsewhere. They will undergo a thorough review process by a track-specific committee comprising experts from academia and industry. Accepted papers will be published in the free PDF mode and will be published in a book support format with the Agilbee editor. All proceeds will be donated to the event, notwithstanding cost accounting.

Important Dates

• Final submissions: August 31th
• Official response: September 15th
• Conference: October 15th

Programm Comittee

• Hervé Leblanc, Assistant Professor, University of Toulouse
• Patrice Petit, Phd, Agilii, Agilbee & University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
• Jérôme Barrand, Phd, Grenoble, foundator of Institut d'Agilité des Organisations
• Marta Rukoz, Professor, University of Paris Ouest Nanterre La Défense
• Isabelle Borne, Professor, University of South Britain
• Frédéric Fondement, Assistant Professor, ENSISA, Mulhouse
• Pierre Ratinaud, psycho sociology and education science, University of Toulouse