Conference Day 1, 11.12.2003

Participation Rules , Opening Key Note , Conference Program , EuroSPI Program Details

Participation Rules

Participants can walk freely between two parallel conference streams, and the exhibition areas.

Opening Key Note

Prof. Hermann Maurer, Head of IICM, Head of HMS (Joanneum Research), Chief Scientist Know Center, Austria
Author of SF Publications.
Full Professor at the Graz University of Technology since 1978, since October 2000 also Dean of Studies for Telematics. In addition, director of the Research Institute for Applied Information Processing of the Austrian Computer Society 1983-1998; chairman of Institute for Information Processing and Computer Supported New Media since 1988, director of the Institute for Hypermedia Systems of JOANNEUM RESEARCH since 1990, director of the AWAC (Austrian Web Application Center) of the ARCS (Austrian Research Centers) 1997-2000, member of the board of OCG (™sterreische Computergesellschaft) 1979-2003 and since 2001/01/01 chief scientist of the KNOW Center (K+ Center), the first research center on Knowledge Management in Austria.
Adjunct Professor at Denver University 1984-1988; Professor for Computer Science at the University of Auckland, New Zealand, in 1993 (on leave from Graz), then Honorary Adjunct Professor and since May 2001 Honorary Research Fellow.
Project manager of a number of multimillion-dollar undertakings including a patent for optical storage device, the development of a colour-graphic microcomputer (MUPID), an electronic teaching experiment COSTOC, multi-media projects such as "Images of Austria" (Expo'92 and Expo'93), various electronic publishing projects such as "PC Library", "Geothek", "J.UCS" and "Brockhaus Multimedial"; responsible for the development of the first second generation Web Based Information System Hyper-G, now Hyperwave and the eLearning Suite (eLS), a modern net based teaching platform, participation in a number of EU projects (e.g. LIBERATION, HYMN, EUROPE-MMM, HYPDOC, EONT and others) and MIRACLE.

Conference Program - Day 1
Time Plenary Session
09.00-09.30 Welcome Address
Mag. Andrea Fenz, Director, APS (National IST Contact Point for Southern Austria)
Dr Richard Messnarz, Director, ISCN, Austria and Ireland (EuroSPI Board)
09.30-10.30 IT oriented aspects of KM (Knowledge Management) to increase efficieny in organizations and enterprises
Prof. Dr. Hermann Maurer

Time EuroSPI Stream A EuroSPI Stream B
10.45-12.45 E-I - SPI and Engineering E-II - SPI and Assessment Experiences
14.00-15.30 E-III - SPI and e-Work and e-SCM (trademark of CMU) E-IV - SPI and Risk Management
16.00-17.30 EV - SPI and Analysis / Measurement E-VI - SPI and Improvement Implementation
19.00-23.00 Reception and Dinner at Graz Castle (Invitation by Governor) Classical Music Orchestra
23.00-24.00 Guided City Tour through Cultural Capital of Europe Guided Tour starts at 23.00

EuroSPI Program Details

EUROSPI Stream 1 EUROSPI Stream 2
E-I SPI and Engineering

A Situational Method for Requirements Engineering in E-business Projects
A. Smeitz, E. Folmer, TNO-E-Business, The Netherlands

Simulation of Requirements Phase Im-provement for Telecom Systems using System Dynamics
N. Akhtar, et.al. , International Islamic University, Pakistan, Z. Mahmood, University of Derby, UK

A Comparison of Automated and Manual Functional Testing of a Web Application
G. K. Hanssen, T. Dingsoyr, SINTEF, Norway

A goal/question/metrics based technique for CMM requirements management key process area
Z. Mahmood, University of Derby, UK 		E-II SPI and Assessment Experiences

Did you alredy know? - Learning from Eperience
Jorn Johansen, DELTA, Denmark

An Assessment Approach for Software Workforce in an Emergent Organization
O. Ozgur Tanriover, Middle East Technical University, Turkey

Process assessment for use in very small enterprise: the NOEMI assessment methodology
B. Renzo, C. Feltus, Centre de Recherche Public Henri, Luxembourg

CMM project becomes self runner
Christian Knuevener, method park Software AG, Germany
 

E-III - SPI and e-Work and e-SCM (trademark of CMU)

Using the eSourcing Capability Model to improve IT enabled business process outsourcing services
M. Biro, Budapest Univ. of Economics, Hungary, G. Deak, J. Ivanyos, A. Zamori, Memolux, Hungary, R. Messnarz,ISCN, Ireland

The tale of E-Work in European SMEs For Excellence in IT-enabled Outsourcing Services
P. Di Nicola, Futuribile, Italy

Skills Assessment Based Human Re-source Management
R. Messnarz, ISCN, Ireland, e-Commerce Project Consortium 		E-IV SPI and Risk Management

A Framework For Risk Management For Software Projects
G. Rajesh, SATYAM, India

Risk Analysis as a Prioritizing Mechanism in SPI
T. Stalhane, NTNU, Gunhild Sivertsen Sorvig, Norway

Common Criteria for IT Security Evaluation - SPI Analogies
M. Biro, Budapest University of Economic Sciences, Hungary
 

E-V SPI and Analysis

Maturing the measurement program a long with the organisation's maturity
M.M. Krohn, SimCorp A/S, Denmark

Learning as Software Process Improvement
T. Dingsoyr, SINTEF, T. Stalhane, NTNU, Norway

Questionnaire-based Process Evaluation
D. Keller, Swiss Federal Strategy Unit for Information Technologies, A. Cass, P. Sutter, SynSPACE, Switzerland 		E VI - SPI and Improvement Implementation

Identification of Improvement Issues Using a Lightweight Triangulation A Case Study
T. Gorschek, C. Wohlin, Blekinge Institute of Technology, Sweden

SPI Case Study in a Direct Response Marketing Company
B. Barafort, J. Bodelet, CPRHT, Luxembourg

Making SPI Happen: The Im†pact of Iterations on Implementation Success
A. Borjesson, Ericsson, Sweden
Information Request c/o EuroSPI Co-ordination Office
I.S.C.N. International Software Consulting Network
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email: office@iscn.ie
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