Software Process Technology: 9th European Workshop, EWSPT 2003, Helsinki, Finland, September 1-2, 2003, Proceedings: 9th International Workshop, EWSPT ... 2786 (Lecture Notes in Computer Science) - Tapa blanda

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During the last two decades we have seen tremendous developments within software engineeringresearchandpractice.Theeverincreasingcomplexityofsoftwaresystems andtherevolutionarydevelopmentintheInternethaveledtomanyinterestingchallenges andopportunitiesfornewdevelopmentsinSoftwareProcessTechnology. Started in 1990, the primary goal of the European Workshops on Software P- cessTechnology is to achieve better understanding of the state-of-the-art on all issues related to software process technology, including (but not limited to): process mo- linglanguages,computer-supportedprocessdescription,analysis,reuse,re?nementand enactment,processmonitoring,measurement,management,improvementandevolution, process enactment engines, tools, and environments. Besides the technical viewpoint, the workshops have also taken into account human and social dimensions in software processenactment. The9thEuropeanWorkshoponSoftwareProcessTechnology(EWSPT-9)provided aninternationalforumforresearchersandpractitionersfromacademiaandindustryto discussawiderangeoftopicsintheareaofsoftwareprocesstechnology,andtojointly formulateanagendaforfutureresearchinthis?eld. TheProgramCommitteemetinPortland,Oregon,USAduringICSE2003,toselect thepapersforinclusionintheproceedings.Twelvepapers(elevenresearchpapersand onepositionpaper)wereselectedoutof25submissionsfrom12countries(Australia, Austria,Brazil,China,Finland,France,Germany,Mexico,Norway,Spain,UK,USA). All submissions were reviewed by three members of the Program Committee. Papers wereselectedbasedonoriginality,quality,soundnessandrelevancetotheworkshop.In addition,theprogramincludedaninvitedtalkbyVolkerGruhn(UniversityofLeipzig, Germany).Creditforthequalityoftheproceedingsgoestoallauthorsofthepapers. I would like to thank the members of the Program Committee (Jean-Claude D- niame, Jacky Estublier, Carlo Ghezzi, Carlo Montangero, Leon Osterweil, Dewayne Perry, and Brian Warboys) for providing timely and signi?cant reviews, and for their substantialeffortinmakingEWSPT-9asuccessfulworkshop. This year the workshop was held in conjunction with the joint European Software EngineeringConferenceandACMSIGSOFTSymposiumontheFoundationsofSo- ware Engineering. I would like to acknowledge the General Chair, Jukka Paakki, and themembersoftheOrganizingCommitteefortheirassistanceduringtheorganization ofEWSPT-9asaco-locatedworkshop. IwouldalsoliketoacknowledgethepromptandprofessionalsupportfromSpringer- Verlag, who published these proceedings in printed and electronic volumes as part of theLectureNotesinComputerScienceseries.

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th European Workshop on Software Process Technology, EWSPT 2003, held in Helsinki, Finland in September 2003.

The 12 revised full papers presented together with an extended abstract of an invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 25 submissions. Among the issues addressed are process modeling languages; computer-supported process description, analyses, reuse, refinement, and enactment; process monitoring, measurement, management, improvement, and evolution; and process enactment engines, tools, and environments.