***************************************************************** * EuroSPI'99 - European Software Process Improvement Conference * * * * Theme 99 : "Learn from the Past - Experience the Future" * ****************************************************************** Get to the next higher level of software professionalism Pori School of Technology & Economics, 25.-27. Oct.99, Pori, Finland -------------------------------------------------------------------- organized by Delta (Denmark), IVF (Sweden), SINTEF (Norway), STTF (Finland), and ISCN (Ireland and Austria) http://www.bigfoot.com/~EuroSPI Who should attend? --- The conference will benefit all who are concerned with the management and improvement of organizational processes, the innovation and effective use of information systems and software processes, as well as all those who are interested in developing efficient and profitable work processes to increase the competitiveness of the organization in the market. SPI Experience --- EuroSPI conferences present and discuss practical results from improvement projects in industry, focusing on the benefits gained and the criteria for success. Leading European industry contributes to and participates in this event. This year's event is the second one to be hosted in Scandinavia which has one of the most vibrant SPI communities in Europe and is home to some of the top electronics companies. It is the 6th of a series of conferences to which countries across Europe and from the rest of the world contributed their lessons learned and shared their knowledge to reach a higher level of software management professionalism. Topics --- + From measurement to improvement. + The role of assessment in SPI. + Unstable environments and customer needs: What can we - and should we - aim to improve?. + Evaluation of the effect of SPI. + Organizational learning and SPI. + Short term versus long term improvement-how to achieve what?. + SPI - a technical or organizational problem?. + Practical procurement solutions. + Dynamic Systems Development Methodology (DSDM). Call for Participation --- Presentations will be from leading companies and experts in the field. Abstracts for papers of approx. 200 words should be sent to the conference secretariat (ASCII text by Email is preferred) no later than 17.5.1999. ESSI Process Improvement Experiments (PIE) are encouraged to participate. Please refer to the dissemination guidelines published at http://www.cordis.lu/esprit/src/stessi.htm in the section 'useful information'. Associated Events --- In conjunction with the conference there will be one day of mini-seminars and workshops dealing with practical issues of Software Process Improvement. Workshop leaders will be recognized experts in the field. The workshops cover the following topics: Business and Goal Based SPI Cost Benefit Analysis Root Cause Analysis GQM workshop Data Analysis Assessment Methodologies SPI in Innovation Management Teamwork Based SPI Principles and Experience. While the conference is a collection of experiences, the workshops are interactive sessions in which participants learn ''how to do it''.The conference will also include a scientific track concerning Software Measurement and Improvement. A Tool Fair --- ... will accompany the main conference exhibiting tools supporting process analysis, the management of software process improvement environments, work flows and measurement. Sponsors and Exhibitors --- ... are invited to visit: http://www.iscn.ie/conferences/eurospi and read the sponsors and exhibitors information, or contact the coordinating office directly. A set of options for the sponsors and exhibitors are described on the web. Conference Organizers --- EuroSPI'99 is the 6th in a series or annual conferences previously held in association with ISCN, ESI and the SP partnership. The conference is organized by : Delta (http://www.delta.dk), IVF (http://www.ivf.se), SINTEF (http://www.sintef.no), STTF (http://www.sttf.fi) and ISCN (http://www.iscn.ie). Conference Secretariat --- "EuroSPI 1999" Secretariat, c/o ISCN Co-ordination Office, Florence House, 1 Florence Villas, Bray, Co. Wicklow, Ireland, Tel. +353 1 2861583, Fax. +353 1 286 5078, email: [log in to unmask], http://www.bigfoot.com/~EuroSPI Acknowledgements --- The conference organizers gratefully acknowledge the support of the European Commission for the conference and associated events. --- +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | Dr techn. Dipl. Ing. Richard Messnarz, Director of ISCN | | EuroSPI Consortium Board Member | +----------------------------------------------------------------+ | International Software Consulting Network, Bray, Ireland | +-----------------------------+----------------------------------+ | ISCN Co-ordination Office | Tel.: +353 (0)1 286 1583 | | Florence House | Mobile: +353 (0)87 231 5465 | | 1 Florence Villas | Fax: +353 (0)1 286 5078 | | Bray, Co. 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