Workshops

ICSOB 2010 hosts two workshops focusing on software business in a global setting from different perspectives: " Workshop on Global Outsourcing of Software Development" and " Workshop on Competencies for the Globalization of Information Systems in Knowledge-Intensive Settings ". Both workshops will be held on 21st of June 2010 in Jyväskylä, Finland.

Call for papers: Global Outsourcing of Software Development

Increasingly, software and non-software companies are attempting to develop some of their software through global outsourcing in order to enhance innovation, reduce development time and cost, improve quality and productivity, adapt to changing global economic and market conditions, to name a few. Global outsourcing is composed of near shore outsourcing (the software development work is done by the service provider in a nearby country) and offshore outsourcing (the development work is done in a very far away country). Global outsourcing is gaining significant importance, as it can provide high benefits to both the outsourcer and service provider, if it is successful. However, most of the companies fail to obtain the expected benefits, as global outsourcing is highly complex and risky.

The background and goal of this workshop

The main goal of this workshop is intended to provide a forum for the discussion of current and emerging topics from the field of global outsourcing of software development. This workshop is designed for academics, scholars and practitioners. High-quality research and practice papers are welcome, including theoretical, empirical and analytical studies on global outsourcing of software development from the service provider’s and client’s viewpoints. Empirical papers can be from widely studied countries and least studied countries. Topics of interest may include, but are not limited to, the following:

Different strategies for global outsourcing
New types of outsourcing business models
The key challenges associated with each particular global outsourcing business model and their practical solutions
Global outsourcing business models innovation
Managing multi-sourcing engagements
Approaches to develop outsourcing relationships with the service providers of least known or unknown destinations
Strategies for long-lasting outsourcing relationships
New types of outsourcing partnership formation
Requirements analysis in distributed software development
Virtual teams management in distributed software development
Intellectual property rights protection
Mechanisms for conflicts management
Roles of and impacts on cloud computing in global outsourcing
Knowledge engineering, discovery, transfer and management in global outsourcing

Submissions

Papers to this workshop should be submitted by sending them to nazmun.nahar@icsob.org

The minimum length of the paper is 6 pages. LaTeX or Microsoft Word templates can be used when preparing the papers. Please, note that only PDF format of submissions is allowed. The language of the conference for all papers and presentations is English.

All accepted papers for this workshop are published at ceur-ws.org/ and in the workshop proceedings on CD-ROM.

Workshop program committee

Nazmun Nahar, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland (workshop chair)
Donald R. Chand, Bentley University, USA
Nitya Karmakar, Curtin University of Technology, Australia
Slinger Roijackers, Utrecht University, The Netherlands
Veikko Seppänen, Elektrobit Corporation and University of Oulu, Finland
Pasi Tyrväinen, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland
Juhani Warsta, University of Oulu, Finland
Anicet Yalaho, University of Jyvaskyla, Finland

Important dates

Workshop paper submission:	April 15, 2010
Notification of acceptance:	April 30, 2010
Final camera-ready copies:	May 28, 2010

Call for papers: Workshop on Competencies for the Globalization of Information Systems in Knowledge-Intensive Settings

Software development has become a global task for the past decades. Outsourcing and Offshoring solutions have been discussed frequently, in both research in industry. Export is the main driver for a society’s and corresponding individual wealth. As more and more organizations apply outsourcing and offshoring practices, new ways have to be found to compete in this rapidly changing environment. Additionally, the digital divide is becoming a central issue, determining the relation of developed and developing countries.

To deal with both issues, stakeholders need to be enabled to successfully compete on this global marketplace. This includes new key competencies for individuals and organizations, such as intercultural management / communication. Moreover, organizations and individuals need support to acquire and continuously enhance those skills. It is one of the main concerns of the next generation of information systems to take this global dimension into account. Besides other technological innovations, cultural awareness is a key success factor for the future.

The workshop will discuss innovative solutions for global information systems, in particular for systems supporting knowledge intensive processes, such collaboration of virtual (project) teams, knowledge management or processes in the service industry. We focus on deriving competencies for stakeholders in this setting.

The background and goal of this workshop

The main idea of this workshop is to discuss recent developments regarding the design, development, and deployment of information systems in global, knowledge-intensive settings. We aim at discussing state-of-the-art solutions for information systems, IS development as well as methodological aspects encouraging the discourse on this emerging field of research. The key issue are competencies for stakeholders to participate successfully in the process of IS globalization.

Topics of Interest

We appreciate submissions from all areas contributing to the development and application of global, knowledge intensive systems. Thereby, we encourage contributions addressing technology-oriented as well as human-oriented approaches. Topics of interest should address the human perspective of information systems, in particular competencies of stakeholders for the following areas:

Management of distributed services and organizational implications
Global Knowledge Management
Globally Distributed Education
Competencies for the globally distributed worker
Applications and Cases for globally distributed work
Support systems for organizations, teams and individuals
Awareness and trust for global teams
Social software for international collaborations

Submissions

Papers to this workshop should be submitted by sending them to jan.pawlowski@icsob.org

LaTeX or Microsoft Word templates can be used when preparing the papers. Please, note that only PDF format of submissions is allowed. The language of the conference for all papers and presentations is English.

All accepted papers for this workshop are published at ceur-ws.org/ and in the workshop proceedings on CD-ROM.

Workshop chairs

Prof. Dr. Jan vom Brocke, University of Liechtenstein
Prof. Dr. Franz Lehner, University of Passau
Prof. Dr. Jan M. Pawlowski, University of Jyväskylä

Important dates

Workshop paper submission:	April 15, 2010
Notification of acceptance:	April 30, 2010
Final camera-ready copies:	May 28, 2010