AWRE'09: Requirements Analysis for People, Businesses and Communities

12th Australian Workshop on Requirements Engineering

Requirements Analysis for People, Businesses and Communities
http://australia.theiiba.org/index.php/events/awre09/call-for-papers

### Call for Papers ###

People, businesses and communities need to respond to the constantly changing world. New Technologies such as Web 2.0, mobile and ubiquitous devices, virtual worlds and social networking services, are changing the way we communicate, collaborate and conduct businesses. Furthermore, the Global Financial Crisis, domestic and global politics and climate change, are amongst problems that present challenges for those who wish to take advantage of the emerging technologies. More than ever, Requirements Analysis — or Requirements Engineering in the field of Software Engineering — is an important process in the development of successful, technology-enabled solutions that meet the needs of people, businesses and communities.

Under the theme of "Requirements Analysis for People, Businesses and Communities", the 12th Australian Workshop on Requirements Engineering (AWRE'09) will continue the tradition of being a leading event in Requirements Engineering in Australia. AWRE attracts researchers and
professionals from all over the world, and aims to bring together academics and practitioners from Requirements Engineering and Business Analysis to share experiences, present recent research findings, to network and to form collaborative projects.

This year, AWRE is collaborating with the Australia Chapter of the International Institute of Business Analysis (IIBA®), an independent non-profit professional association serving the growing community of Business Analysts. IIBA® works to develop recognition of the value of the
Business Analysis, and seeks to provide forums for knowledge sharing and contribution to the profession. Whether it is called, Requirements Engineering, Requirements Analysis or Business Analysis, IIBA® seeks to assist practitioners do a better job.

AWRE'09 starts in the evening of Thursday 1st October 2009 with an invited talk, and continues on Friday 2nd October, at the University of Technology, Sydney (UTS). The workshop will consist of parallel tracks for research and industry presentations, a keynote by a prominent person in the field, and finish with a simulating discussion panel.
Participants from industry and academia are invited to submit papers. To ensure a high quality workshop programme, all submissions will be reviewed by the Programme Committee. However, participants may indicate whether they would like to have their paper fully refereed (double blind reviews) or submit for presentation only.

Topics of Interest (non-exclusive):
- Business analysis, requirements analysis, and systems analysis
- Requirements processes and activities
- Business process modelling
- Requirements analysis in different contexts, for example e-Commerce, e-Business, m-Commerce, and e-Health
- Collaboration and Knowledge management in requirements teams
- Requirements presentations, methods and tools
- Requirements management, negotiation and validation
- Requirements analysis and software architecture
- Requirements analysis for service-oriented architecture (SOA) and systems
- Creativity techniques and creative processes in requirements discovery and conceptual modelling
- Social, cultural and organisational issues impacting requirements and the requirements process
- Practitioner perspectives on Business Analysis
- Education, training, and professional development for Business Analysts
- Research approaches and methods in requirements analysis

AWRE'09 invites the following types of contributions:
- Research papers: Authors should present research objective/question and results clearly. They should indicate the research method used as well as the significance of the contribution to the field.
- Experience papers: Authors should present a significant experience and lessons learned clearly. Examples of experience papers are a success or failure report about the transfer of known research results to evaluate or improve current practice. Papers that describe current practices and rationale could also be categorised as experience papers.
- Presentations (without fully written papers): Speakers can present their work without a paper. Only an abstract will be printed in the proceedings. Please submit an extended abstract for review.
- Proposals for discussion panel: The proposal should contain a 200-word abstract, which outlines the panel topic, its significance, the structure and content, and should be accompanied by the full names and affiliations of the proposed panel chairperson and each of the panellists.

Important dates:
- Research and Experience paper submission: 15th July 2009
- Extended abstract submission (for presentations only): 15th July 2009
- Discussion panel proposal: 30th July 2009
- Paper/Presentation acceptance notification: 10 August 2009
- Final revision submission: 30 August 2009
- Conference date: 2nd October 2009 with a pre workshop function and invited talk in the evening 1st October.

Submission: http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=awre09 Submission format: IEEE 8.5" x 11", Two-Column Format, see http://www.computer.org/portal/site/cscps/menuitem.02df7cde46985ea21618fc2e6bcd45f3/index.jsp?&pName=cscps_level1&path=cscps/cps&file=cps_forms.xml&xsl=generic.xsl&

General Chair: Didar Zowghi, University of Technology, Sydney

Programme Chairs:
Lemai Nguyen (Academic Programme Chair), Deakin University
David Randall (Industry Programme Chair), IIBA, Australian Chapter

Program Committee:
* Aybuke Aurum — University of New South Wales, Australia
* Beata Wieczorek — Workcover, NSW, Australia
* Camille Salinesi Université Paris 1 - Sorbonne, France
* Chad Coulin — Barrick Gold, Papua New Guinea
* Jacob Cybulski — Deakin University, Australia
* Jocelyn Armarego — Murdoch University, Australia
* Joy Beatty — Seilevel, Inc, USA
* Karl Cox — University of New South Wales, Australia
* Liming Zhu — NICTA, University of New South Wales, Australia
* Lin Liu — Tsinghua University, China
* Neil Maiden — City University, London, UK
* Paul E Nash — Object Consulting, Australia
* Nurie Nurmuliani — QBE Australia
* Paul Swatman — University of South Australia
* Ross Smith — RMIT University, Australia
* Rossi Matti — Helsinki School of Economics, Finland
* Vincenzo Gervasi — University of Pisa, Italy
* Zhi Jin — Peking University, China