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**** POD 2009 ****
First International Workshop on Problem-Oriented Development
Co-located with TOOLS-EUROPE 2009, June 29-30 2009
ETH Zurich, Switzerland
http://poc-workshop.eu
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Problem-Oriented Development (POD) is an umbrella term that
encompasses a range of Software Engineering (SE) approaches that
focus explicitly on the modelling and analysis of business problems (as
opposed to their solutions). POD approaches facilitate formalisation
and analysis of problems, provide effective tool support for problem
elicitation and analysis, and support the automated derivation of
requirements and solutions from problem models.
Past examples of POD research include empirical and scientific
approaches to describing software problems or patterns to support
knowledge reuse during problem analysis. Other approaches might,
for example, focus on understanding why the current system does not
meet organisational goals, on finding appropriate graphical
representations for SE problems, or on identifying specific classes of SE
problems.
POD approaches are, themselves, typically domain-independent,
although they may be geared towards certain classes of problem. For
example, an approach may be geared towards modelling problems
involving transactional business processes, but without considering the
application domain of the processes themselves. Instead a framework
may be provided for formalising domain knowledge which may then
be incorporated into the approach.
Scope
POD 2009 will address topics related to POD including (but not limited to):
* Analysis of the fundamental structures of SE problems;
* Pattern languages and libraries to support problem analysis;
* Approaches, techniques and formalisms for modelling SE problems;
* Tool support for problem analysis;
* Mappings between problem patterns and design patterns;
* Techniques for transforming problem models to solution models;
* Future challenges facing POD.
We are interested in position papers arguing in favour of specific stances in
relation
to workshop topics, vision papers arguing for research to take a specific
direction,
problem statements and experience reports. Papers may discuss both mature
research and preliminary results or work in progress.
Workshop Format
The workshop will be divided into sessions which will address the
various workshop topics. During sessions, authors will have 15
minutes to present their work, followed by a 20 minute panel
discussion, and 20 minutes for questions from the floor. Authors
will sit on two panels, one of which will be during their own
session.
A short, open brainstorming session will conclude the workshop
to encourage a free exchange of ideas.
A keynote talk will be given by Professor Joost Breuker who,
with Bob Wielinga, founded the CommonKADS methodology for
developing knowledge-based systems, and this experience has
allowed Professor Breuker to gain significant understanding of
problem abstractions and problem-solving methods.
Publication
A number of reputable journals, including Springer’s journal on
Software Tools for Technology Transfer, have expressed interest
in publishing a selection of the best papers from the workshop.
Important Dates
Deadline for Submissions: 11th May 2009
Notification of Acceptance: 1st June 2009
Camera-Ready Papers/Registration: 15th June 2009
Submissions
Papers should be submitted in the Springer LNIB format and should be no
longer than ten pages. Check our website at http://poc-workshop.eu for
further details.
Organising Committee
James Naish, University of Manchester
Kawther Saeedi, University of Manchester
Sun Jie, Zhejiang University
Wang Ye, Zhejiang University
Program Committee
James Naish, University of Manchester
Liping Zhao, University of Manchester
Jon Hall, Open University, UK
Lucia Rapanotti, Open University, UK
Alistair Sutcliffe, Manchester Business School
Ulrich Eisenecker, University of Leipzig
Xiaohu Yang, Zhejiang University
Pedro Sampaio, University of Manchester
Xinyu Wang, Zhejiang University
Hans Körber, University of Applied Sciences Kaiserlauten
Christopher Harrison, University of Manchester
Paul Verschueren, IBM, UK
José Manuel Gómez-Pérez, Universidad Politécnica de
Madrid
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