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CALL FOR PAPERS

1st International Workshop on Quantitative Methods in Software Product Line
Engineering (QMSPLE 2011)
August 26, 2011, Munich, Germany
http://users.dsic.upv.es/workshops/qmsple2011

Co-located with the 15th International Software Product Line Conference (SPLC 2011)
http://www.splc2011.net

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Software product line practices have been extensively applied in industry
for improving software productivity, quality and cycle time. Many of the
benefits expected from these practices are based on the assumption that
the investment in setting up a Software Product Line (SPL) pays off later
when products are created. However, in order to take advantage of this
assumption, organizations need to optimize the development of core assets
and products that bring the maximum business value.

The objective of this workshop is to bring together researchers and
practitioners to report and discuss the challenges and opportunities for
integrating quantitative methods in product line engineering with the
objective of achieving both technical and business goals. In particular,
we are seeking contributions that, on the one hand, deal with product
line estimation and metrics for the effective management of product line
projects; and on the other hand, provide some insight into new trends
in value-based product line engineering.

TOPICS OF INTEREST

The topics of the Workshop will include, but will not be limited to:

- Estimation in Software Product Lines
- Cost models for software product lines
- Risk and economic value assessment in software product lines
- Models for cost-benefit analysis
- Models for aligning technical needs and business benefits
- Models for product line payoff prediction

- Metrics for Software Product Lines
- Quality factors, criteria, metrics, patterns, and recommendations
- Integration of quality assessment activities in product line
development processes
- Theoretical/empirical validation of quality metrics for software
product lines
- Comparative analysis of quality metrics
- Tools for automatic quality assessment

- Value-based Product Line Engineering
- Value-based monitoring and control
- Value-based risk assessment and prioritization
- Value-based quality management

- Goal-driven Product Line Measurement
- Measurement and decision making in product line engineering
- Empirical studies in product line engineering
- Industrial case studies

PAPER SUBMISSION

Authors are invited to submit their papers by May 27, 2011. Two types of
submissions are solicited: Full Papers with up to 8 pages describing
substantial, completed work and Position Papers with 4 pages describing
either results that can be concisely reported or work in progress.
The papers are expected to comprise research papers or experience reports.

The SPLC workshop papers should follow the ACM SIG Alternative Proceedings
Style (A4, two-column format). Formatting instructions and templates can
be found at http://www.acm.org/sigs/publications/proceedings-templates.
Submissions must be submitted electronically in PDF format through the
Workshop Review System at https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=qmsple20011.
Submissions will be evaluated according to the relevance and originality of
the work, as well as with respect to their ability to generate discussions
between the Workshop participants.

IMPORTANT DATES

Submission of papers: May 27, 2011
Notification of acceptance: June 17, 2011
Camera-ready papers: June 30, 2011
Author registration: TBD
Workshop: August 26, 2011

PUBLICATION

All the accepted papers will be published in the second volume of the
SPLC Proceedings. Authors of selected papers will be invited to submit
an improved and extended version of their papers to a special issue
in a relevant Software Engineering journal (approval pending).

WORKSHOP ORGANIZERS

Silvia Abrahao, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain
Andy J. Nolan, Rolls-Royce, UK
Paul C. Clements, Software Engineering Institute, USA
John D. McGregor, Clemson University, USA

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

Muhammad Ali Babar, IT University of Copenhagen, Denmark
David Benavides, University of Seville, Spain
Stefan Biffl, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
Jan Bosch, Intuit, USA
Michel Chaudron, University of Leiden, The Netherlands
Paul C. Clements, Software Engineering Institute, USA
Sholom Cohen, Software Engineering Institute, USA
Hakan Erdogmus, Kalemun Research Inc., Canada
Davide Falessi, Simula Research Laboratory & University of Rome Tor Vergata, Italy
Marcela Genero, University of Castilla-la-Mancha, Spain
Lucas Layman, Fraunhofer Center, Maryland, USA
John D. McGregor, Clemson University, USA
Dirk Muthing, Lufthansa Systems, Germany
Andy J. Nolan, Rolls-Royce, UK
Linda Northrop, Software Engineering Institute, USA
Isidro Ramos, Universitat Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

CONTACT

The Workshop organizers can be contacted by email at the address qmsple2011 [at] dsic.upv.es