General talk about software patterns

["Wang Ye" <ai_4869 AT zju.edu.cn>]

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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. 


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 also be given by a leading researcher 
in the field. 


Publication 

We are currently in discussion with the TOOLS conference in relation to  
the publication of the POD-2009 workshop proceedings. We expect to  
make an announcement on this soon. Check our website for the latest  
news at http://poc-workshop.eu. 
  

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 

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