June 8-10, 2011, Brussels, Belgium info@icsob.org  
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Scientific Program

The scientific program of ICSOB 2011 consists of invited keynote talks given by leading experts in the field, and paper sessions on a variety of topics. The tentative program overview is given below. The presentations take place in Room D.0.02.

  Wednesday, June 8
09.15 - 10.30 Opening
  Keynote: Mark Bivens
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.30 Research track 1: Software as a Service
  Pasi Tyrväinen and Joona Selin. How to Sell SaaS: A Model for Main Factors of Marketing and Selling Software-as-a-Service
  Tommy Van De Zande and Slinger Jansen. Business Continuity Solutions for SaaS Customers
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Research track 2: Software eco systems
  Martti Viljainen and Marjo Kauppinen. Software Ecosystems: A Set of Management Practices for Platform Integrators in the Telecom Industry
  Jaap Kabbedijk and Slinger Jansen. Steering Insight: An exploration of the Ruby Software Ecosystem
15.30 - 16.00 Break
16.00 - 17.30 Research track 3: Open source A
  Luisanna Cocco, Katiuscia Mannaro, Giulio Concas and Michele Marchesi. Study of the Competition between For-Profit Firms  and FLOSS-based firms using an Agent--Based Business Model
  Eetu Luoma, Helander Nina and Lauri Frank. Adoption of Open Source Software And Software-as-a-Service models in the Telecommunication Industry
  Thursday, June 9
09.30 - 10.30 Keynote: Anthony Finkelstein
   
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.30 Research track 4: Software product management
  Mikko Rönkkö, Juhana Peltonen and Christian Fruehwirth. Examining the Effect of Agile Methods and Process Matuirty on Software Product Development Performance 
  Rod Mcnaughton and Shuangzeng Hu. Online Distribution of Packaged Software
12.30 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 - 15.30 Research track 5: Open source B
  Eetu Luoma, Mikko Riepula and Lauri Frank. Scenarios on Adoption of Open Source Software in the Communication Industry
  Fulvio Frati, Ernesto Damiani, Luigi Buglione, Gabriele Ruffatti and Sergio Oltolina. Improving Quality and Cost-effectiveness in Enterprise Software Application Development: an Open, Holistic Approach for Project Monitoring & Control 
15.30 - 16.00 Break
16.00 - 17.30 Research track 6: Product life cycle
  Marko Komssi, Marjo Kauppinen, Matti Ropponen and Pirkka Palomäki. Transformations of a Solution Strategy: A Case Study
  Slinger Jansen, Peter Buxmann and Karl Popp. The Sun also Sets: Ending the Life of a Software Product 
20.00

Banquet dinner in Royal Belgian Institute of Natural Science

  Friday, June 10
09.00 - 10.30 Industry Panel: What the Software Industry can do for the research community,
or the other way round?
   
10.30 - 11.00 Break
11.00 - 12.30 Research track 7
  Krzysztof Wnuk and David Callele. Requirements Scoping Visualization for Project Management
  Samuel Fricker. Variability-based Release Planning (short paper)
  Closing