Submissions

The ME07 electronic submission system is now opened.

The Program Committee solicits original contributions in four categories:

Research papers (max 15 pages). Research papers should describe original research contribution to the field of Method Engineering (ME). A research paper should clearly describe the problem tackled, the state of the art with respect to the problem, the solution suggested and the potential - or even better the evaluated - benefits of the contribution.

Practice reports (max 15 pages) including case studies, experience reports and problem statements in the domain of Method Engineering. People from industry are especially encouraged to submit problem statements and experience reports, which may address mismatches between current ME practice and research and/or emerging areas of concern for method /ME practitioners.

Position papers (max 6 pages) should state the author’s research position with respect to current Method Engineering practice, relations between current ME practice and ME research, and/or research methodology and ontological assumptions. Papers should emphasise topics that are particularly important within ME at present.

Posters and tool demonstrations (max 4 pages) should present results of innovative projects and prototypes as well as promising new approaches as short papers.

All submissions should follow the Springer IFIP series format (see http://www.springer.com/series/6102 for instructions). Authors are requested to submit their manuscripts electronically in PDF format using the paper submission tool. All contributions will be reviewed and evaluated based on originality, technical quality and relevance to the conference theme. The accepted contributions will be included in the proceedings published by the IFIP publisher Springer. Furthermore, the organizers are making arrangements with two journals for a special section on Situational Method Engineering, where the best papers will be nominated to be submitted as extended versions.

Tutorials

The Program Committee also welcomes Tutorials proposals. Tutorials should provide both postgraduate students and general interested audience the basic theories and recent research work in the field of Method Engineering, so that the audience has the opportunity to gain deeper insight into the variety of applications in the domain and the related challenges.