SMEF Software Measurement European Forum 2012

The Software Measurement European Forum 2012 is the ninth edition of a successful event for the software measurement community. SMEF will be located in Rome, Italy. SMEF has become a leading worldwide event for experience interchange and knowledge improving on a subject that is critical for the ICT governance.

The Software Measurement European Forum will provide an opportunity for the publication and presentation of the latest researches, industrial experiences, case studies, tutorials, best practices on software measurement and estimation. This includes measurement education, methods, tools, processes, standards and the practical application of measures for project and service management, risk management, contractual and improvement purposes. Practitioners from different countries will share their experience and discuss current problems and solutions related to the ICT Governance based on software metrics.

Software Measurement as a facilitating service for ICT Governance, Quality Management and Project Management.

Software Measurement is not a solitary process, it is an ancillary service performed in order to facilitate or improve the execution of some core management processes like ICT Governance, Quality Management, Project and Program management, ICT Portfolio Management and ICT services for business users.

Quantitative Management is now an opportunity for modern software intensive organizations.

We encourage submissions of papers addressing the relationship between Software Measurement and the previous quoted areas. They will be rewarded with a 50% bonus on the reviewer score for the acceptance.

- Core Area : Software Measurement as a facilitating service for ICT Governance, Quality Management and Project Management
(this will receive a special attention in the conference agenda) 
- How to integrate Software Measurement into Software Production Processes
- How to integrate Software Measurement into Software Quality Management
- How to integrate Software Measurement into Project Management
- How to integrate Software Measurement into ICT Governance
- How to integrate Software Measurement into Contractual Frameworks

Other accepted areas
- Measurement-driven decision making processes
- Data Reporting and dashboards
- Software measurement and Balanced Scorecard approaches
- Service measurement methods (SLA and KPI)
- Software measurement in contractual agreements
- Software measurement and standard process models (ITIL, ASL, ...)
- Software measurement and Software Maturity Models (CMM-I, SPICE, Six Sigma, ...)
- Software measurement in a SOA environment
- Functional size measurement methods (IFPUG and COSMIC tracks)
- (Software) Measurement to control risks
- (Software ) Measurement in parametric models
- Software Reuse metrics

Only original papers will be accepted.

> The deadline for paper submission is 10 February 2012
> Eventual paper acceptance will be communicated by 10 March 2012
> The deadline for the final paper is 30 April 2012

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