9th International Workshop on Learning Software Organizations (LSO2007)

Contact and Organisation
Dr. Markus Nick, Fraunhofer Institute for Experimental Software Engineering (IESE), markus.nick[at]iese.fraunhofer.de

Background and Motivation of the Workshop
Software is a key element for most modern organizations. To keep pace in the accelerating business, software and software processes have to be improved continuously. However, achieving improvement requires leveraging the knowledge of highly educated, skilled, and experienced employees. A learning software organization establishes the means to manage this knowledge and turns intellectual capital into market shares and profit. This workshop will focus on experience from companies in achieving learning and tools supporting this learning.
On their way towards a learning organization, companies have to create a culture that promotes continuous learning and fosters the exchange of experience. This requires an interdisciplinary approach, bringing together experts from computer science and information systems, business and organization science as well as cognitive science. However, many questions are still unresolved in organizational learning and its application to the software business.
Furthermore, companies use knowledge management tools to support such organizational learning. Tools could be rather generic, task-independent tools or highly specialized support tools for learning in the context of specific software engineering tasks (e.g., requirements reuse tools, experience-based inspections tools).
The goal of the workshop is to discuss all aspects of learning organizations and knowledge management solutions in the Software Engineering domain. The workshop aims at the discussion of existing applications in practice, the examination of problems and limitations experienced in practice, and the search for innovative approaches to overcome problems, improve existing approaches and enable the wide-spread establishment of learning organizations in practice.

Program

JOINT SESSIONS
with GWEM2007: 4th German Workshop on Experience Management

Fri, 10:00 – 10:30
The FLOSSWALD Information System on Free and Open Source Software, Room 0231
Alexandre Hanft, Meike Reichle
Abstract: We propose the implementation of an intelligent information system on free and open source software. For a first prototype we model the knowledge base and the case format used for case-based retrieval. Based on information from the Debian Project package repository and open source software directories we intend to investigate means of mapping the provided technical information on vague attributes that are more intuitive to users who are unexperienced in using open source software.

Fri, 10:30 – 11:00
Using semantic Wiki Technology for collaborative Software Process Evolution - A light-weight approach to managing process documents, Room 0231
Björn Decker
Abstract: This article describes how Wikis can be used to perform process evolution in a controlled and collaborative way. Although the Wiki solution is currently under development, this article reflects the author’s experience from running a process documentation project since mid- 2001 and using Wikis in software engineering since 2003.

Fri, 11:00 – 11:30
Knowledge maturing as a model for describing software reuse processes, Room 0231
Hans-Jörg Happel, Andreas Schmidt
Abstract: In this paper we describe a knowledge maturing process in software engineering and use it to analyze two cases of reusable software artifacts. We argue that the "reusability" of a software artifact is not just an immanent property of the artifact itself, but depends on the "maturity" of the knowledge the artifact embodies. We show that the notion of knowledge maturing can serve as a useful lens for understanding reuse processes and suggest further investigations towards a more holistic concept of reusability.

Fri, 12:00 – 12:30
A Knowledge-Driven Model and Architecture to Develop Knowledge Management Systems, Room 0231
Aurora Vizcaíno, Juan Pablo Soto, Javier Portillo, Mario Piattini
Abstract: Knowledge Management Systems are of great help to companies since these systems are a means of increasing companies’ competitive advantage. However, the developers of this kind of systems frequently focus on technology without taking into account the fundamental knowledge problems that these systems are likely to support. In order to avoid this we propose a model which describes the main knowledge functions that these systems should support.

Fri, 12:30 – 13:00
Knowledge Management Through Design Rationale in Learning Software Organizations, Room 0231
Sávio Mendes de Figueiredo, Gleison Santos, Mariano Montoni, Ana Regina Rocha
Abstract: Design Rationale is a kind of knowledge that comprises the reasons behind tasks that involves design decisions. This paper presents an approach to support management of Design Rationale knowledge in Learning Software Organizations. It also presents some information related to a software process improvement initiative undertaken in a Brazilian organization that demonstrates the feasibility of the presented approach.

Fri, 13:00 – 13:30
Final discussion, Room 0231

letzte Änderung: 02/19/2007 01:22:45 PM

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