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International Conference on Global Software Engineering ICGSE 2006 Costão do Santinho, Florianópolis, Brazil October 16-19 2006 
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DISCUSSION PANELS Road Blocks and Enablers for Global SW Engineering Projects Monday, October 16, 01:30pm-03:00pm Global software engineering is of growing importance due to reasons of skills, load balancing, response time, local presence and efficiency. However, good software engineering practice states to work with collocated teams for highest productivity and quality. Many GSE projects have run into road blocks related to cultural diversity, insufficient communication, or simply inadequate management. This panel brings together practitioners and researchers from several continents to review road blocks to successful GSE and how they can be removed. The panelists will propose from their experiences and research how to build upon known enablers and success factors and how to effectively cope with road blocks and risks. Confirmed panelists: - Jorge Audy, PUCRS, Brazil - Suttamally Balasubramaniyan, Wipro, India - Augusto Gadelha, MCT, Brazil - Michael Heiss, Siemens, Austria Chair: Christof Ebert, Alcatel, France Requirements Engineering in Distributed Projects Tuesday, October 17, 11:00am-12:30pm The panel brings together researchers as well as practitioners to discuss the challenges brought by distribution to activities of Requirements Engineering. The role of improved processes and supporting tools will be discussed, as well as challenges in researching their design and evaluation in global teams. Different perspectives from academics as well as pracitioners will be sought, with the intention of fostering analysis of state-of-the-art as well as drafting a research agenda to tackle the identified problems. Confirmed panelists: - Steve Abrams, IBM, USA - Brian Berenbach, Siemens, USA - Daniel Berry, University of Waterloo, Canada - Bernd Bruegge, University of Munchen, Germany Chair: Daniela Damian, Univ of Victoria, Canada Coping with Cultural Diversity in GSE Environments Wednesday, October 18, 03:30pm-05:00pm This panel brings together university researchers and industry practitioners from several continents to discuss cultural diversity issues that arise in GSE environments and the methods they propose to cope with these cultural diversity issues. The panelists will discuss language, cultural barriers, cultural values and communication styles as perceived by the various country cultures represented in the panel. Confirmed panelists: - Ronald Dauscha, Siemens, Brazil - Eduardo Frias, Dell, Argentina - Dehua Ju, East China Univ Science and Tech, China - Juergen Kazmeier, Siemens, USA - Allen Milewski, Monmouth Univ, USA Chair: Alberto Avritzer, Siemens, USA Methods and Tools for Collaboration in GSE Environments Thursday, October 19, 11:00am-12:30pm Global software engineering projects are often difficult due to time and distance issues as distributed team members must collaborate on key artifacts such as the system architecture description. This panel discusses some of the tools and methods being used to overcome these issues for achieving efficient collaborative work. The panelists will identify the types of tools that every GSE project must have (e.g., knowledge, configuration, change management). There may also be certain tasks that should not be distributed or require face-to-face meetings due to their highly collaborative nature, specific methods used, or inadequate tools support. Best practice examples will be given for architecture development as well as for avoiding common pitfalls. Confirmed panelists: - Li-Te Cheng, IBM, USA - José Carlos Maldonado, USP-SC, Brazil - Linda Northrop, SEI, USA - Frances Paulisch, Siemens, Germany Chair: Daniel Paulish, Siemens, USA |