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Call for Papers

Below is the call for papers for the upcoming Cutter IT Journal issue The Viral Growth of Kanban in the Enterprise , guest edited by Masa K. Maeda.

* Abstract Submission Date: 20 December 2010
* Articles Due: 25 January 2011
* Guidelines for Contributors

The Viral Growth of Kanban in the Enterprise

The community of Kanban practitioners worldwide is aware of the benefits and impact of this relatively new methodology. But how aware are enterprises and the IT industry in general? With the current state of the world economy, the high rate of failing projects, the increasing levels of stress among knowledge workers, and other undesirable situations — it is important to accelerate the use of Kanban — which is virally spreading as we speak.

Last September I co-authored a Cutter Benchmark Review issue with the purpose of learning the current state of Kanban adoption worldwide. The results were beyond expectations. We found that it is being adopted in all regions of the world with improvements in productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction of between 60% and 70% over other agile methodologies such as Scrum. [1] And it seems that more senior executives are willing to try Kanban because its evolutionary approach poses no threat to current processes. Although Kanban is no silver bullet, its ability to improve communications, increase innovation, and enhance quality of work life is revolutionizing the way software development is being practiced.

Of course, Kanban doesn’t always get rave reviews as the software development tool of choice. Although it is an interesting option, some believe is has not yet proven itself to be a more valuable tool than Scrum or some other already established methodologies.

The March issue of Cutter IT Journal invites useful and thoughtful debate and analysis on the opportunities and challenges presented by implementing Kanban methodologies in the enterprise. We invite experts, IT professionals, consultants, customers, and all other Kanban practitioners to share their perspectives — either positive or negative — with Kanban implementation. We also encourage authors to go beyond Kanban as a methodology and address other related factors such as communication, collaboration, environment, end-user issues, and how Kanban has been used in conjunction with other methods to reach project success.

TOPICS OF INTEREST MAY INCLUDE (but are certainly not limited to) the following:

* What are the benefits of implementing Kanban in the enterprise?
* What are the business drivers for Kanban adoption?
* What approaches or strategies can be used for better Kanban adoption?
* Why are organizations reluctant to use Kanban methods?
* What are the effects of Kanban on Enterprise Maturity?
* How can Kanban improve product portfolio management?
* How has Kanban been used successfully in large (10,000+ employee) and very large (50,000+ employee) organizations?
* What are the disadvantages or risks of employing Kanban practices?
* What are some case studies of successful Kanban implementations?

TO SUBMIT AN ARTICLE IDEA

Please respond to the Guest Editor, Masa Maeda, mmaeda[dot]cutter[at]gmail[dot]com with a copy to itjournal[at]cutter[dot]com by 20 December 2010. Include an extended abstract and short outline showing the major discussion points.
ARTICLE DEADLINE

Accepted articles are due by 25 January 2011.
EDITORIAL GUIDELINES

Most Cutter IT Journal articles are approximately 2,500-3,500 words long, plus whatever graphics are appropriate. If you have any other questions, please do not hesitate to contact CITJ’s Group Publisher, Christine Generali at cgenerali[at]cutter[dot]com or the Guest Editor, Masa Maeda, mmaeda[dot]cutter[at]gmail[dot]com. Editorial guidelines are available at http://www.cutter.com/content-and-analysis/journals-and-reports/cutter-it-journal/edguide.html

AUDIENCE

Typical readers of Cutter IT Journal range from CIOs and vice presidents of software organizations to IT managers, directors, project leaders, and very senior technical staff. Most work in fairly large organizations: Fortune 500 IT shops, large computer vendors (IBM, HP, etc.), and government agencies. 48% of our readership is outside of the US (15% from Canada, 14% Europe, 5% Australia/NZ, 14% elsewhere). Please avoid introductory-level, tutorial coverage of a topic. Assume you’re writing for someone who has been in the industry for 10 to 20 years, is very busy, and very impatient. Assume he or she will be asking, “What’s the point? What do I do with this information?” Apply the “So what?” test to everything you write.

PROMOTIONAL OPPORTUNITIES

We are pleased to offer Journal authors a year’s complimentary subscription and five copies of the issue in which they are published. In addition, we occasionally pull excerpts, along with the author’s bio, to include in our weekly Cutter Edge e-mail bulletin, which reaches another 8,000 readers. We’d also be pleased to quote you, or passages from your article, in Cutter press releases. If you plan to be speaking at industry conferences, we can arrange to make copies of your article or the entire issue available for attendees of those speaking engagements — furthering your own promotional efforts.

ABOUT Cutter IT Journal

No other journal brings together so many cutting-edge thinkers, and lets them speak so bluntly and frankly. We strive to maintain the Journal’s reputation as the “Harvard Business Review of IT.” Our goal is to present well-grounded opinion (based on real, accountable experiences), research, and animated debate about each topic the Journal explores.

PLEASE FORWARD THIS CALL FOR PAPERS TO ANYONE WHO MIGHT HAVE AN APPROPRIATE SUBMISSION.
NOTE

1. “Kanban for Project Management: Should We Buy In?” Cutter Benchmark Review, Vol. 10, No. 9; September 2010.

Call for Papers

Become a contributor to the Next Wave

Conference Chair: David J. Anderson

The Lean Software & Systems Consortium (LSSC) invites submissions for its conference to be held in Long Beach, California, May 3-6 at the Hyatt Regency in Long Beach. LSSC wishes to establish the annual North American conference as the premier community event for practitioners, consultants and academics utilizing Lean theory and practice in software and systems engineering. In 2011 we anticipate around 400 attendees from at least 4 continents – the event will be truly an international congregation of the leading thinkers in applying Lean concepts to the software development, project management and systems integration fields.

The CFP is open now and closes at midnight Pacific time December 19th. Listed below are the tracks we have this year and the submission guidelines. Please read all the submission guidelines as this will improve your talk’s chances of being recognized valuable to this conference. ALL SUBMISSIONS MUST BE SENT VIA EMAIL CLICK ON BUTTON BELOW.

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Tracks

These tracks will appear in the program. Please check the Tracks page for full descriptions of each of these stages.

* Systems Engineering
* Kanban
* Lean Product Development
* Lean Management
* Media & Games
* Implementing Lean/Kanban at Large Scale
* Visualization
* Risk
* System Design
* CMMI

There will also be a Vendor Showcase track on Wednesday, an Open Space track and a Lightning talk track on Friday.
Submission Details

Your submission should include a title, abstract and detailed description, as well as speaker bio and details of previous presentations.

* Title and Subtitle (less than 15 words)
* Abstract (less than 125 words)
* Detailed outline (minimum 800 words, maximum 1100 words)
* Speaker Bio (less than 150 words)
* Details of previous presentations
o Has this presentation been used before and at what level? E.g. local group, nation or international conference, when, where and how often?
o Is the material already available on the Internet? Are any videos or downloads of the slides available?
* Proceedings: Do you intend to submit a full paper (4 to 12 pages, minimum 2500 words, maximum 10,000 words) for the proceedings book?
* Kanban Experience: Please describe your experience using Kanban

Submission Guidelines

Please complete the call for papers and provide the detailed outline of 800-1100 words. Preference will be shown for experienced field practitioners reporting theory developed from actual field use, some exceptions will be shown for advanced topics where thought experiments represent leadership and ideas for future implementation.

Preference will be shown for the following:

* Experienced speakers who have previously presented their material at local level or intend to do so before April 2011.
* Submissions by people active in the Kanban community such as Lean-Agile, Lean Software Development or Kanbandev lists or limitedwipsociety.org or local Lean or Ltd WIP Society groups. Preference will be shown for those willing to contribute a full paper for the proceedings book.
* Those who focus on a single submission around a topic for which they have a deep passion, rather than those making multiple submissions to several tracks. Speakers will be limited to one presentation in the conference. Those making multiple submissions will be asked to narrow it down to two for consideration and if both are suitable for selection they will be further asked to pick just one submission to go forward as a presentation in the conference program.

ALL Submissions should be submitted via email by midnight Pacific time December 19th to:

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Source: http://lssc11.leanssc.org/call-for-papers/