ITConfidence2017

IT CONFIDENCE CONFERENCE 2017

5^th International Conference on IT Data collection, Analysis, Benchmarking and Cost Estimation

September 20, 2017 – Beijing, China

Hosted by China SPI

Your Invitation

Are you a professional responsible for, involved in or interested in data collection, analysis, standardization, and benchmarking? If so, you are warmly invited to share your innovative ideas, experiences, and concerns on these topics.

The conference welcomes two types of contributions:

1. Experience contributions: Share your problems and solutions in planning, using industry data and benchmarking practices. Help us to improve strategic decision-making.

2. Research contributions: Share empirical studies, hypothesized models or suggestions for establishing effective benchmarking programs to improve software/service value management.

Join us at the IT Confidence Conference

IT Confidence Conference Program 08.00 – 08.45 Registration 08.45 – 09.00 Welcome 09.00 – 09.30 The concepts of size and productivity in an agile world-Harold van Heeringen (ISBSG, Nesma, the Netherlands) 09.30 – 10.00 Presentation 2 -Pu Bai（CSBSG，China） 10.00 – 10.30 Presentation 3 -Dan Galorath (Galorath, USA) 10.30 – 10.45 Break 10.45 – 11.15 Software development management -Raul Fernandez (Leda-MC, Spain) 11.15 – 11.45 Software Projects Benchmarking & Estimation: Contributions of COSMIC Function Points- Alain Abran (COSMIC, Canada) 11.45 – 13.00 Lunch 13.00 – 13.30 Presentation 6 -Thomas Gordijn (ISBSG, the Netherlands) 13.30 – 14.00 Presentation 7 -TBD（CEPREI，China） 14.00 – 14.30 Data Characterization of ISBSG R12 Using Data Analytics: An Exploratory Study –Ghazi Alkhatib(The Hashemite University, Jordan) 14.30 – 15.00 Break 15.00 – 15.30 Simulation models based on ISBSG benchmarking data -Milan Rao (Mindtree, India) 15.30 – 16.00 Create cost savings using Software Size Measure-Christine Green（IFPUG，Denmark） 16.00 – 16.30 Presentation 11 -TBD（Peking University，China） 16.30 – 16.40 Closing

Conference topics

Conference topics include but are not limited to:

Approaches for cost-effective and sustainable benchmarking programs.

Approaches for standardized data collection, analysis, and standardization practices.

Innovative Software Cost Engineering approaches, using parametric models and historical data.

Requirements and constraints for designing effective benchmarking programs to achieve a better value management.

Benchmarking in SMEs (Small-Medium Enterprises) and VSE (Very Small Entities) and related constraints.

Internal and external benchmarking for better strategic, tactical and operational decision-making.

Empirical studies on the most effective measures/KPI for a benchmarking program and their level of granularity for properly supporting the decision-making process.

Alignment of business, tactical and operational goals and timing for revising the benchmarking strategy.

Important Dates

Abstracts submission: May 31, 2017

Notification of acceptance/rejection: June 15, 2017

Full presentation/paper submission: August 31, 2017

Final presentation/paper version: September 15, 2017

Conference day: September 20, 2017

Register for the IT Confidence Conference Now

Registrations are open but places are limited so please register as soon as possible.

Venue

The venue of the IT Confidence 2017 is:

Hotel Nikko New Century Beijing
6 Capital Indoor Stadium S Rd, Haidian Qu, China, 100044
+86 10 6849 2001

Beijing Click here for a Google Map of Hotel Nikko

Accommodation

We strongly advise booking the hotel where the IT Confidence is organized: Hotel Nikko New Century Beijing:

Contacts

Do you have any questions? Please contace the IT Confidence 2017 Office

Email: frontoffice@isbsg.org

Organization

Program Chair

Harold van Heeringen (ISBSG/ Nesma/ the Netherlands)

Program Committee
Thomas Fehlmann (SwissICT, Switzerland)
Pekka Forselius (FISMA, Finland)
Christine Green (IFPUG, Denmark)
Stavros Pechlivanidis (DASMA, Germany)
Akira Sakakibara (JFPUG, Japan)
Pablo Soneira (AEMES, Spain)
Harold van Heeringen (NESMA/ISBSG, Netherlands)
Li Zheng (China SPI)

Previous IT Confidence Conferences

Please feel free to browse information from previous IT Confidenc Conferences below.

IT Confidence 2013 (Rio de Janeiro, Brasil – Oct 3, 2013)

IT Confidence 2014 (Tokyo, Japan – Oct 22, 2014)

IT Confidence 2015 (Florence, Italy – Oct 19, 2015)

IT Confidence 2016 (Los Angeles, USA – Sep 7, 2016)