Workshops
Workshop on Dutch-Indian Collaborationin Software Business
Call for Participation
Workshop on Dutch-Indian Collaboration in
Software Business (WDICSB’10)
Collaboration in outsourcing
July 20th 2010, in Bangalore, India
In conjunction with The International Conference on Informatics, Cybernetics and Computer Applciaitons (ICICCA 2010)
Workshop Objective
In their search for competitive advantage, nowadays more and more companies find
outsourcing a solution to challenges like cutting down costs or lack of internal
expertise. ICT outsourcing has become a global phenomenon, in which managers are
trying to maximize the value of their collaboration partnerships by looking for the
most favourable outsourcing environments. In this context, India represents one of
the most popular destinations worldwide, because of the high quality education,
cost-effective services and positive political climate it offers. But together with the
wide range of benefits provided by outsourcing to India, companies also have to take
into account a number of challenges. Cultural differences and distance are only some
of the aspects that might affect the collaboration and if not handled properly can
diminish the value that both partners are expecting.
To assist companies with solving these challenges and achieving better results,
Utrecht University is conducting a research program on Collaboration in Outsourcing.
The project will take place partly in the Netherlands and partly in India and has the
scope of gathering first-hand data on both sides of the collaboration. Outsourcing
and offshoring represent broad subjects with unlimited possibilities, but also many
questions to be answered. We will cover topics such as risk and quality management,
outsourcing partner selection criteria, communication and collaboration tools and
outsourcing relationship management. The ultimate scope of this research is to
capture valuable insights from case studies over large outsourcing projects and
companies, to observe and analyse patterns and best practices and to make
companies more aware of the means to achieve success when pursuing outsourcing
projects.
The purpose of this workshop on Dutch-Indian Collaboration in Software Business is
to further enrich the body of knowledge in this area, by exchanging research work
and expertise with academics and business professionals. Considering the relevance
of outsourcing to the global business environment and the uncertainty that still exists
in this field, the workshop aims to contribute to a better understanding of challenges,
benefits and possible solutions.
Relevant Topics
Presentations shall address topics of interest related to collaboration in outsourcing.
Possible subjects are:
Knowledge Repositories
Knowledge Management
Security Risk Management
Computer Mediated Communication
Collaboration Tools Portfolios
Maintaining Quality
SCRUM in Distributed Teams
Project Coordination
Partner Selection Criteria
Distributed Architecting
Outsourcing Relationship Management
Conflict Resolution
Team Composition
Service Level Agreements
Distributed Requirements Management
Mission Critical Outsourcing
Software Development Tools and Practices
Software Quality Management
Workshop proceedings
The proceedings of this workshop will be included in an official publication by Utrecht
University. The proceedings will consist of the contributions of the research project
and of any outside contributions to the workshop. The proceedings will be published
as a book, with a renowned publisher in the computer and information science
domain.
Presentations
We welcome both academic and industry presentations to this workshop. You can
find above a list of topics of interest related to the subject of outsourcing, but we are
open to any suggestions or ideas. If you are interested in this workshop and would
like to give a presentation or actively participate in it, please contact Slinger Jansen
(slinger at cs.uu.nl).
Discussion Panel
At the end of the Workshop on Dutch-Indian Collaboration in Software Business a
discussion panel will be organized to discuss the topics and the goals of the
workshop in further detail. We believe that this activity will add value to the whole
event, as it will structure and further develop our knowledge.
Important dates
8th of July: Express intent to cooperate in the workshop
10th July: Registration
20th of July: The Workshop on Dutch-Indian Collaboration in Software Business (WDICSB’10)
Registration
Early Bird (before July 10, 2010)
Academia- Rs. 1000/ -
Industry Individual - Rs. 5000/ -- Group (two or more than two) (for each)- Rs. 3000/-
Late (After July 11, 2010)
Academia Rs. 1200/ - Industry Individual Rs. 5500/ -- Group (two or more than two) -Rs 3500/
Registration fee in the form of demand draft in favor or ‘Digital Information Research Foundation’
should be sent to the following address.
Digital Information Research Foundation, New # 11 Ramanujam Street, T. Nagar, Chennai 600 017.
For registration and participation information
please contact -
director at dline.info - service at dirf.org
Phone: (0) 9449325136, (0) 9663383664 080 - 42060410