Software Process Technology 9th International Workshop, EWSPT 2003, Helsinki, Finland, September 1-2, 2003, Proceedings

During the last two decades we have seen tremendous developments within software engineeringresearchandpractice.Theeverincreasingcomplexityofsoftwaresystems andtherevolutionarydevelopmentintheInternethaveledtomanyinterestingchallenges andopportunitiesfornewdevelopmentsinSoftwareProcessTechnology. Started in 1990, the primary goal of the European Workshops on Software P- cessTechnology is to achieve better understanding of the state-of-the-art on all issues related to software process technology, including (but not limited to): process mo- linglanguages, computer-supportedprocessdescription, analysis, reuse, re'nementand enactment, processmonitoring, measurement, management, improvementandevolution, process enactment engines, tools, and environments. Besides the technical viewpoint, the workshops have also taken into account human and social dimensions in software processenactment. The9thEuropeanWorkshoponSoftwareProcessTechnology(EWSPT-9)provided aninternationalforumforresearchersandpractitionersfromacademiaandindustryto discussawiderangeoftopicsintheareaofsoftwareprocesstechnology, andtojointly formulateanagendaforfutureresearchinthis'eld. TheProgramCommitteemetinPortland, Oregon, USAduringICSE2003, toselect thepapersforinclusionintheproceedings.Twelvepapers(elevenresearchpapersand onepositionpaper)wereselectedoutof25submissionsfrom12countries(Australia, Austria, Brazil, China, Finland, France, Germany, Mexico, Norway, Spain, UK, USA). All submissions were reviewed by three members of the Program Committee. Papers wereselectedbasedonoriginality, quality, soundnessandrelevancetotheworkshop.In addition, theprogramincludedaninvitedtalkbyVolkerGruhn(UniversityofLeipzig, Germany).Creditforthequalityoftheproceedingsgoestoallauthorsofthepapers. I would like to thank the members of the Program Committee (Jean-Claude D- niame, Jacky Estublier, Carlo Ghezzi, Carlo Montangero, Leon Osterweil, Dewayne Perry, and Brian Warboys) for providing timely and signi'cant reviews, and for their substantialeffortinmakingEWSPT-9asuccessfulworkshop. This year the workshop was held in conjunction with the joint European Software EngineeringConferenceandACMSIGSOFTSymposiumontheFoundationsofSo- ware Engineering. I would like to acknowledge the General Chair, Jukka Paakki, and themembersoftheOrganizingCommitteefortheirassistanceduringtheorganization ofEWSPT-9asaco-locatedworkshop. IwouldalsoliketoacknowledgethepromptandprofessionalsupportfromSpringer- Verlag, who published these proceedings in printed and electronic volumes as part of theLectureNotesinComputerScienceseries.