Workshop Structure

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Duisburg-Essen</I></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=390 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <I>Workshop Structure </I></div> <bR> <div> REFSQ is a highly interactive workshop. Each session is organised in order to provoke discussion among the presenters of papers, discussants and all the other participants of the workshop. Typically, after a paper is presented, it is immediately discussed by three pre-assigned discussants, then subject to a free discussion  involving all the workshop participants. At the end of each session, an open session discussion of all the papers presented in the session is achieved. Four particular roles can be distinguished in this organisation :</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Session Chair (SC)</B> - introduces the presenters of the papers in a session. The session chair takes care of the time, organizes the discussion of a paper after its presentation, and gives the word to speakers in the audience during the individual paper discussion as well as during the open session discussion.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Presenter (PR)</B> - presents a paper. Of course, presenters are invited to read the other papers of the same session (all the papers will be downloadable on the <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Program"><U>program</U></A> page).</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Discussant (DC)</B><FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#0000FF" FACE="Arial" ><B> </B></FONT>- prepares the discussion of a paper. Each paper is assigned 3 discussants (typically presenters of other papers in the same session, but can also be presenters of papers of another session). The DC gives a critical review of the paper directly after its presentation using a predefined set of questions.</div> <bR> <div> <B><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Discussion Facilitator (DF)</B><B> </B>- starts up the open session discussion with an opening speech (i.e., a short and sharp statement on the critical issues of the presentations) and summarizes all discussions on a closing slide.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>How do I know which role I have and what I have to do?</B></I></div> <bR> <div> <B>PR </B>- Your paper has been accepted and you will be the author who presents the paper. It is highly desired that you attend to the two days of the workshop and take an active part in the discussion of the other papers. Prepare your presentation and bear in mind the available time: full papers are restricted to 15min, and short papers (i.e., position papers and industrial problem statements) are restricted to 10 min. As opposed to other workshops, REFSQ provides you with a <I><B>first slide</B></I> and a <I><B>last slide</B></I>.  The <I>first slide</I> <I>(</I><A HREF="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downloads/firstslide.ps" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downlo"><U><I>PS</I></U></A><I>, </I><A HREF="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downloads/firstslide.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downlo"><U><I>PDF</I></U></A><I>)</I> is a framework with participants and products of the RE process. The <I>last slide </I><I>(</I><A HREF="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downloads/lastslide.rtf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downlo"><U><I>RTF</I></U></A><I>, </I><A HREF="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downloads/lastslide.ps" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downlo"><U><I>PS</I></U></A><I>, </I><A HREF="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downloads/lastslide.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downlo"><U><I>PDF</I></U></A><I>)</I> is a template of questions. On the <I>first slide</I> you situate your work by drawing arrows between the RE process participants and products. On the <I>last slide</I>, you summarize your contribution. The use of the REFSQ templates is mandatory. </div> <bR> <div> <B>DC</B> - If you are a PR, you are also a DC for 2 or 3 other papers (you can ask a co-author to replace you in this task). Please have a look at the program to check which paper you should discuss. Read the papers you are assigned (all the papers are available on the <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Program"><U>program</U></A> page). Prepare a one-slide summary <I><B>using </B></I><I><B>the question template </B></I><I> (</I><A HREF="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downloads/lastslide.rtf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downlo"><U><I>RTF</I></U></A><I>, </I><A HREF="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downloads/lastslide.ps" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downlo"><U><I>PS</I></U></A><I>, </I><A HREF="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downloads/lastslide.pdf" TARGET="_top" TITLE="http://www.sse.uni-essen.de/refsq/downlo"><U><I>PDF</I></U></A><I>)</I> . Focus on the main ideas. <I><B>The slide should not get more than 1-1.5 min to present</B></I>. Please, prepare this one slide <I><B>using a real transparency</B></I>; there are two reasons for that: first, experience has shown that using the support of a transparency is much faster and much more practical than using laptops (they have to be plugged to a videoprojector, then de-plugged, sometimes switched on, etc.), second, we (the organisers) will take your transparencies to prepare the workshop summary. </div> <bR> <div> <B>DF</B> - You have received an invitation to be a DF. You have nothing to prepare before the workshop (except maybe read the papers of the session). Make notes during the paper presentations and discussions in the session you are assigned to. Note issues that may raise an interesting discussion. Start the open session discussion based on the notes you made. Summarize the open session discussion on a closing slide (you do not have to moderate the discussion). Close the open session discussion with a presentation of your slide when the time is over.</div> <bR> <div> <B>SC</B> - You have received an invitation to be a SC. You have nothing to prepare before the workshop (except maybe contact the authors to get more information about them). Open your session and introduce the PRs. Keep the time and give the PR signs when the end of the time slot is approaching. Invite DCs and organize the individual paper discussion, i.e., ensure that the discussion is structured. Close the paper discussion and hand over to the next PR. After the last PR, moderate the open session discussion. Finally, close the session when the time is over. You will find schedule information in the final program.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>How does it all fit together? </B></I></div> <bR> <div> A typical session consists of 3-5 presentations. The flow of events is as follows:</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Opening</B></I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The SC opens the session.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Paper presentation and discussion</B></I>. For each paper:</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The PR presents his or her paper (10 min for a short paper and 15 min for a full paper).</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The DF makes notes.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">Individual paper discussion (15 min for a short paper, 25 for a full paper) :</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The DCs present their one-slide summaries of this paper (a short paper is commented by 2 DCs, a full paper is commented by 3 DCs).</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">All participants discuss the paper in the remaining time.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The DF makes notes.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The SC closes paper discussion and hands over to the next PR.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Open session discussion</B></I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The DF starts the open session discussion after the last PR.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The SC moderates the open session discussion (30 min).</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The DF makes notes for the closing slide.</div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The DF closes the open session discussion.</div> <bR> <div> <I><B>Closing</B></I></div> <div> <IMG BORDER="0" SRC="Symb075c00b700f000000000.gif" HEIGHT="16" WIDTH="24" ALIGN="bottom" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0">The SC closes the session.</div> <bR> <div> At the end of the workshop there will be a general discussion, possibly including a brainstorming session about areas or topics of RE research that the participants perceive as important.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <I><B>After the Workshop </B></I></div> <bR> <div> The final proceedings will be sent to all the participants after the workshop.</div> <bR> <div> Non a non-regular basis, a number of papers will be selected and invited for the publication in a special issue (or special section) of a Journal of international audience. Special issues appeared in the Requirements Engineering Journal in 2001 & 2004 and in Information & Software Technology Journal in 2002.</div> <bR> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>