3rd International Workshop on Software Patterns and Quality (SPAQu'09)
October 25, 2009, Orlando, Florida, USA,
Co-located with 24th ACM Conference on Object-Oriented Programming Systems and Applications (OOPSLA 2009)

Topics

Suggested topic areas of interest include, but are not limited to:

• Quality by software patterns: management, assurance, measurement, rating, testing, review and evaluation of quality in software products, processes, people and projects with software patterns (e.g. how much does maintainability of software become high by applying design patterns? )
• Quality of software patterns: management, assurance, measurement, rating, testing, review and evaluation of quality of software patterns
• Quality specific patterns: e.g., security patterns, safety patterns and performance patterns
• Quality aspects of activities related to software patterns
• Quality in pattern system and languages: how to build quality systems of patterns, pattern compositions, and stable/testable pattern languages
• Patterns and pattern languages pitfalls and how to avoid them
• Nature of "Quality Without A Name (QWAN)" in software development
• Methods and tools: modeling tools, measurement tools, testing tools and management tools related to software patterns quality
• Case studies and lessons learned from the viewpoint of quality
• Relationships among software patterns and related technologies from the viewpoint of quality

Please note that in this workshop we will use the following definition (and related definitions) on Software Quality: capability of software product to satisfy stated and implied needs when used under specified conditions -- ISO/IEC 25000, ISO/IEC 9126