The international conference on Lean and Agile Software Development (LASD) was founded in 2017 as a part of the FedCSIS multiconference. The conference grew each year until 2020 when it noticed a substantial decline in the number of submissions. To remedy this issue, in 2021 and 2022, LASD was held as a standalone, free of charge conference. Since 2023, it has joined ACM SAC as a track.
The objective of LASD is to advance the state-of-the-art in lean and agile software development and disseminate best practices, along with success stories of successful transitions and adaptations to the evolving work environment.
LASD has already established itself as a prominent forum where practitioners, researchers, and academics meet to share and discuss their concerns, experience, and research findings. In the previous two editions, authors of approximately 50% of accepted full papers have been invited by either the editor of Computer Science and Information Systems (ComSIS, IF: 1.4) or the Journal of Computer Languages (Cola, IF: 2.2) to publish an extended version of their papers. The conference is also famous for its conscientious PC members, who diligently provide detailed reviews of journal-quality standards.
The evolution of software development methods is driven by the perennial quest on how to organize projects for better productivity. Plan-driven methods recommend spending much effort and resources to comprehensively capture all requirements and elaborate a big up-front design. Although they succeeded in projects where all properties of the software system could be specified in detail, they were unable to meet the dynamism, unpredictability and changing conditions that characterize today's competitive business environment. Thereby, traditional methods were superseded by lightweight methods based on iterative and incremental software development, frequent feedback from the customer, and an agile mindset. Agile methods have not only acknowledged that business requirements change, but also that customers are unable to definitively express their needs up front. Accordingly, agile teams start with a small set of core requirements to initiate the project and develop a working product. This working product becomes the basis for further discussions with the customer and new features are incrementally deliver on top of it. Later on, the software industry also started to adopt practices from lean manufacturing as a means of further waste elimination by removing all non-value-adding activities.
While agile and lean software development has already become mainstream in industry and a strong community has crystallized around the new way of thinking, making the transition to the new mindset is still challenging for many project managers. Besides, as the vast majority of software development projects are unique, agile methods often need to be tailored to accommodate specific situations. However, method tailoring is not trivial and poses serious challenges for practitioners. Indeed, one of the most distinctive features of Scrum is that its practices are not independent, but instead are very tightly coupled and synergistic.
Furthermore, Scrum, XP, and Kanban were originally designed for small, single teams and do not provide guidance on dealing with scaling issues, while the last decade has seen the spread of agile into large-scale and distributed projects. To help companies in large-scale transformations, several agile scaling frameworks including LeSS, S@S, Nexus and SAFe have been proposed. These off-the-shelf solutions incorporate predefined workflow patterns to deal with issues related to large number of teams, inter-team coordination, and lack of up-front architecture. Nevertheless, numerous challenges while adopting off-the-shelf frameworks have been reported, including mismatch between framework and organization, changes in management structure, changes in company's policies, and the impossibility of fully implementing the whole framework at once.
On top of that, the COVID-19 pandemic has forced co-located teams, who relied on face-to-face communication for work coordination, to transition into a remote work environment. Since agile methods lack guidelines for remote work, it falls upon the agile community to develop systematic solutions for remote agile teams.
Currently, we are witnessing a pervasive hype surrounding generative AI coding tools that leverage Large Language Models (LLMs). These tools enable developers to accelerate coding, testing, debugging, refactoring, and documentation processes. Additionally, fine-tuned LLMs hold potential for enhancing non-programming tasks like user story refinement, estimation, and prioritization. These remarkable advancements not only evoke excitement but also open up new research directions to further explore and optimize the integration of generative AI tools within the realm of Agile Software Development.
Research papers and experience reports related to the above topics are solicited. Papers should be submitted in the PDF format using the ACM-SAC proceedings format via the START submission system. Full papers are limited to 8 pages with the option (at an extra charge) to add 2 more pages.
Each submission will be reviewed by at least three program committee members. To facilitate the double-blind reviewing, authors are kindly requested to provide the paper WITHOUT any reference to any of the authors, including the authors' personal details, the acknowledgments section of the paper and any other reference that may disclose the authors' identity.
Papers that receives positive reviews but are not accepted due to space limitation are invited for the poster session. The length of poster papers is 2 pages (included in the registration) + 1 page (at an extra charge).
Upon paper acceptance, prospective authors must provide a camera-ready version which takes into account the review comments. The conference proceedings will be published by ACM and also available online through the ACM Digital Library.
Paper registration is required, allowing the inclusion of the paper/poster in the conference proceedings. An author or a proxy must present the paper. This is a requirement for the paper/poster to be included in the ACM digital library. Authors who cannot make on-site presentations due to travel or health restrictions may request to present their materials online. No-presentation of registered papers and posters will result in excluding them from the ACM digital libray.
Students are invited to submit research abstracts (maximum of 2 pages in ACM camera-ready format) following the instructions published at the SAC 2024 website.
Authors of selected abstracts will have the opportunity to give poster and oral presentations of their work and compete for three top-winning places. The SRC committee will evaluate and select First, Second, and Third place winners. The winners will receive medals and cash awards. Winners will be announced during the conference banquet. Invited students receive SRC travel support (US$500) and are eligible to apply to the SIGAPP Student Travel Award Program (STAP) for additional travel support.
Wed., April 10 | Session I (Room 2); chaired by Adam Przybyłek |
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14:30 - 14:40 | Track opening (Adam Przybyłek) |
14:40 - 15:00 | Common LeSS Transformation Patterns (Alena Buchalcevova and Jakub Hermanek) |
15:00 - 15:20 | Beyond Technical Debt Unravelling Organisational Debt Concept (Muhammad Ovais Ahmad and Osama Al-Baik) |
15:20 - 15:40 | Challenges to Sustaining Agility: An Exploratory Case Study (Mali Senapathi and Diane E Strode) |
15:40 - 16:00 | Navigating Cultural Diversity: Barriers and Benefits in Multicultural Agile Software Development Teams (Daniel Welsch, Luisa Burk, David Mötefindt and Michael Neumann) |
Wed., April 10 | Poster Exhibit (Hallway - 0 floor) |
15:00 - 17:00 | UMask-AFL: Unmasking All Reachable Targets for Comprehensive Agile Fuzzing (Sangharatna Godboley, Bikash Singha, Monika Rani Golla and P. R Krishna) |
Implementing Action Items Over Improving the Format of Retros (Yen Ying Ng and Ryszard Kuduk) | |
Wed., April 10 | Session II (Room 2); chaired by Michael Neumann |
16:30 - 16:50 | Technical Debt Management in Agile Context: A new framework and case study in a large financial institution (Gisela Archela, Ana C V Melo and Vagner Luiz Gava) |
16:50 - 17:10 | Revisiting Technical Debt Types and Indicators for Software Systems (Dilek Caglayan and Ozden Ozcan-Top) |
17:10 - 17:30 | The use of prototypes as a tool in Agile software development (Vivian Larrea, Milene Selbach Silveira and Tiago da Silva) |
Ahmad, Muhammad Ovais
Sweden, Karlstad University
Almeida, Fernando
Portugal, University of Porto & INESC TEC
Alshayeb, Mohammad
Saudi Arabia, King Fahd University of Petroleum and Minerals
Andrade, Wilkerson
Brazil, Federal University of Campina Grande
Aziz Butt, Shariq
Pakistan, University of Lahore
Bagnato, Alessandra
France, SOFTEAM R&D Department
Barata, João
Portugal, University of Coimbra
Bastarrica, María Cecilia
Chile, University of Chile
Baumeister, Hubert
Denmark, Technical University of Denmark
Behutiye, Woubshet
Finland, University of Oulu
Bernhart, Mario
Austria, Vienna University of Technology
Borg, Markus
Sweden, Lund University & CodeScene
Brada, Premek
Czech Republic, University of West Bohemia
Buchalcevova, Alena
Czech Republic, Prague University of Economics and Business
Cruzes, Daniela
Norway, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Datta, Soma
USA, University of Houston-Clear Lake
Derezinska, Anna
Poland, Warsaw University of Technology
Dutta, Arpita
Singapore, National University of Singapore
Escalona Cuaresma, Maria Jose
Spain, Universidad de Sevilla
Ferreira de Souza, Érica
Brazil, Federal University of Technology – Parana
Francillette, Yannick
Canada, University of Quebec at Chicoutimi
García-Mireles, Gabriel Alberto
Mexico, Universidad de Sonora
Gilson, Fabian
New Zealand, University of Canterbury
Gomes Rocha, Fábio
Brazil, Universidade Tiradentes
Gregory, Peggy
UK, University of Central Lancashire
Guerra, Eduardo
Italy, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Hanslo, Ridewaan
South Africa, Council for Scientific and Industrial Research
Heng, Samedi
Belgium, Smals and Université catholique de Louvain
Herold, Sebastian
Sweden, Karlstad University
Hohenstein, Uwe
Germany, Siemens AG
Janes, Andrea
Italy, Free University of Bolzano
Jarzębowicz, Aleksander
Poland, Gdańsk University of Technology
Kakarontzas, George
Greece, Aristotle University of Thessaloniki
Kaloyanova, Kalinka
Bulgaria, Sofia University
Kapitsaki, Georgia
Cyprus, University of Cyprus
Katić, Marija
UK, University of London
Khan, Arif Ali
Finland, University of Oulu
Kopczyńska, Sylwia
Poland, Poznań University of Technology
Kropp, Martin
Switzerland, University of Applied Sciences and Arts Northwestern Switzerland
Lano, Kevin
UK, King’s College London
Luković, Ivan
Serbia, University of Belgrade
Madeyski, Lech
Poland, Wroclaw University of Technology
Mahnič, Viljan
Slovenia, University of Ljubljana
Mangalaraj, George
USA, Western Illinois University
Marcinkowski, Bartosz
Poland, University of Gdańsk
Maślankowski, Jacek
Poland, University of Gdańsk
Matthies, Christoph
Germany, Hasso Plattner Institute at the University of Potsdam
Mazzara, Manuel
Russia, Innopolis University
Melegati, Jorge
Italy, Free University of Bozen-Bolzano
Mesquida Calafat, Antoni-Lluís
Spain, University of the Balearic Islands
Miler, Jakub
Poland, Gdańsk University of Technology
Miller, Gloria
Germany, Maxmetrics
Mira da Silva, Miguel
Portugal, University of Lisbon
Mishra, Alok
Norway, Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Mohapatra, Durga Prasad
India, NIT Rourkela
Morales Trujillo, Miguel Ehecatl
New Zealand, University of Canterbury
Morandini, Marcelo
Brazil, University of São Paulo
Münch, Jürgen
Germany, Reutlingen University
Muszyńska, Karolina
Poland, University of Szczecin
Nawrocki, Jerzy
Poland, Poznań University of Technology
Neumann, Michael
Germany, Hochschule Hannover
Ng, Yen Ying
Poland, Nicolaus Copernicus University
Nguyen, Phuong Thanh
Italy, University of L'Aquila
Nguyen-Duc, Anh
Norway, University of South Eastern Norway
Noyer, Arne
Germany, Ostfalia University of Applied Sciences
Özcan-Top, Özden
Turkey, Middle East Technical University
Özkan, Necmettin
Turkey, Kuveyt Türk Participation Bank
Pereira, Rui Humberto R.
Portugal, Instituto Politécnico do Porto - ISCAP
Petrillo, Fábio
Canada, École de Technologie Supérieure (ÉTS)
Pohl, Matthias
Germany, Otto von Guericke University
Polignano, Marco
Italy, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro
Poniszewska-Maranda, Aneta
Poland, Lodz University of Technology
Poth, Alexander
Germany, Volkswagen AG
Przybyłek, Michał
Poland, Polish-Japanese Academy of Information Technology
Ramsin, Raman
Iran, Sharif University of Technology
Riel, Andreas
France, Grenoble Alpes University
Ristić, Sonja
Serbia, University of Novi Sad
Rodrigues da Silva, Alberto
Portugal, University of Lisbon
Rossi, Bruno
Czech Republic, Masaryk University
Russo , Daniel
Denmark, Aalborg University - Copenhagen
Rybola, Zdenek
Czech Republic, FIT CTU in Prague
Saari, Mika
Finland, Tampere University
Sánchez-Gordón, Mary
Norway, Østfold University College
Schön, Eva-Maria
Germany, University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer
Selviandro, Nungki
Indonesia, Telkom University
Senapathi, Mali
New Zealand, Auckland University of Technology
Soares, Pedro Filipe
Portugal, Fraunhofer Portugal AICOS
Spichkova, Maria
Australia, RMIT University
Stettina, Christoph Johann
The Netherlands, Leiden University
Strode, Diane
New Zealand, Whitireia Polytechnic
Suri, Bharti
India, GGS Indraprastha University
Taweel, Adel
UK, University of Manchester
Theobald, Sven
Germany, Fraunhofer IESE
Thomaschewski, Jörg
Germany, University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer
Torrecilla Salinas, Carlos
Spain, University of Seville
Tsilionis, Konstantinos
The Netherlands, Eindhoven University of Technology
Tuncel, Doruk
Germany, Siemens AG
Vranić, Valentino
Slovakia, Slovak University of Technology in Bratislava
Winter, Dominique
Germany, University of Applied Sciences Emden/Leer
Zhang, Zheying
Finland, Tampere University
Ziadi, Tewfik
France, Sorbonne Université