Software Process Technology

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.