* making researchers aware of the challenges and research opportunities, and
practitioners aware of research in release engineering
* sharing experiences with practical approaches, tools, methods and techniques for
release engineering
* building connections between different communities involved in release engineering.
In an effort to engage with practitioners, one of the co-organizers of the
Special Issue is a release engineer at Mozilla and one half of the reviewers
will consist of release engineers, so we guarantee that each paper or abstract
submission receives at least one review from a practitioner.
Full submissions for the Special Issue must not exceed 5,400 words including
figures and tables, which count for 200 words each. Submissions in excess of
these limits may be rejected without refereeing. The articles we deem within the
theme and scope will be peer-reviewed and are subject to editing for magazine
style, clarity, organization, and space. We reserve the right to edit the title
of all submissions. Be sure to include the name of the theme or Special Issue
you are submitting for.
We also solicit short “practice” papers from practitioners that contain
experience reports. These papers do not need to make a research contribution,
but should instead present the experiences of a practitioner or practitioners by
describing things such as current release processes used, challenges faced,
solutions attempted, and/or results obtained. Practice papers should not exceed
3,500 words.
Articles should have a practical orientation and be written in a style
accessible to practitioners. Overly complex, purely research-oriented or
theoretical treatments are not appropriate. Articles should be novel. IEEE
Software does not republish material published previously in other venues,
including other periodicals and formal conference/workshop proceedings, whether
previous publication was in print or in electronic form.