XP 2013 - 14th International Conference on Agile Software Development

We are soliciting full and short research papers. Full papers are limited to 15 pages and short papers to 8 pages. Formatting guidelines can be found through: http://www.springer.com/series/7911. Papers not following the guidelines will be rejected. The conference proceedings will be published in Springer Lecture Notes in Business Information Processing.
Areas of interest
We are inviting innovative and high quality research papers related to agile software development. Topics of particular interest in the conference include, but are not restricted to, the following:
Foundations and conceptual studies of and for agile methods
Living examples of agility in all areas
Current practices and future trends, agile evolution and revolution
Empirical studies and experiences
Experiments in software development and their relation to agile methods
Implications for industrial practice
Tools and techniques for agile development
Social and human aspects including teams
Forming agile organizations and its implications
Management and governance aspects
Measurement and metrics
Global software development and offshoring
Systems engineering and safety critical systems
Software- and systems architecture
Legacy systems
Usability
Using agile methods in education and research
Teaching agile methods in particular in an university context