1. Bolzano-Bozen, 21 th Marzo 2003 NAME Network for Agile Methodologies Experience – Network of Exellence Center for Applied Software Engineering Free University of Bolzano / Bozen Giancarlo.Succi@unibz.it

2. Bolzano, 17th October 2002 Prof. Ing. G. Succi Funding Agency European Union - Fifth Framework Program – Information Society’s Technology

3. Bolzano, 17th October 2002 Prof. Ing. G. Succi Objectives Creation a research roadmap  Creation of a common experience framework Creation of a stronger network

4. Bolzano, 17th October 2002 Prof. Ing. G. Succi Creation of a Road Map The research Roadmap has been created, divulgated and reviewed by all the partners, by the European committee and by some gurus of the “Agile World”

5. Bolzano, 17th October 2002 Prof. Ing. G. Succi Dissemination of the Research Roadmap To do – started: presentation of the research roadmap in the major conferences and workshops submission of the research road to a suitable journal

6. Bolzano, 17th October 2002 Prof. Ing. G. Succi Creation of a common experience framework On the base of the analysis on XP and AMs made in the previous action line, a set of common rules to describe experiences have been outlined A draft version of the experience framework has been circulated within the network nodes partners

7. Bolzano, 17th October 2002 Prof. Ing. G. Succi Creation of a stronger network  On the basis of the identified common research topics and experience framework, a more ambitious network will be built and then proposed at the beginning of the 6th framework  This is likely to be a very challenging project that will be focused also on data acquisition, arrangement and publishing on the web

8. Bolzano, 17th October 2002 Prof. Ing. G. Succi How to get the objectives The objectives have been pursuing putting together critical mass from the Academia and the Industry, placing specific attention also to the world of consultants, who have been among the early promoters of XP and AMs

9. Bolzano, 17th October 2002 Prof. Ing. G. Succi Instruments 1/3 Workshops and e-workshops: to identifying core areas for future research and the key elements for the experience framework. to review deliverables with all the associated partners to plan next actions Interaction with existing EU network projects Reports available through the web

10. Bolzano, 17th October 2002 Prof. Ing. G. Succi Instruments 2/3 Interaction with existing EU network projects: ESERNET CBSE-net: http://www.cbsenet.org/ linked to NAME web sitehttp://www.cbsenet.org/

11. Bolzano, 17th October 2002 Prof. Ing. G. Succi Instruments 3/3 Reports and deliverables available through the web: to ensure the maximum exposure and fallback of the results of the project

12. Bolzano, 17th October 2002 Prof. Ing. G. Succi Node Partners Free University of Bolzano-Bozen Stichting Centrum voor Wiskunde en Informatica, Universidad Politècnica de Valencia, Technische Universität München, Università degli Studi di Cagliari, University of Sheffield, Datasiel.