《軟件期刊：進(jìn)化與過(guò)程》是一本檔案期刊，發(fā)表高質(zhì)量，最先進(jìn)的研究和實(shí)踐論文，涉及軟件的概念，開(kāi)發(fā)，測(cè)試，管理，質(zhì)量，維護(hù)和發(fā)展，系統(tǒng)和服務(wù)，以及圍繞它們的流程和能力的不斷改進(jìn)。該期刊延續(xù)了《軟件維護(hù)與進(jìn)化期刊：研究與實(shí)踐》和《軟件過(guò)程：改進(jìn)與實(shí)踐》的傳統(tǒng)。因此，我們將繼續(xù)涵蓋與軟件維護(hù)和演進(jìn)以及軟件過(guò)程改進(jìn)和實(shí)踐相關(guān)的傳統(tǒng)主題。與此同時(shí)，該期刊背后的概念已發(fā)展成為一個(gè)統(tǒng)一的愿景，它承認(rèn)軟件和系統(tǒng)工程領(lǐng)域正在發(fā)生的根本變化和變革，以及我們通過(guò)擴(kuò)大我們所討論的主題和研究方法與所使用的觀點(diǎn)相結(jié)合。正在開(kāi)發(fā)的軟件、系統(tǒng)和服務(wù)的種類、規(guī)模和范圍正在發(fā)生根本性的變化，這些軟件、系統(tǒng)和服務(wù)從新的網(wǎng)絡(luò)和移動(dòng)計(jì)算發(fā)展到戰(zhàn)場(chǎng)技術(shù)，以及兩者之間的一切。感興趣的領(lǐng)域包括但不限于：軟件、系統(tǒng)和啟用的服務(wù)是如何隨著時(shí)間的推移被構(gòu)想、證明、創(chuàng)建、管理、維護(hù)和發(fā)展的；隨著系統(tǒng)的不斷發(fā)展，新的底層技術(shù)（不斷變化）如何能夠優(yōu)雅地集成和處理；如何開(kāi)發(fā)、測(cè)試、修改和發(fā)展新的平臺(tái)和架構(gòu)，以創(chuàng)建現(xiàn)在和將來(lái)需要的各種應(yīng)用程序；如何在開(kāi)發(fā)生命周期的所有階段（從系統(tǒng)概念到測(cè)試）使用新的過(guò)程和工具，以構(gòu)想、證明、創(chuàng)建、修改和發(fā)展這些新技術(shù)、平臺(tái)、系統(tǒng)和服務(wù)；如何對(duì)現(xiàn)有軟件、系統(tǒng)和服務(wù)的高級(jí)表示進(jìn)行逆向工程，并用于支持維護(hù)和演進(jìn)；如何解決跨學(xué)科或地理分散的虛擬團(tuán)隊(duì)的人員問(wèn)題；如何開(kāi)發(fā)參與和管理這些項(xiàng)目所需的技能集；如何管理全球分散的項(xiàng)目；如何部署和管理新的合作和參與模式；什么模型將被用來(lái)估計(jì)成本和預(yù)測(cè)項(xiàng)目的性能和過(guò)程的變化；與開(kāi)發(fā)和發(fā)展新系統(tǒng)有關(guān)的技術(shù)、進(jìn)度、預(yù)算和其他風(fēng)險(xiǎn)，以及如何管理這些風(fēng)險(xiǎn)；如何提高組織能力和成熟度；成熟度評(píng)估和評(píng)估如何為組織做出貢獻(xiàn)；如何持續(xù)改進(jìn)與軟件、系統(tǒng)和服務(wù)相關(guān)的流程；軟件、系統(tǒng)和服務(wù)所需的新業(yè)務(wù)模型；流程更改的性能影響將是什么；如何管理和組織影響系統(tǒng)和服務(wù)的流程變更工作；隨著軟件和系統(tǒng)從產(chǎn)品發(fā)展到服務(wù)，或者更可能是兩者的結(jié)合，以及基于“按需付；費(fèi)”和“使用價(jià)值”業(yè)務(wù)模型的分層服務(wù)級(jí)別，將如何做出正當(dāng)理由、尋源和技術(shù)開(kāi)發(fā)決策敏捷開(kāi)發(fā)和管理新軟件、系統(tǒng)和服務(wù)的影響將如何影響；系統(tǒng)、服務(wù)和組織；該雜志發(fā)表研究論文、實(shí)證研究和最新調(diào)查。偶爾，我們會(huì)就特別感興趣的話題發(fā)表特別的文章；歡迎對(duì)這些問(wèn)題提出建議。

The “Journal of Software-Evolution and Process” is an archival journal that publishes high quality, state-of-the-art research and practice papers dealing with the conception, development, testing, management, quality, maintenance, and evolution of software, systems, and services, as well as the continuous improvement of processes and capabilities surrounding them. The journal continues the tradition of “The Journal of Software Maintenance and Evolution: Research and Practice” and “Software Process: Improvements and Practice”. We will therefore continue to cover the traditional topics related to software maintenance and evolution as well as software process improvement and practice. At the same time, the concept behind the journal has evolved into a unified vision that recognizes the fundamental changes and transformations that are occurring in the fields of software and systems engineering and the need for us to adapt by broadening the topics that we address and the research methods that are used coupled with the perspectives that are utilised.Fundamental changes are occurring in the variety, scale and scope of software, systems and services that are being developed from new web and mobile computing to battle theatre technologies and everything in between.Areas of interest include but are not limited to:How software, systems and enabled services are conceived, justified, created, managed, maintained and evolved over timeHow new underlying technologies (which are constantly changing) can be elegantly integrated and dealt with as systems evolve over timeHow new platforms and architectures are developed, tested, modified, and evolved to create the variety of applications needed now, and in the futureHow new processes and tools can be utilised in all phases of the development lifecycle (from system concept to test) in order to conceive, justify, create, modify and evolve these new technologies, platforms, systems and servicesHow high-level representations of existing software, systems and services can be reverse engineered and used to support maintenance and evolutionHow people issues regarding cross disciplinary or geographically dispersed virtual teams can be addressedHow the skill sets needed to participate and manage these projects will be developedHow globally dispersed projects should be managedHow new models of collaboration and participation will be deployed and managedWhat models will be used to estimate costs and predict performance of projects and process changesThe technical, schedule, budgetary and other risks associated with developing and evolving new systems and how they will be managedHow to improve organisational capability and maturityHow maturity assessments and evaluations can contribute to organisationsHow to continuously improve processes associated with software, systems and servicesThe new business models that are needed for the software, systems, and servicesWhat the performance impact of process changes will beHow process change efforts impacting systems and services will be managed and organisedHow justification, sourcing and technical development decisions will be made as software and systems evolve from products to services, or more likely a combination of both, along with tiered levels of service based on a “pay as you go” and “value in use” business modelsHow the impacts of agile development and management of new software, systems and services will impactsystems, services and organisationsThe journal publishes research papers, empirical studies and state-of-the-art surveys. Occasionally, we publish special issues on topics of particular interest; proposals for such issues are welcome.