The Experience Reports Track provides the opportunity for you to share observations, hard-fought wisdom, and practical advice through a paper and accompanying talk at the conference. An experience report is a first-hand description of challenges faced, approaches taken, observations, and insights. Unlike a case study, an experience report is personal. We encourage authors to introduce themselves to their readers and to reflect on their experience. We invite potential experience reporters to submit a proposal that describes in more detail an original, unpublished experience related to agile and lean software development and what you intend to focus on in your written report. The experience reports will be oriented toward industry practitioners and welcoming to interested academics.

If your proposal is accepted, you will then be shepherded as you write your report. Experience reports are short papers (maximum 8 pages) that will be published on the conference website in ACM full-page format (authors will be provided a file template). Authors retain the copyright to their work and sign a permission form granting XP 2024 the right to publish their report online. Authors of accepted proposals are further expected to prepare and deliver a presentation at the conference. Oh’…. and by the way authors are granted a discount on the conference fee.

Proposals are submitted electronically via the EasyChair submission system by the defined deadlines. You do not need to upload a full paper as part of your initial submission but you are encouraged to write an extensive abstract and submit a detailed proposal sharing highlights of your experience and what you intend to focus on.

We encourage you to give us enough information so we can make an informed decision and ask you clarifying questions.