《軟件期刊：進化與過程》是一本檔案期刊，發表高質量，最先進的研究和實踐論文，涉及軟件的概念，開發，測試，管理，質量，維護和發展，系統和服務，以及圍繞它們的流程和能力的不斷改進。該期刊延續了《軟件維護與進化期刊：研究與實踐》和《軟件過程：改進與實踐》的傳統。因此，我們將繼續涵蓋與軟件維護和演進以及軟件過程改進和實踐相關的傳統主題。與此同時，該期刊背后的概念已發展成為一個統一的愿景，它承認軟件和系統工程領域正在發生的根本變化和變革，以及我們通過擴大我們所討論的主題和研究方法與所使用的觀點相結合。正在開發的軟件、系統和服務的種類、規模和范圍正在發生根本性的變化，這些軟件、系統和服務從新的網絡和移動計算發展到戰場技術，以及兩者之間的一切。感興趣的領域包括但不限于：軟件、系統和啟用的服務是如何隨著時間的推移被構想、證明、創建、管理、維護和發展的；隨著系統的不斷發展，新的底層技術（不斷變化）如何能夠優雅地集成和處理；如何開發、測試、修改和發展新的平臺和架構，以創建現在和將來需要的各種應用程序；如何在開發生命周期的所有階段（從系統概念到測試）使用新的過程和工具，以構想、證明、創建、修改和發展這些新技術、平臺、系統和服務；如何對現有軟件、系統和服務的高級表示進行逆向工程，并用于支持維護和演進；如何解決跨學科或地理分散的虛擬團隊的人員問題；如何開發參與和管理這些項目所需的技能集；如何管理全球分散的項目；如何部署和管理新的合作和參與模式；什么模型將被用來估計成本和預測項目的性能和過程的變化；與開發和發展新系統有關的技術、進度、預算和其他風險，以及如何管理這些風險；如何提高組織能力和成熟度；成熟度評估和評估如何為組織做出貢獻；如何持續改進與軟件、系統和服務相關的流程；軟件、系統和服務所需的新業務模型；流程更改的性能影響將是什么；如何管理和組織影響系統和服務的流程變更工作；隨著軟件和系統從產品發展到服務，或者更可能是兩者的結合，以及基于“按需付；費”和“使用價值”業務模型的分層服務級別，將如何做出正當理由、尋源和技術開發決策敏捷開發和管理新軟件、系統和服務的影響將如何影響；系統、服務和組織；該雜志發表研究論文、實證研究和最新調查。偶爾，我們會就特別感興趣的話題發表特別的文章；歡迎對這些問題提出建議。

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.