This book presents the thoroughly refereed and revised post-workshop proceedings of the 19th
Monterey Workshop held in Beijing China in Ocotber 2016. The workshop explored the
challenges associated with the Development Operation and Management of Large-Scale complex IT
Systems. The 18 revised full papers presented were significantly extended and improved by the
insights gained from the productive and lively discussions at the workshop and the feedback
from the post-workshop peer reviews. 2016 marks the 23rd anniversary for the Monterey Workshop
series which started in 1993. For nearly a quarter of century the Monterey Workshops have
established themselves as an important international forum to foster among academia industry
and government agencies discussion and exchange of ideas research results and experience in
developing software intensive systems and have significantly advanced the field. The community
of the workshop participants has grown to become an influential source of ideas and innovations
and its impact on the knowledge economy has been felt worldwide.
