1. Guest editors submit the Call for Papers (CFP) to staff via email at cfp-posting@computer.org 
2. Deadlines for the special issue are entered into the CiSE Editorial Calendar.
3. An email alias is created for the guest editors, which is their login to the Scholar One manuscript submission system, to collaboratively manage the peer review of submitted manuscripts.
4. The special issue is entered in the Scholar One manuscript submission system, as an article type. This allows authors to select the special issue when submitting.
5. Guest editors are sent an email with instructions to access Scholar One using the guest-editor alias, and with details of all deadlines for the special issue.
6. The CFP is posted on the magazine website, with the deadline for submission and the email alias for authors to send enquiries.
7. Guest editors do outreach through their networks, to reach potential authors, and ensure a good number of submissions to the special issue.
8. Guest editors recruit a team of reviewers, who are ready to be assigned incoming submissions.
9. As manuscripts are submitted, guest editors receive a notification email via the email alias (forwarded to their preferred email). They should check the submissions for compliance with magazine style and length limits (6,250 words, with each figure and table counting as 250 words; this is around 14 pages single-spaced).
10. Guest editors assign the manuscripts to reviewers, then log in periodically to check on status, and trigger reminders for reviewers, as needed. Note that the automatically generated reminders from Scholar One follow a timeline set up for regular articles, but special-issue articles may require shepherding to hit stricter deadlines.
11. Guest editors make a recommendation, based on reviewer reports, and their own assessment of the articles. Possible recommendations are: Accept, Minor Revision, Major Revision, Reject. 
12. The EiC makes final decisions.
13. In the end, about six articles should be accepted for the special issue.

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