Developer Management in FLOSS Projects - Theoretical Concepts and Empirical Evidence
نویسنده
چکیده
منابع مشابه
I S THE SOURCE STRONG WITH YOU ? A FIT PERSPECTIVE TO PREDICT SUSTAINED PARTICIPATION OF FLOSS DEVELOPERS Research - in - Progress
Despite the notable success of some Free Libre Open Source (FLOSS) projects, the overwhelming majority of FLOSS initiatives fail, mostly because of insufficient longterm participation of developers. In contrast to previous research which focuses on the individual perspective, we approach developer retention from an organizational perspective to help existing project members identify potential l...
متن کاملUnderstanding group maintenance behavior in Free/Libre Open-Source Software projects: The case of Fire and Gaim
In this paper we investigate group maintenance behavior in community-based Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development teams. Adopting a sociolinguistic perspective, we conceptualize group maintenance behavior as interpersonal communication tactics—specifically, social presence and politeness tactics—that help maintain relationships among group members. Developer email messages were col...
متن کاملSelf-organization of teams for free/libre open source software development
This paper provides empirical evidence about how free/libre open source software development teams self-organize their work, specifically, how tasks are assigned to project team members. Following a case study methodology, we examined developer interaction data from three active and successful FLOSS projects using qualitative research methods, specifically inductive content analysis, to identif...
متن کاملFLOSSSim: Understanding the Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) Development Process through Agent-Based Modeling by
Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) is the product of volunteers collaborating to build software in an open, public manner. The large number of FLOSS projects, combined with the data that is inherently archived with this online process, make studying this phenomenon attractive. Some FLOSS projects are very functional, well-known, and successful, such as Linux, the Apache Web Server, and Fir...
متن کاملA Review of Tool Support for User-Related Communication in FLOSS Development
Free/Libre/Open Source Software (FLOSS) projects rely on Internet tools for communication and in coordinating their work. Communication between developers is well supported in FLOSS projects, but user-developer communication has proven out to be challenging. This paper examines the following questions: ”What kinds of means for communication exist in FLOSS projects for user-developer communicati...
متن کامل