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AUG 20112
Same as Report (SAR)18This report documents and describes the findings and results that we have produced as a result of our research into the area of the acquisition of software systems that rely on OA and OSS. In particular, it includes two research papers that have been refereed, reviewed, presented, and published in national and international research conferences, symposia, and workshops. The first of these papers has been published in the Journal of the Association for Information Systems (JAIS), a top-tier international academic research journal, while the second was originally presented at the 2010 Acquisition Research Symposium in May 2010 and is also under consideration for publication in another international research journal. Three other refereed research papers were also produced, two were included at international research conferences, and one as an invited book chapter. All five of these research publications are included in this report.
Research DescriptionOpen source software (OSS) is an integrated web of people, processes, and organizations, including project teams operating as virtual organizations [Scacchi 2007]. There is a basic need to understand how to identify an optimal mix of OSS within Open Architectures (OA) as products, production processes, practices, community activities, and multi-project (or multi-organization)
Acquisition Research Results in this ReportIn Our 2010 ARS paper [Alspaugh, Asuncion, and Scacchi 2010], is not included in this report because it has already been delivered for distribution by the NPS ARP. This Final Report instead focuses on research results that build on our 2010 ARS paper. However, both our 2010 ARS paper and its associated presentation materials can be found at http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/cms/_files/FY2010/NPS-AM-10-046.pdf and http://www.acquisitionresearch.net/cms/_files/FY2010/NPS-AM-10-080.pdf, respectively.the top scholarly research journals in the Information Systems area. The original and unique contribution of this work is the identific...
