A Cost Model of Open Source Software Adoption

Russo, Barbara; Succi, Giancarlo

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“…The search string in their SLR study 23 does not include the word "quality" but the terms of "adoption model," "evaluation model," and "selection model." Therefore, in addition to quality evaluation models, that SLR study 23 also revealed different models for OSS, such as adoption cost models, 93 risk models, 94 and etc. Also, that SLR revealed studies that do not propose models and that are only related to software adoption, for example, Heili and Assar, 95 because of their search string.…”

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“…The number of models examined in their SLR study 23 (35) is higher than the one (26) in our SLR study because the main focus of the models in that SLR study is not “quality,” as can be understood from its search string given in the table. The search string in their SLR study 23 does not include the word “quality” but the terms of “adoption model,” “evaluation model,” and “selection model.” Therefore, in addition to quality evaluation models, that SLR study 23 also revealed different models for OSS, such as adoption cost models, 93 risk models, 94 and etc. Also, that SLR revealed studies that do not propose models and that are only related to software adoption, for example, Heili and Assar, 95 because of their search string.…”

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Quality evaluation models or frameworks for open source software: A systematic literature review

Yılmaz

Tarhan

2022

J Software Evolu Process

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As open project repositories have become widespread, evaluating the quality of open source software (OSS) has gained attention in the software community. Despite the variety in quality evaluation models or frameworks (QEMoF) proposed for OSS, their adoption in practice remains limited. To further investigate this argument, a systematic literature review (SLR) has been conducted to characterize the existing QEMoF for OSS, based on particular properties, and to examine comprehensively their content and structure for identifying the gap between theory and practice. In this context, a total of 36 primary studies in the period of 2003-2020 have been analyzed. It has been identified that the majority of QEMoF takes ISO/IEC 9126 as a reference, evaluates community-based aspects, mostly evaluates maintainability and usability as quality attributes, supports subjective and quantitative evaluations, and faces challenges due to diverse and dynamic nature of OSS products. For a better overview of the state of the art in the field, evaluation criteria for comparing the overall quality of the QEMoF are identified and applied. Finally, overall findings are discussed, and suggestions are provided for practitioners and researchers to formulate more robust studies in the future, which can advance the current situation for the benefit of the software community.

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Quality evaluation models or frameworks for open source software: A systematic literature review

Yılmaz

Tarhan

2022

J Software Evolu Process

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“…Other factors found relevant in complementary studies are the unfamiliarity of customers with FLOSS vendors' relationships, and the need to adapt corporate governance and architecture (Holck et al, 2005). The complex interrelations between multiple individual, technical, organizational, and environmental factors, including total cost of ownership (Russo and Succi, 2009), external market support have also been considered as relevant (Morgan and Finnegan, 2007).…”

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Adoption of free/libre open source software in public organizations: factors of impact

Rossi

Russo

Succi

2012

Information Technology &Amp; People

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Purpose -In this paper the authors aim to investigate the importance of factors for the adoption of free/libre open source software (FLOSS) in the public sector. They seek to evaluate how different factors impact during the initiation and implementation phases of the adoption process. Design/methodology/approach -The authors base the methodological approach on two exploratory case studies with a contrasting result logic. They build a multi-level framework grounded both on literature review, and feedback from stakeholders. They then apply the framework to two case studies to better frame the findings. They consider phases of adoption (initiation, implementation) and the levels of adoption (technological, organizational, environmental, individual). Findings -In the case studies, the authors found the importance of a strong and decision-centric management board to give the impulse for the initiation phase of the process. As perceived by the stakeholders, a strong governmental support is of paramount importance to increase the adoption at the public level, although in the case studies examined the initiation stage started from the impulse of a championing management. Both case studies passed the initiation phase successfully. Continuous employees' training, organizational objectives consensus, and business process reengineering have been found important for the implementation phase. In the case study in which these factors were not in place, the implementation phase of adoption failed. Environmental factors -although relevant for the initiation of the adoption process -are less significant during the actual implementation of the adoption process, as the contrasting result logic from the case studies shows.Research limitations/implications -The study refers to two public organizations in a specific environmental setting. No causality among factors has been inferred. Quantitative objective data have been used to determine the success of adoption, for qualitative data multiple sources have been used when possible to limit threats to validity. Practical implications -The framework can be used by stakeholders in public organizations to better frame their adoption strategies and to compare results across institutions. Lessons learnt from the case studies can be useful to drive future adoptions of FLOSS. Originality/value -The framework combines phases of adoption and levels making it possible to frame the analysis of the case studies. It has been operationalized with a set of metrics, and with a protocol for the case studies to increase replicability value.

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Mutability and Becoming: Materializing of Public Sector Adoption of Open Source Software

Shaikh

2012

Shaping the Future of ICT Research. Methods and Approaches

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Abstract. Juxtaposing two local council cases of open source software adoption in the UK we highlight their differences and similarities in open source adoption and implementation. Our narratives indicate that for both cases there was strong goodwill towards open source yet the trajectories of implementation differed widely. We draw on Deleuze and Guattari's ideas of becoming, tracing versus mapping and multiplicity to explain how becoming occurs at different speeds. Our data shows that the becoming of adoption can be both constrained and precipitated by various forms of materiality (of the assemblage of the open source ecosystem). The interesting point of departure of our study is how open source software -a much touted transparent and open phenomenon -is by its nuanced and layered mutability able to make the process and practices surrounding it less visible. Keywords: open source, public sector procurement, becoming, mutability, materiality. IntroductionWhy is it that when two different local councils adopt open source software that one proves to become more adept at it, while the other finds itself implicated in different machinations? This paper approaches this question with a focus on the becoming (performative understanding [1,2]) of the primary adoption process. Our contribution lies in unpacking the adoption and procurement of open source software (OSS) by two different local councils in the UK sensitized by ideas of becoming, mutability and materiality. We recognize and show how the becoming (complicated, uncertain, never stable or complete) of OSS adoption indicates that the process of becoming occurs at different speeds [3]. The speed of becoming is managed and controlled and can be purposively directed. Our cases show how management in the local councils reined in (or otherwise) the process of becoming via material instantiations of OS. The nature of materiality was manipulated in both cases to different ends, and results. We draw on Deleuze and Guattari's [4] ideas of becoming, tracing versus mapping and multiplicity alongside the shared ontology of Actor Network Theory (with [4] -ie a relational ontology where information technology and users are not defined outside their relationship but in their relational networks [5]. This consideration moves the focus of the analysis from the actor, either human or non-human, towards a more 124 M. Shaikh complex and less defined phenomenon, which is the interaction [6][7][8]. It has a "relational materiality" [9]. This reflects an aversion to accept a priori the preexistence of social structures and differences as somehow intrinsically given in the order of things, or what Barad terms "agential realism" [10, p810]. This ontological predisposition sensitizes us to the idea that more than one reality is possible. Indeed successful software adoption is never a certainty but drawing on ideas of becoming takes our analysis further by laying bare both successful and unsuccessful possibilities that are attempted, but perhaps never quite become. The relevance of such ...

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A Cost Model of Open Source Software Adoption

Cited by 5 publications

References 12 publications

Quality evaluation models or frameworks for open source software: A systematic literature review

Quality evaluation models or frameworks for open source software: A systematic literature review

Adoption of free/libre open source software in public organizations: factors of impact

Mutability and Becoming: Materializing of Public Sector Adoption of Open Source Software

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