Exploring Socio-Technical Dependencies in Open Source Software Projects

Syeed, M. M. Mahbubul; Hammouda, Imed; Berko, Csaba

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“…Next, "global software development" (GSD) has been a hot area of focus for researchers (from 2001 to 2018). The analysis of literature, such as [9,13,16,19,50,51,54,61,[82][83][84][85][86][87], also supports this finding.…”

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“…Various studies in cluster 6 focused on using automated tools to facilitate STC measurement. For instance, Syeed et al [87] proposed an STC-based automated tool that analyses and visualizes OSS development data through different data services. MacKellar [106] proposed a tool based on STC to suggest and support coordination activities during software engineering project development.…”

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Socio-Technical Congruence as an Emerging Concept in Software Development: A Scientometric Analysis and Critical Literature Review

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Ample evidence in the literature emphasizes using socio-technical congruence (STC) to address coordination issues in distributed software development. The recent decades have shown a progressive growth in STC, resulting in an increasing number of research studies in the scientific corpora. However, no existing study has systematically analyzed and illustrated the research patterns, latest trends, and evolution in STC. This study aims to explore the knowledge structure and create evolutionary trajectories from STC publications. To achieve this aim, a scientometric analysis is performed that combined a critical literature review (CLR) of STC-related published research in the Web of Science and Scopus databases from 2000 to 2020.The scientometric analysis is conducted through four scientometric techniques: i) coword network analysis, ii) co-author network analysis, iii) co-citation analysis, and iv) document clustering with timeline analysis. The study outcomes will help understand and visualize STC's research status quo. CLR is objectively conducted to recognize the latest research topics, themes, and salient features of STC research in software development. A total of 306 bibliographic data are analyzed to generate study-related networks and density visualizations. The results reveal an evolution in the STC field from its conception to the recent developments of STC models and other related factors. This study primarily contributes to the literature by providing a systematic view related to STC research to assist software practitioners in identifying applications and key research areas. Moreover, the combination of scientometric analysis and CLR reveals key researchers, journals and conferences, institutions, prominent contributing countries, and six major research themes, including "community structure" and "socio-technical congruence" as the most prominent ones.

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Socio-Technical Congruence as an Emerging Concept in Software Development: A Scientometric Analysis and Critical Literature Review

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“…The findings revealed that the quality of the software is associated with the match between the socio and technical aspects of development efforts. Syeed et al (2013) and Zhang et al (2019) presented a similar STC strategy consisting of two main dimensions, namely; social and technical. The social dimension includes communication related activities among people who are classified according to their roles such as core members, project leaders, and passive or active users.…”

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“…To analyze the evolution in STC domain, the keywords and keyword plus were extracted from the selected pool of studies (Datta, 2018;Cataldo et al, 2013;Portillo, 2013;Sarma et al, 2008;Colfer et al, 2016;Wang et al, 2018;Portillo-Rodríguez et al, 2014;Kwan et al, 2009;Šmite et al, 2017;Ehrlich et al, 2008;Bolici et al, 2009;Šmite et al, 2012;Jiang et al, 2012;Gokpinar et al, 2010;Valetto et al, 2008;Zhang et al, 2012;Bernardi et al, 2012;Betz et al, 2013;Marczak et al, 2009;Cataldo et al, 2009;Sobri et al, 2017;Calefato & Herbsleb, 2017;Bird et al, 2011;McLeod L, MacDonell et al, 2011;Kiani et al, 2013;Nguyen et al, 2008;Wagstrom et al, 2010;Avnet, 2016;Bettenburg, 2011;De Santana et al, 2013;Suali et al, 2017;Syeed et al, 2013;Golzadeh, 2019;Palyart et al, 2017;Zhang et al, 2019;Tamburri et al, 2019) for the period from 2008 to 2019. Furthermore, keywords facilitate the collection of additional information by considering various aspects like the research article, journal name, year of publication, and research field.…”

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Assessing the impact of socio-technical congruence in software development: a systematic literature review

Ahmad

2021

KJS publishes peer-review articles in Mathematics, Computer Sci

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Software development is a critical task that depends on coordination among team members and organizational activities that bring team members together. The literature indicates various techniques that have been applied to control the coordination level among team members. Notable among these techniques is social-technical congruence (STC), which helps to measure the alignment between the social and technical capabilities of an organization and teams at various stages of software development. The dynamic nature and changes of coordination requirements make STC a potential research area in this regard. The main objective of this study is to perform a systematic literature review (SLR) that recognizes and structures existing studies that represent new evolutionary trends in the field of STC. A SLR is performed of 46 publications from 4 data sources, including journals, conferences and workshop proceedings, most of which were published between 2008 and 2019. To this end, a thorough analysis is carried out to elicit the studies based on 7 research questions in this SLR. The outcome of this SLR is a set of ample research studies representing various aspects, performance impacts, factors, and evolutionary trends in the field of STC. Furthermore, STC measurement techniques are classified in two distinct groups, matrix based and social network analysis-based measures. After a systematic exploration of these aspects, this study results in new insightful features and state of art of STC. This SLR concludes that some areas still require further investigation. For instance, (1) STC-related literature exists, but only one research work mainly focuses on the risk of overwhelming STC (i.e., excessive STC measurement may overburden the software development process); (2) STC measurement techniques facilitate the identification of congruence gaps, but no attention has been given towards the unweighted social network analysis based STC measurement models; (3) STC measurement techniques are generally applied in the development phase of the project lifecycle, but these measurements are rarely used in other software development phases, such as the requirement and testing phases or all phases; and (4) The development factors that effects on STC measurement are rarely focused by researchers in the context of various domains.

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“…Esta seção apresenta os trabalhos relacionados que foram obtidos através da condução de uma Revisão Sistemática de Literatura [Kitchenham et al, 2007] que está disponível em [ GiveMe Infra, 2014]. Syeed et al (2013) mencionam que dados históricos podem indicar o processo de evolução no qual um dado software foi submetido, e sobre o conhecimento tácito que foi utilizado durante a evolução. Além disso, podem fornecer um histórico sobre a comunicação e a colaboração realizadas pelos desenvolvedores.…”

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Uma Infraestrutura baseada em Múltiplas Visões Interativas para Apoiar Evolução de Software

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[Contexto] Tecnologias e ambientes de desenvolvimento voltados para as áreas de manutenção e evolução colaborativas de software têm atraído a atenção de empresas e grupos de usuários no sentido de resolver seus problemas em projetos de software. Entretanto, em muitos casos é necessário utilizar diferentes ferramentas. Como resultado, o tempo e o esforço dispendidos são crescentes em função da diversidade de soluções. Esses problemas se tornam mais intensos quando se trata de equipes geograficamente distribuídas. [Objetivo] Neste sentido, foi desenvolvida a GiveMe Infra, uma infraestrutura para apoio à realização de atividades de manutenção e evolução de software por equipes co-localizadas ou geograficamente distribuídas. Além disso, essa infraestrutura considera os resultados obtidos das atividades de compreensão de software. Essas atividades são apoiadas por visualizações de software que permitem ao usuário obter diferentes perspectivas sobre as informações disponibilizadas. [Método] A infraestrutura apoia a identificação de métodos que podem ser afetados quando um outro método é alterado, auxiliando equipes de manutenção na modificação de sistemas. Para isso, foi realizado um estudo experimental num contexto real de manutenção em empresas parceiras, avaliando o apoio dado pela infraestrutura, através dos recursos oferecidos. [Resultados] Através da utilização dessa infraestrutura foi possível obter apoio na identificação de métodos a serem alterados quando uma determinada modificação é feita. Essa infraestrutura permitiu obter maiores informações sobre o processo de evolução de software, objetivando a realização de atividades de manutenção de maior qualidade. [Conclusões] Os resultados obtidos evidenciaram a importância da GiveMe Infra para apoiar as atividades de manutenção e evolução. Entretanto, avaliações adicionais são necessárias.

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Exploring Socio-Technical Dependencies in Open Source Software Projects

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References 45 publications

Socio-Technical Congruence as an Emerging Concept in Software Development: A Scientometric Analysis and Critical Literature Review

Socio-Technical Congruence as an Emerging Concept in Software Development: A Scientometric Analysis and Critical Literature Review

Assessing the impact of socio-technical congruence in software development: a systematic literature review

Uma Infraestrutura baseada em Múltiplas Visões Interativas para Apoiar Evolução de Software

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