Global software development in the freeBSD project

Spinellis, Diomidis

doi:10.1145/1138506.1138524

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“…While we draw parallels between OSS and some related research areas in Table 3, it is not an extensive list. Software process improvement [1,65], distributed development [150], global software development [174], and agile development [199] In this review we will consider three ways of using OSS products. OSS products may first of all be deployed as-is without any changes, used as CASE tools in software development, or integrated into other software systems.…”

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confidence: 99%

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Adoption of open source software in software-intensive organizations – A systematic literature review

Hauge¹,

Ayala²,

Conradi³

2010

Information and Software Technology

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Context: Open source software (OSS) is changing the way organizations develop, acquire, use, and commercialize software. Objective: This paper seeks to identify how organizations adopt OSS, classify the literature according to these ways of adopting OSS, and with a focus on software development evaluate the research on adoption of OSS in organizations. Method: Based on the systematic literature review method we reviewed publications from 24 journals and seven conference and workshop proceedings, published between 1998 and 2008. From a population of 24289 papers, we identified 112 papers which provide empirical evidence on how organizations actually adopt OSS. Results: We show that adopting OSS involves more than simply using OSS products. We moreover provide a classification framework consisting of six distinctly different ways in which organizations adopt OSS. This framework is used to illustrate some of the opportunities and challenges organizations meet when approaching OSS, to show that OSS can be adopted successfully in different ways, and to organize and review existing research. We find that this research does not sufficiently describe the context of the organizations studied. It is furthermore fragmented and fails to benefit fully from related research fields. Finally, we present directions for future research.

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Section: Related Research Fieldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Such work can be related to, for instance, software process improvement [1,65]. Other researchers relate the development processes in OSS communities to distributed development [150], global software development [174], and agile methods [199].…”

Section: Related Research Fieldsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Adoption of open source software in software-intensive organizations – A systematic literature review

Hauge¹,

Ayala²,

Conradi³

2010

Information and Software Technology

195

113

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“…Because of the correlation between performance and quality, Ramasubbu and Balan found that dispersion of sites had an indirect effect on quality. However, Spinellis (2006) and Bird et al (2009) report contradicting results. Spinellis (2006) found that geographical dispersion of developers had a negligible effect on productivity and quality in their studied case.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…However, Spinellis (2006) and Bird et al (2009) report contradicting results. Spinellis (2006) found that geographical dispersion of developers had a negligible effect on productivity and quality in their studied case. Spinellis used adherence, or lack there of, of coding style, and defect density as surrogates for quality.…”

Section: Related Workmentioning

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Handover of managerial responsibilities in global software development: a case study of source code evolution and quality

2014

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Context: Studies report on the negative effect on quality in global software development (GSD) due to communication and coordination related challenges. However, empirical studies reporting on the magnitude of the effect are scarce. Research Method: This paper presents findings from an embedded explanatory case study on the change in quality over time, across multiple releases, for products that were developed in a GSD setting. The GSD setting involved periods of distributed development between geographically dispersed sites as well as a handover of project management responsibilities between the involved sites. Investigations were performed on two medium-sized products from a company that is part of a large multinational corporation. Quality is investigated quantitatively using defect data, and measures that quantify two source code properties, size and complexity. Observations were triangulated with subjective views from company representatives. Results and Findings: There were no observable indications that the distribution of work or handover of project management responsibilities had an impact on quality on both products. Among the product-, process-, and people-related success factors, we identified welldesigned product architectures, early handover planning, support from the sending site to the receiving site after the handover, and skilled employees at the involved sites. Overall, these results can be useful input for decision-makers who are considering distributing development work between globally dispersed sites or handing over project management responsibilities from one site to another. Moreover, our study shows that analyzing the evolution of size and complexity properties of a product's source code can provide valuable information to support decision-making during similar projects. Finally, the strategy used by the company to relocate responsibilities can also be considered as an alternative for software transfers, which have been linked with a decline in efficiency, productivity and quality.

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Does distance still matter?

Wolf

Nguyen

Damian

2008

Softw Process Imprv Pract

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Nowadays, distributed development is common in software development. Besides many advantages, research in the last decade has consistently found that distribution has a negative impact on collaboration in general, and communication delay and time to complete tasks in particular. Adapted processes, practices, and tools are demanded to overcome these challenges.We report on an empirical study of communication structures and delay in IBM's distributed development project Jazz. The Jazz project explicitly focuses on distributed collaboration and has adapted processes and tools to overcome known challenges. We explore the effect of distance on communication and task completion time and use social network analysis to obtain insights about the collaboration in the Jazz project. We discuss our findings in the light of existing literature on distributed collaboration and delays.

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Global software development in the freeBSD project

Cited by 36 publications

References 25 publications

Adoption of open source software in software-intensive organizations – A systematic literature review

Adoption of open source software in software-intensive organizations – A systematic literature review

Handover of managerial responsibilities in global software development: a case study of source code evolution and quality

Does distance still matter?

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