Supporting virtual software projects on the Web

Alho, Kari; Sulonen, Reijo

doi:10.1109/enabl.1998.725660

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“…Effective FLOSS development teams somehow profit from the advantages and evade the challenges of distributed software development (Alho & Sulonen, 1998). The "miracle of FLOSS development" poses a real puzzle and a rich setting for researchers interested in the work practices of distributed teams.…”

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Hierarchy and centralization in free and open source software team communications

2006

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Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development teams provide an interesting and convenient setting for studying distributed work. We begin by answering perhaps the most basic question: what is the social structure of these teams? We conducted social network analyses of bug-fixing interactions from three repositories: Sourceforge, GNU Savannah and Apache Bugzilla. We find that some OSS teams are highly centralized, but contrary to expectation, others are not. Projects are mostly quite hierarchical on four measures of hierarchy, consistent with past research but contrary to the naive image of these projects. Furthermore, we find that the level of centralization is negatively correlated with project size, suggesting that larger projects become more modular, or possibly that becoming more modular is a key to growth. The paper makes a further methodological contribution by identifying appropriate analysis approaches for interaction data. We conclude by sketching directions for future research.Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) is a broad term used to embrace software released under either a "free software" or an "open source" Kevin Crowston is an Associate Professor of Information Studies at the Syracuse University (NY)

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“…They find a strong relation between communication effectiveness of the team and the trust between the team members. In [11] study the supporting virtual software project on the web. They experience the modeling and environment of software process to find the major challenges concerning virtual software projects.…”

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Dynamic Virtual Teams in Project Management

Alhasanat¹,

Alawadi²,

Hammad³

2015

IJUNESST

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“…However, the case of FLOSS development presents an intriguing counter-example. Effective FLOSS development teams somehow profit from the advantages and evade the challenges of distributed softAvare development [8].…”

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The role of mental models in FLOSS development work practices

Crowston

Scozzi

2006

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

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Abstract. Shared understandings are important for software development as they guide to effective individual contributions to, and coordination of, the software development process. In this paper, we present the theoretical background and research design for a proposed study on shared mental models within Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development teams. In particular, we plan to perform case studies on several projects and to use cognitive maps analysis to represent and compare the mental models of the involved members so as to gauge the degree of common knowledge and the development of a collective mind as well as to better understand the reasons that underlie team members actions and the way common mental models, if any, arise.

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Supporting virtual software projects on the Web

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Cited by 12 publications

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Hierarchy and centralization in free and open source software team communications

Hierarchy and centralization in free and open source software team communications

Dynamic Virtual Teams in Project Management

The role of mental models in FLOSS development work practices

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