• DocumentCode
    2417506
  • Title

    Effective Work Practices for FLOSS Development: A Model and Propositions

  • Author

    Crowston, Kevin ; Annabi, Hala ; Howison, James ; Masango, Chengetai

  • Author_Institution
    Syracuse University School of Information Studies
  • fYear
    2005
  • fDate
    03-06 Jan. 2005
  • Abstract
    We review the literature on Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development and on software development, distributed work and teams more generally to develop a theoretical model to explain the performance of FLOSS teams. The proposed model is based on Hackman´s model of effectiveness of work teams, with coordination theory and collective mind to extend Hackman´s model by elaborating team practices relevant to effectiveness in software development. We propose a set of propositions to guide further research.
  • Keywords
    Application software; Computer languages; Inspection; Internet; Licenses; Linux; Open source software; Operating systems; Programming; Web server;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    System Sciences, 2005. HICSS '05. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
  • ISSN
    1530-1605
  • Print_ISBN
    0-7695-2268-8
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/HICSS.2005.222
  • Filename
    1385639