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
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;
Conference_Titel :
System Sciences, 2005. HICSS '05. Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2268-8
DOI :
10.1109/HICSS.2005.222
