The Challenges of Open Source Software Development with Collaborative Environment

Author

Abdullah, Rusli ; Lakulu, Modi ; Ibrahim, Hamidah ; Selamat, Mohd Hasan ; Nor, Mohd Zali Mohd

Author_Institution

FCSIT, Univ. Putra Malaysia, Serdang, Malaysia

Volume

2

fYear

2009

fDate

13-15 Nov. 2009

Firstpage

251

Lastpage

255

Abstract

The current practice of open source software (OSS) evolves around sharing the source codes. However, without a prudent methodology in OSS software development, OSS users seldom participate in software development and prefer just to be end-users. To identify and analyze the current usage and acceptance of OSS , a survey was conducted among selected OSS developers in Malaysia. The results, analyzed using SPSS and Rasch method, are quite unexpected, with many OSS developers still not fully using OSS tools in SDLC stages. This paper shall also propose a knowledge management system (KMS) framework for sharing software development using OSS to enable community-of-practice to share software development using OSS knowledge.

Keywords

knowledge management; public domain software; software development management; OSS knowledge; OSS software development; OSS tool; Rasch method; SPSS method; collaborative environment; community-of-practice; knowledge management system; open source software development; source code; Collaborative software; Computer industry; International collaboration; Job shop scheduling; Knowledge management; Licenses; Linux; Open source software; Opportunistic software systems development; Programming; Community of Practice; KMS Framework; Knowledge Management System; Open Source Software;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer Technology and Development, 2009. ICCTD '09. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kota Kinabalu

Print_ISBN

978-0-7695-3892-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCTD.2009.161

Filename

5360146