Title :
Why Most Open Source Development Projects Do Not Succeed?
Author :
Katsamakas, Evangelos ; Georgantzas, Nicholas
Author_Institution :
Fordham Univ., New York
Abstract :
Evidence suggests that only a small percentage of open source development (OSSD) projects are active, have significant participation, or have delivered operational software. We develop a system dynamics based simulation model to analyze the dynamics of open source project participation process and software development process. We show that the complex interaction between participation and development processes affects crucially success or failure.
Keywords :
project management; public domain software; software development management; open source development project; open source project participation process; operational software; software development process; system dynamics; Analytical models; Conferences; Delay; Feedback loop; Open source software; Opportunistic software systems development; Programming; Research and development; Testing; Timing;
Conference_Titel :
Emerging Trends in FLOSS Research and Development, 2007. FLOSS '07. First International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Minneapolis, MN
Print_ISBN :
0-7695-2961-5
DOI :
10.1109/FLOSS.2007.15
