Crowston, K., Wei, K., Li, Q., Eseryel, Y., & Howison, J. (2007). Self-organization of teams in free/libre open source software development. Information and Software Technology Journal: Special Issue on Understanding the Social Side of Software Engineering, Qualitative Software Engineering Research, 49(6), 564–575. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.004
Abstract
This paper provides empirical evidence about how free/libre open source software development teams self-organize their work, specifically, how tasks are assigned to project team members. Following a case study methodology, we examined developer interaction data from three active and successful FLOSS projects using qualitative research methods, specifically inductive content analysis, to identify the task-assignment mechanisms used by the participants. We found that ‘self-assignment’ was the most common mechanism across three FLOSS projects.
Year of Publication
2007
Journal
Information and Software Technology Journal: Special issue on Understanding the Social Side of Software Engineering, Qualitative Software Engineering Research
Volume
49
Issue
6
Number of Pages
564–575
DOI
10.1016/j.infsof.2007.02.004