Understanding free/open source software development processes

Software Process Improvement and Practice

Volumn 11, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 95-105

  Scacchi, Walt ^a   Feller, Joseph ^b   Fitzgerald, Brian ^c   Hissam, Scott ^d   Lakhani, Karim ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

^d CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^e MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Free software development; Free open source software processes; Open source software development

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER PROGRAMMING; COMPUTER SCIENCE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT MANAGEMENT;

FREE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; FREE/OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROCESSES; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT PROJECTS;

SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

EID: 33744791833     PISSN: 10774866     EISSN: 10991670     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/spip.255     Document Type: Article

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