A framework for evaluating managerial styles in open source projects

IFIP International Federation for Information Processing

Volumn 275, Issue , 2008, Pages 1-14

  Capra, Eugenio ^a   Wasserman, Anthony I ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI MILANO   (Italy)

^b CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Community contribution; Industry contribution; Management of OSS development; Working practices

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION AND COLLABORATIONS; COMMUNITY CONTRIBUTION; MANAGEMENT OF SOFTWARE PROJECTS; OPEN SOURCE PROJECTS; ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURES; QUALITY ASSURANCE PROCEDURES; SOFTWARE PROJECT; WORKING PRACTICES;

QUALITY ASSURANCE; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING; SOFTWARE TESTING;

OPEN SYSTEMS;

EID: 47849085405     PISSN: 15715736     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-09684-1_1     Document Type: Conference Paper

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