The search for a research method for studying OSS process innovation

Empirical Software Engineering

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 514-537

  Prechelt, L ^a   Oezbek, C ^a  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Innovation introduction; Methodology; Open Source

Indexed keywords

ARCHIVAL DATA; DEVELOPMENT PROCESS; GROUNDED THEORY; MAILING LISTS; METHODOLOGY; OPEN SOURCE; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECTS; PROCESS IMPROVEMENT; PROCESS INNOVATION; PROCESS ISSUES; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH; QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS; RESEARCH METHODS; SOFTWARE PROCESS IMPROVEMENT;

DATA REDUCTION; OPEN SYSTEMS;

RESEARCH;

EID: 80052498548     PISSN: 13823256     EISSN: 15737616     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10664-011-9160-1     Document Type: Article

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