Coordination of free/libre open source software development

Association for Information Systems - 26th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2005: Forever New Frontiers

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 181-193

  Crowston, Kevin ^a   Wei, Kangning ^a   Li, Qing ^a   Yeliz Eseryel, U ^a   Howison, James ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Coordination mechanisms; Coordination theory; Free libre open source software development

Indexed keywords

CONTENT ANALYSIS; COORDINATION MECHANISMS; COORDINATION THEORY; FLOSS PROJECTS; FREE/LIBRE OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE;

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

SOFTWARE DESIGN;

EID: 84869851257     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

References (29)

1. Abell, P. The Syntax of Social Life: The Theory and Method of Comparative Narratives Clarendon Press, New York 1987.
2. th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructure for Collaborative Enterprises June 17-19, 1998, pp. 10-14 (available online from http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/ dynhome.jsp).
3. Britton, L. C., Wright, M., and Ball, D. F. "The Use of Co-ordination Theory to Improve Service Quality in Executive Search, " Service Industries Journal (20:4), 2000, pp. 4: 85-102.
4. Crowston, K. "A Coordination Theory Approach to Organizational Process Design, " Organization Science (8:2), 1997, pp. 157-175.
5. Crowston, K. "A Taxonomy of Organizational Dependencies and Coordination Mechanisms, " in Organizing Business Knowledge: The MIT Process Handbook T. W. Malone, K. Crowston, and G. Herman (Eds.), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003, pp. 85-108.
6. th International Conference on Information Systems S. T. March, A. Massey, and J. I. DeGross (Eds.), Seattle, WA, 2003, pp. 327-340.
7. Crowston, K., and Kammerer, E. "Coordination and Collective Mind in Software Requirements Development, " IBM Systems Journal (37:2), 1998, pp. 227-245.
8. Crowston, K., and Osborn, C. S. "A Coordination Theory Approach to Process Description and Redesign, " in Organizing Business Knowledge: The MIT Process Handbook T. W. Malone, K. Crowston, and G. Herman (Eds.), MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2003, pp. 335-370.
9. Curtis, B., Krasner, H., and Iscoe, N. "A Field Study of the Software Design Process for Large Systems, " Communications of the ACM (31:11), 1988, pp. 1268-1287.
10. nd International Conference on Information Systems V. Storey, S. Sarkar, and J. I. DeGross (Eds.), New Orleans, LA, 2001, pp. 513-518.
11. Espinosa, J. A., Lerch, F. J., and Kraut, R. E. "Explicit Versus Implicit Coordination Mechanisms and Task Dependencies: One Size Does Not Fit All, " in Team Cognition: Understanding the Factors that Drive Process and Performance E. Salas and S. M. Fiore (Eds.), APA, Washington, DC, 2004, pp. 107-129.
12. Faraj, S., and Sproull, L. "Coordinating Expertise in Software Development Teams, " Management Science (46:12), 2000, pp. 1554-1568.
13. Glance, D. G. "Release Criteria for the Linux Kernel, " First Monday (9:4), 2004.
14. st International Conference on Software Engineering Los Angeles, May 16-22, 1999, 1998, pp. 85-95.
15. rd International Conference on Software Engineering Toronto, Canada, May 12-19, 2001, pp. 81-90.
16. Knorr-Cetina, K. Epistemic Communities Harvard Education Press, Cambridge, MA, 1999.
17. Kraut, R. E., Steinfield, C., Chan, A. P., Butler, B., and Hoag, A. "Coordination and Virtualization: The Role of Electronic Networks and Personal Relationships, " Organization Science (10:6), 1999, pp. 722-740.
18. Kraut, R. E., and Streeter, L. A. "Coordination in Software Development, " Communications of the ACM (38:3), 1995, pp. 69-81.
19. Malone, T. W., and Crowston, K. "The Interdisciplinary Study of Coordination, " Computing Surveys (26:1), 1994, pp. 87-119.
20. Malone, T. W., Yates, J., and Benjamin, R. I. "Electronic Markets and Electronic Hierarchies, " Communications of the ACM (30:6), 1987, pp. 484-497.
21. Michlmayr, M. "Managing Volunteer Activity in Free Software Projects, " in Proceedings of the 2004 USENIX Annual Technical Conference, FREENIX Track Boston, June 27-July 2, 2004, pp. 93-102.
22. Mockus, A., Fielding, R. T., and Herbsleb, J. D. "Two Case Studies of Open Source Software Development: Apache and Mozilla, " ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (11:3), 2002, pp. 309-346.
23. rd Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences January 4-7, 2000, pp. 1019-1028 (available online from http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/dynhome.jsp).
24. Raymond, E. "The Cathedral and the Bazaar, " First Monday (3:3), 1998.
25. Scacchi, W. "Understanding the Requirements for Developing Open Source Software Systems, " IEE Proceedings Software (149:1), 2002, pp. 24-39.
26. Seaman, C. B., and Basili, V. R. Communication and Organization in Software Development: An Empirical Study Institute for Advanced Computer Studies, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, 1997.
27. Wayner, P. Free for AllHarperCollins, New York, 2000.
28. Yamauchi, Y., Yokozawa, M., Shinohara, T., and Ishida, T. "Collaboration with Lean Media: How Open-Source Software Succeeds, " in Proceedings of the Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work Philadelphia, PA, 2000, pp. 329-338.
29. Yin, R. K. Case Study Research: Design and Methods Sage Publicatoins, Beverly Hills, CA, 1984.