The distributed open source software development model: Observations on communication, coordination and control

Proceedings of the 14th European Conference on Information Systems, ECIS 2006

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages

  Lundell, Björn ^a   Lings, Brian ^a   Ågerfalk, Pär J ^b   Fitzgerald, Brian ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LIMERICK   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Development models; Distributed development; Global software development; Industrial open source; Open source development

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPMENT MODEL; DISTRIBUTED DEVELOPMENT; GLOBAL SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT; OPEN SOURCE DEVELOPMENT; OPEN SOURCES;

COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION SYSTEMS; SOFTWARE DESIGN;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE;

EID: 84870648015     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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