—Social network methods are frequently used to analyze networks derived from Open Source Project communication and collaboration data. Such studies typically discover patterns in...
Roozbeh Nia, Christian Bird, Premkumar T. Devanbu,...
The validation of software quality metrics lacks statistical significance. One reason for this is that the data collection requires quite some effort. To help solve this problem,...
Commercial software project managers design project organizational structure carefully, mindful of available skills, division of labour, geographical boundaries, etc. These organi...
Christian Bird, David S. Pattison, Raissa M. D'Sou...
The concept of the core group of developers is important and often discussed in empirical studies of FLOSS projects. This paper examines the question, “how does one empirically ...
Kevin Crowston, Kangning Wei, Qing Li, James Howis...
This paper describes and analyses the early developmental stages of a community learning network based in an urban community and social service agency. With government funding, th...
Robert Luke, Andrew Clement, Randall Terada, Domin...