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Organisation im Wandel: die OpenSource-Forschung und die Perspektiven für Communities of Practice
Überlegungen zu einem neuen (konstruktivistischen) Verständnis von 'Organisation und organisationalem Wandel insbesondere im Zusammenhang mit Wissenserwerb, Partizipation, u.a.m.
Keywords and concepts - the main interest
Some interesting articles, ideas and concepts were linked at the subsite: Organisation im Wandel: die OpenSource-Forschung und Perspektiven
- discourse of universe / universe of discourse (G.H.Mead)
- Cathedral or Bazaar - Eric Raymond
- Network of innovation - Illka Tuomi
- Community of Practice CoP Lave & Wenger and furthermore...- there are even more interesting concepts:
LPP: Building upon Lave and Wenger's theory of legitimate peripheral participation (LPP), this paper offers a longitudinal investigation of one OSS community in which sustained participation is hypothesized to be associated with the coevolution of two major elements of LPP theory: "situated learning" (the process of acting knowledgeably and purposefully in the world) and "identity construction" (the process of being identified within the community).
SECI model of knowledge dimensions: Nonaka Takeuchi The SECI model of knowledge dimensions is a model of knowledge creation that explains how tacit and explicit knowledge are converted into organisational knowledge. The SECI model distinguishes four knowledge dimensions – socialization, externalization, combination, and internalization – which together form the acronym "SECI". The SECI model was originally developed by Ikujiro Nonaka in 1990 and later further refined by Hirotaka Takeuchi.
liminal approach – cf. the movement of individuals engaged in open source communities. open source communities and growing body of knowledge on corporate engagement in open source communities, our understanding of the movements of individuals within these communities is limited. To analyze these movements, we build on Arnold Van Gennep and Victor Turners’ theories on liminality. Through this lens, we build an understanding of the movements of individual members within open source communities.
more Core Tags and keywords:
discourse of universe / universe of discourse (G.H.Mead)
Cathedral or Bazaar - Eric Raymond
Network of innovation
Community of Practice CoP Lave & Wenger
SECI SECI model of knowledge dimensions - Nonaka Takeuchi
Flow of knowledge
liminal approach
Participation
core-peripher communication
Situated Learning;
Expert-to-novice-communication;
Network-Research
ANT Akteur-netowrk-Theory
Communities Of Practice
Legitimate Peripheral Participants (LPP),
Open Source Software Community
Qualitative Study
knowledge sharing
Distributed innovation
performance of OSS projects
user innovation
open source
expertise
Knowledge flows
Community Management
Hybrid open source
social networks,
open boundary,
open source software development process,
SNA
actors
success-factors
barriers
more core tags:
- Knowledge Flows within Open Source Software Projects from a Social Network Perspective
- individuals' motivations for joining volunteer communities,
- different/various stackholders
- development contributions from external stakeholders, and what knowledge they let out of their internal software development activities.
- core vs. peripheral areas
- middleman
- Peripheral Developer Participation in Open Source Projects
Link: to the collection of research articles https://flosshub.org/biblio
sample of interesting articles based on the central ressource: see https://flosshub.org
Authors De Souza, C, Froehlich, J, Dourish, P Seeking the Source: Software Source Code as a Social and Technical Artifact
Link: https://flosshub.org/232
In distributed software development, two sorts of dependencies can arise. The structure of the software system itself can create dependencies between software elements, while the structure of the development process can create dependencies between software developers. Each of these both shapes and reflects the development process. Our research concerns the extent to which, by looking uniformly at artifacts and activities, we can uncover the structures of software projects, and the ways in which development processes are inscribed into software artifacts.
Publication Type Thesis
Year of Publication 2016
Authors Nasserifar, J
Date Published 05/2016
Place Published University of Oulu
Understanding Sustained Participation in Open Source Software Projects
Link: URL: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/305994372_Open_Source_Software_Ecosystem_A_Systematic
DOI 10.13140/RG.2.1.2254.104
Authors Fang, Y, Neufeld, D:
Link: https://flosshub.org/content/understanding-sustained-participation-open-source-software-projects
Keywords:Communities Of Practice, Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Open Source Projects, Open
Source Software Community, Qualitative Study;
Prior research into open source software (OSS) developer participation has emphasized individuals' motivations for joining these volunteer communities, but it has failed to explain why people stay or leave in the long run. Building upon Lave and Wenger's theory of legitimate peripheral participation (LPP), this paper offers a longitudinal investigation of one OSS community in which sustained participation is hypothesized to be associated with the coevolution of two major elements of LPP theory: "situated learning" (the process of acting knowledgeably and purposefully in the world) and "identity construction"
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Communities Of Practice
Legitimate Peripheral Participation
Open Source Projects
Open Source Software Community
Qualitative Study
Authors: Huang, S-K, Liu, K-min: Mining version histories to verify the learning process of Legitimate Peripheral Participants
https://flosshub.org/content/mining-version-histories-verify-learning-process-legitimate-peripheral-participants
In the past, groups of developers and modules have been partitioned naturally with informal criteria. In this work, however, we propose a developer-module relationship model to analyze the grouping structures between developers and modules. Our results show some process cases of relative importance on the constructed graph of project development. The graph reveals certain subtle relationships in the interactions between core and non-core team developers, and the interfaces between kernel and non-kernel modules.
Keywords awstats, bzflag, cvs, filezilla, gallery, Legitimate Peripheral Participants (LPP), moodle, open boundary, open source software development process, phpmyadmin, social networks, sourceforge, Legitimate Peripheral Participants (LPP), open boundary, open source software development process, awstats
Designing for Participation: Three Models for Developer Involvement in Hybrid OSS Projects
Submitted by msquire on Tue, 2017-05-16 09:46
Authors: Mäenpää, H, Kilamo, T, Mikkonen, T, Männistö, T
Secondary Title Open Source Systems: Towards Robust Practices 13th International Conference on Open Source Systems
This paper reports governance practices of three profit oriented companies that develop OSS software with the help of their respective open development communities. We explore how the companies allow development contributions from external stakeholders, and what knowledge they let out of their internal software development activities. The results lay ground for further research on how to organize openness of the software development process in hybrid setups where the needs of different stakeholders are partly competing - yet complementary.
Link: https://flosshub.org/content/designing-participation-three-models-developer-involvement-hybrid-oss-projects
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open source
Community Management
Hybrid open source
Knowledge Flows Within Open Source Software Projects: A Social Network Perspective
Authors Kerzazi, N, El Asri, I
Secondary Authors El-Azouzi, R, Menasche, DS, Sabir, E, De Pellegrini, F, Benjillali, M
Secondary Title Advances in Ubiquitous Networking 2: Proceedings of the UNet'16
Keywords: expertise, Knowledge flows, open source, SNA
AbstractDeveloping software is knowledge-intensive activity, requiring extensive technical knowledge and awareness. The abstract part of development is the social interactions that drive knowledge flows between contributors, especially for Open Source Software (OSS). This study investigated knowledge sharing and propagation from social perspective using social network analysis (SNA). We mined and analyzed the issue and review histories of three OSS from GitHub. Particular attention has been paid to the socio-interactions through comments from contributors on reviews. We aim at explaining the propagation and density of knowledge flows within contributor networks. The results show that review requests flow from the core contributors toward peripheral contributors and comments on reviews are in a continuous loop from the core teams to the peripherals and back; and the core contributors leverage on their awareness and technical knowledge to increase their notoriety by playing the role of communication brokers supported by comments on work items.
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open source
expertise
Knowledge flows
SNA
Managing knowledge sharing in distributed innovation from the perspective of developers: empirical study of open source software projects in China
Submitted by msquire on Wed, 2017-04-05 21:17
Title Managing knowledge sharing in distributed innovation from the perspective of developers: empirical study of open source software projects in China
Publication Type Journal Article
Year of Publication 2017
Authors Chen, X, Zhou, Y, Probert, D, Su, J
Secondary Title Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
Volume 2929143029
Issue 11721
Pagination 1 - 22
Date Published 01/2017
ISSN Number 1465-3990
Keywords: Distributed innovation, knowledge sharing, performance of OSS projects, user innovation
Abstract: Knowledge sharing is the key factor that influences the performance of open source software (OSS) projects, which are the representative cases of distributed innovation. This paper aims to explore the mechanism of knowledge sharing in OSS projects from the perspective of developers in China. A quantitative method with the analysis of 403 valid questionnaires is adopted. A series of hypotheses about how distributed innovation (independent variables) influences knowledge sharing (mediating variable) and then affects the performance of OSS projects (dependent variable) are tested and approved. On the one side, we argue that developers will actively affect knowledge sharing in terms of participative motivation, social network and organisational culture. On the other hand, users may also affect the knowledge sharing when considering innovation willingness and capacity. It is interesting to find that social network is the most important factor in Chinese cases. It is strongly recommended to strengthen the collaboration between software companies and OSS communities.
DOI 10.1080/09537325.2016.1194387(link is external)
Short Title Technology Analysis & Strategic Management
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knowledge sharing
Distributed innovation
performance of OSS projects
user innovation
Link:https://flosshub.org/content/managing-knowledge-sharing-distributed-innovation-perspective-developers-empirical-study-ope
Open Source Communities as Liminal Ecosystems
Submitted by msquire on Mon, 2017-07-31 10:49
Title Open Source Communities as Liminal Ecosystems
Publication Type Conference Proceedings
Year of Publication 2017
Authors Lumbard, K, Germonprez, M
Secondary Title 12th Midwest Association for Information Systems Conference (MWAIS 2017)
Abstract: In this paper, we propose a study to explore the movement of individuals engaged in open source communities. Although there is extensive literature on open source communities and growing body of knowledge on corporate engagement in open source communities, our understanding of the movements of individuals within these communities is limited. To analyze these movements, we build on Arnold Van Gennep and Victor Turners’ theories on liminality. Through this lens, we build an understanding of the movements of individual members within open source communities.
Link:https://flosshub.org/content/open-source-communities-liminal-ecosystems
https://aisel.aisnet.org/mwais2017/45/
The Co-Evolution of Digital Ecosystems :: Completed Research Paper
SungYong Um, Department of Information Systems School of Computing, National University of Singapore
Youngjin Yoo, Weatherhead School of Management Case Western Reserve University 10900 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, Ohio, 44106, USA
Abstract: Digital ecosystems continue to evolve, as new external APIs continue to enter into it. Not all new APIs, however, have the same fate: some are successfully connected with existing APIs and spark major changes in the ecosystem, while others are simply ignored. Particularly, some of the components end up playing a major role in shaping the structure of the ecosystem. To systematically explore what determines the fate of different APIs, we hypothesize how the network property and non-network property of external APIs affect the probability of the APIs becoming a part of the core in the structure of a digital ecosystem. For the empirical test, we used plug-in source code data collected from Wordpress.org from January 2004 to December 2014. Using a survival analysis, we found that external APIs as cores are more influential than components offered by a focal platform system in the growth of a digital ecosystem.
Keywords: a digital ecosystem, digital platform system, digital innovation, heterogeneous API, add-on product
Link: https://core.ac.uk/download/pdf/301370387.pdf
Core-Periphery Communication and the Success of Free/Libre Open Source Software Projects
Publication Type Book Chapter
Year of Publication 2016
Authors Crowston, K, Shamshurin, I
Secondary Authors Crowston, K, Hammouda, I, Lundell, B, Robles, G, Gamalielsson, J, Lindman, J
Secondary Title Open Source Systems: Integrating Communities: 12th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 30 - June 2, 2016, Proceedings
Pagination 45–56
Publisher Springer International Publishing
Place Published Cham
ISBN Number 978-3-319-39225-7
Abstract: We examine the relationship between communications by core and peripheral members and Free/Libre Open Source Software project success. The study uses data from 74 projects in the Apache Software Foundation Incubator. We conceptualize project success in terms of success building a community, as assessed by graduation from the Incubator. We compare successful and unsuccessful projects on volume of communication by core (committer) and peripheral community members and on use of inclusive pronouns as an indication of efforts to create intimacy among team members. An innovation of the paper is that use of inclusive pronouns is measured using natural language processing techniques. We find that core and peripheral members differ in their volume of contribution and in their use of inclusive pronouns, and that volume of communication is related to project success.
Link:https://flosshub.org/content/core-periphery-communication-and-success-freelibre-open-source-software-projects
Peripheral Developer Participation in Open Source Projects: An Empirical Analysis
Submitted by msquire on Wed, 2016-04-06 14:37
Title Peripheral Developer Participation in Open Source Projects: An Empirical Analysis
Publication Type Journal Article
Year of Publication 2016
Authors: Krishnamurthy, R, Jacob, V, Radhakrishnan, S, Dogan, K
Secondary Title ACM Trans. Manage. Inf. Syst.
Volume 6
Number 4
Pagination 14:1–14:31
Publisher ACM
Place Published New York, NY, USA
ISSN Number 2158-656X
Keywords Code ownership, open source software, project management, software metrics
Abstract: The success of the Open Source model of software development depends on the voluntary participation of external developers (the peripheral developers),....we examine peripheral developer participation by empirically examining approximately 2,600 open source projects. In particular, we hypothesize that peripheral developer participation is higher when the potential for building reputation by gaining recognition from project stakeholders is higher. We consider recognition by internal stakeholders (such as core developers) and external stakeholders (such as end-users and peers). We find a positive association between peripheral developer participation and the potential of stakeholder recognition.
DOI 10.1145/2820618(link is external)
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project management
open source software
software metrics
Code ownership
link: https://flosshub.org/content/peripheral-developer-participation-open-source-projects-empirical-analysis
The Role of Local Open Source Communities in the Development of Open Source Projects
Submitted by msquire on Mon, 2016-05-30 17:09
Title The Role of Local Open Source Communities in the Development of Open Source Projects
Publication Type Book Chapter
Year of Publication 2016
Authors: Abdulwahhab, S, Alabady, Y, Sattar, Y, Hammouda, I
Secondary Authors Crowston, K, Hammouda, I, Lundell, B, Robles, G, Gamalielsson, J, Lindman, J
Secondary Title Open Source Systems: Integrating Communities: 12th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference, OSS 2016, Gothenburg, Sweden, May 30 - June 2, 2016, Proceedings
Chapter The Role of Local Open Source Communities in the Development of Open Source Projects
Pagination 3–15
Publisher Springer International Publishing
Place Published Cham
ISBN Number: 978-3-319-39225-7
Abstract: The qualitative investigation consisted of ten semi-structured interviews with members within different LOSCs. The results confirm the importance of LOSCs and the pivotal role they play in the development of OSPs. In many cases, they act as the middleman between individual members and the project’s global community. However, LOSCs have their own kinds of challenges.
URL http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-39225-7_1(link is external)
Link: https://flosshub.org/content/role-local-open-source-communities-development-open-source-projects
On the role of FOSS business models and participation architectures in supporting open innovation
Submitted by msquire on Tue, 2015-09-15 11:12; Title: On the role of FOSS business models and participation architectures in supporting open innovation
Publication Type Report
Year of Publication 2015
Authors: Purcell, MW
Secondary Title OpenSym 2015, the 11th International Symposium on Open Collaboration
Date Published 08/2015
Abstract: Most research regarding innovation in free and open source software (FOSS) pertains to identifying supporting conditions for promoting code contribution. This raises concerns about the ability of FOSS communities to remain innovative based only on the perspectives of developer-users. Preliminary research suggests different open source business models may provide motivation to support greater involvement of non-developer users.
Links:http://www.opensym.org/os2015/proceedings-files/c102-purcell.pdf and https://flosshub.org/content/should-we-move-stack-overflow-measuring-utility-social-media-developer-support
Discourses on User Participation
Submitted by msquire on Fri, 2012-03-02 09:18
Title Discourses on User Participation
Publication Type Journal Article
Year of Publication 2009
Authors Iivari, N
Refereed Designation Refereed
Secondary Title International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes
Abstract: Users should participate in information technology (IT) artifact development, but it has proven to be challenging. This applies also in the open source software (OSS) development. This chapter critically examines discursive construction of user participation in academic literatures and in practice, in IT artifact development. First three academic discourses constructing user participation are discussed. Then the discursive construction of user participation is explored in OSS development literature. Afterwards, results from several empirical, interpretive case studies are outlined. Some of them have been carried out in the IT artifact product development organizations, others in the OSS development context. Clear similarities can be identified in the discourses constructing user participation in these divergent IT artifact development contexts. The academic discourses on user participation clearly also legitimate certain ways of constructing user participation in practice. The OSS development literature bears resemblance mainly with the Human Computer Interaction (HCI) discourse on user participation. Therefore, it is argued that especially the HCI community should carefully reflect on what kinds of discourses on user participation it advocates and deems as legitimate.
Link:https://flosshub.org/content/discourses-user-participation
Flat for the few, steep for the many: Structural cohesion as a measure of hierarchy in FLOSS communities Submitted by msquire on Sat, 2011-04-30 15:13
Title Flat for the few, steep for the many: Structural cohesion as a measure of hierarchy in FLOSS communities
Publication Type Conference Paper
Year of Publication 2009
Authors: Conaldi, G
Secondary Title 4th Workshop on Public Data about Software Development (WoPDaSD 2009)
Date Published 2009
Keywords case study, email, email archives, epiphany, gnome, mailing list, social network analysis
Abstract: A discrepancy exists between the emphasis posed by practitioners on decentralized and non-hierarchical communication in Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) communities and empirical evidence of their hierarchical structure. In order to explain this apparent paradox it is here hypothesized that in FLOSS communities local sub-groups exist and are less hierarchical, more decentralized than the whole social network to which they belong. A measure of structural cohesion based on network node connectivity is proposed as an effective method to test whether FLOSS communication networks can be decomposed in nested hierarchies of progressively less centralized sub-groups. Preliminary results from a case study that are consistent with the hypothesis are presented and discussed.
Full Text. Link: https://flosshub.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/guido-conaldi-flat-for-the-few.pdf and https://flosshub.org/content/flat-few-steep-many-structural-cohesion-measure-hierarchy-floss-communities
Understanding Sustained Participation in Open Source Software Projects
Submitted by msquire on Thu, 2011-04-21 15:40
Title Understanding Sustained Participation in Open Source Software Projects
Publication Type Journal Article
Year of Publication 2009
Authors: Fang, Y, Neufeld, D
Secondary Title J. Manage. Inf. Syst.
Volume 25
Pagination 9–50
Date Published April
Publisher M. E. Sharpe, Inc.
Place Published Armonk, NY, USA
ISSN Number 0742-1222
Keywords Communities Of Practice, Legitimate Peripheral Participation, Open Source Projects, Open Source Software Community, Qualitative Study
Abstract: Prior research into open source software (OSS) developer participation has emphasized individuals' motivations for joining these volunteer communities, but it has failed to explain why people stay or leave in the long run. Building upon Lave and Wenger's theory of legitimate peripheral participation (LPP), this paper offers a longitudinal investigation of one OSS community in which sustained participation is hypothesized to be associated with the coevolution of two major elements of LPP theory: "situated learning" (the process of acting knowledgeably and purposefully in the world) and "identity construction" (the process of being identified within the community). To test this hypothesis, data were collected from multiple sources, including online public project documents, electronic mail messages, tracker messages, and log files. Results from qualitative analyses revealed that initial conditions to participate did not effectively predict long-term participation, but that situated learning and identity construction behaviors were positively linked to sustained participation. Furthermore, this study reveals that sustained participants distinguished themselves by consistently engaging in situated learning that both made conceptual (advising others) and practical contributions (improving the code). Implications and future research are discussed.
Link:URL http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=1554441.1554443
DOI 10.2753/MIS0742-1222250401(link is external)
Taxonomy upgrade extras:
Communities Of Practice
Legitimate Peripheral Participation
Open Source Projects
Link: https://flosshub.org/content/understanding-sustained-participation-open-source-software-projectsOpen Source Software Community
Qualitative Study:https://flosshub.org/content/understanding-sustained-participation-open-source-software-projects