Social network structures in open source software development teams
Drawing on social network theories and previous studies, this research examines the dynamics of social network structures in open source software (OSS) teams. Three projects were selected from SourceForge.net in terms of their similarities as well as their differences. Monthly data were extracted fr...
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sg-smu-ink.sis_research-103792024-10-25T09:15:25Z Social network structures in open source software development teams LONG, Y. SIAU, Keng Drawing on social network theories and previous studies, this research examines the dynamics of social network structures in open source software (OSS) teams. Three projects were selected from SourceForge.net in terms of their similarities as well as their differences. Monthly data were extracted from the bug tracking systems in order to achieve a longitudinal view of the interaction pattern of each project. Social network analysis was used to generate the indices of social structure. The finding suggests that the interaction pattern of OSS projects evolves from a single hub at the beginning to a corel periphery model as the projects move forward. 2007-04-01T07:00:00Z text application/pdf https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/9379 info:doi/10.4018/978-1-60566-060-8.ch109 https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/10379/viewcontent/social_network_structures.pdf http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ Research Collection School Of Computing and Information Systems eng Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University longitudinal study open source software (OSS) social networks social structure Databases and Information Systems Digital Communications and Networking |
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Drawing on social network theories and previous studies, this research examines the dynamics of social network structures in open source software (OSS) teams. Three projects were selected from SourceForge.net in terms of their similarities as well as their differences. Monthly data were extracted from the bug tracking systems in order to achieve a longitudinal view of the interaction pattern of each project. Social network analysis was used to generate the indices of social structure. The finding suggests that the interaction pattern of OSS projects evolves from a single hub at the beginning to a corel periphery model as the projects move forward. |
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