Overcoming open source project entry barriers with a portal for newcomers

• Main Authors: STEINMACHER, Igor, CONTE, Tayana U., TREUDE, Christoph, GEROSA, Marco Aurélio
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2016
• Subjects: Barriers; Beginners; Joining Process; Newbies; Newcomers; Novices; Obstacles; Onboarding; Open Source Software; Software Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/8906; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/9909/viewcontent/icse16b.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

Community-based Open Source Software (OSS) projects are usually self-organized and dynamic, receiving contributions from distributed volunteers. Newcomer are important to the survival, long-term success, and continuity of these communities. However, newcomers face many barriers when making their fir...