Organizational learning in open-source software projects: an analysis of debugging data

This paper studies organizational learning effects in open-source programming projects. Working with data from the Apache and Mozilla projects, the study focuses on three aspects of open-source development. The first is the use of the open-source approach as a hedge against system complexity. The se...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on engineering management 2003-11, Vol.50 (4), p.485-493
Main Author: Huntley, C.L.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Computer programs
Cycle time
Debugging
Freeware
Learning
Learning curves
Open source software
Organizational learning
Programming
Software
Software debugging
Software engineering
Source code
Studies
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Summary:This paper studies organizational learning effects in open-source programming projects. Working with data from the Apache and Mozilla projects, the study focuses on three aspects of open-source development. The first is the use of the open-source approach as a hedge against system complexity. The second is the adaptive learning mechanisms realized by the debugging process. The last is the learning curve effects of project-specific experience on bug cycle times. The results indicate that while open-source development is subject to positive learning effects, these effects are not universal, with some projects deriving more benefit than others.
ISSN:0018-9391
1558-0040
DOI:10.1109/TEM.2003.820136