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Sampling Process Model for Coordination and Communication in Free/Open Source Software Projects

by Preet Kanwal, Anu Gupta, Ravinder Kumar Singla
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 98 - Number 8
Year of Publication: 2014
Authors: Preet Kanwal, Anu Gupta, Ravinder Kumar Singla
10.5120/17206-7424

Preet Kanwal, Anu Gupta, Ravinder Kumar Singla . Sampling Process Model for Coordination and Communication in Free/Open Source Software Projects. International Journal of Computer Applications. 98, 8 ( July 2014), 29-36. DOI=10.5120/17206-7424

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author = { Preet Kanwal, Anu Gupta, Ravinder Kumar Singla },
title = { Sampling Process Model for Coordination and Communication in Free/Open Source Software Projects },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { July 2014 },
volume = { 98 },
number = { 8 },
month = { July },
year = { 2014 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 29-36 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume98/number8/17206-7424/ },
doi = { 10.5120/17206-7424 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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Abstract

The Free/Open Source Software (F/OSS) development environment consists of three components: The development process, the community of software development volunteers and the coordination and communication tools. The rise and expansion of Internet make this concept of cooperative software development model a dominant force in comparison to the traditional software development. Various project hosting sites for F/OSS projects across an entire range of applications have come up offering a multitude of services for developers as well as users. Various aspects of F/OSS are being studied by researchers. Coordination and Communication become key factors in F/OSS development for information dissemination among its decentralized and geographically spread-out teams of volunteers. It becomes important to choose the right sample to study this aspect. This paper proposes a four-phase sampling process model especially suited for studies related to coordination and communication aspects in F/OSS although it can be extended to all aspects of F/OSS development with suitable changes in the parameters.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

F/OSS FLOSS Coordination Communication CC Tools SVN SRDA Source List Sampling Process Model.

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