Open Collaboration within Corporations Using Software Forges

Author

Riehle, Dirk ; Ellenberger, John ; Menahem, Tamir ; Mikhailovski, Boris ; Natchetoi, Yuri ; Naveh, Barak ; Odenwald, Thomas

Volume

26

Issue

2

fYear

2009

Firstpage

52

Lastpage

58

Abstract

This article describes our experiences using open source software development practices at SAP. SAP is a major software developer and leader in business applications. We´ve found that open source practices can complement traditional top-down software development with bottom-up collective intelligence. Software forges offer a mechanism for advancing the adoption of open source best practices within corporations. We illustrate our experiences using SAP´s own internal software forge, called SAP Forge, and compare our experiences with those from other large software companies.

Keywords

DP industry; business data processing; public domain software; software development management; SAP Forge; business applications; collective intelligence; internal software forge; open source software development; software companies; Collaboration; Collaborative software; Internet; Navigation; Open source software; Programming; Project management; Software development management; Software tools; Switches; Group and Organization Interfaces; Information Interfaces and Presentations; Management; Management of Computing and Information Systems; Programming Environments; Project and People Management; Software Engineering; Software Management; User/Machine Systems; collaborative software development; open collaboration; open source; open source best practices; software forge;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Software, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0740-7459

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MS.2009.44

Filename

4786953