Introducing the OpenSource Maturity Model

Author

Petrinja, Etiel ; Nambakam, Ranga ; Sillitti, Alberto

Author_Institution

Free Univ. of Bolzano, Bolzano

fYear

2009

fDate

18-18 May 2009

Firstpage

37

Lastpage

41

Abstract

The paper introduces the Open Maturity Model that is an assessment model for the Free/Libre Open Source software development process evaluation. The model was based on the knowledge about the Free/Libre Open Source Software process obtained with an extensive research of Free/Libre Open Source Software developers, users and integrators. The structure of the model resembles in many aspects the Capability Maturity Model. We decided to propose a tree level scale in order to keep it as simple as possible and make it attractive for Free/Libre Open Source Software communities. The proposed model is a means to increase the quality of the Free/Libre Open Source Software products and can promote their larger adoption.

Keywords

Capability Maturity Model; public domain software; software performance evaluation; Capability Maturity Model; assessment model; free/libre open source software development process evaluation; opensource maturity model; tree level scale; Capability maturity model; Computer industry; Conferences; Licenses; Open source software; Programming; Prototypes; Software prototyping; Software standards; Standards development;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Emerging Trends in Free/Libre/Open Source Software Research and Development, 2009. FLOSS '09. ICSE Workshop on

Conference_Location

Vancouver, BC

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3720-7

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FLOSS.2009.5071358

Filename

5071358