DocumentCode
555429
Title
Improving open source software patch contribution process: methods and tools
Author
Sethanandha, Bhuricha Deen
Author_Institution
Portland State Univ., Portland, OR, USA
fYear
2011
fDate
21-28 May 2011
Firstpage
1134
Lastpage
1135
Abstract
The patch contribution process (PCP) is very important to the sustainability of OSS projects. Nevertheless, there are several issues on patch contribution in mature OSS projects, which include time consuming process, lost and ignored patches, slow review process. These issues are recognized by researchers and OSS projects, but have not been addressed. In this dissertation, I apply Kanban method to guide process improvement and tools development to reduce PCP cycle time.
Keywords
project management; public domain software; software process improvement; software tools; Kanban method; OSS projects; PCP cycle time; ignored patch; lost patch; open source software patch contribution process; process improvement; slow review process; time consuming process; tool development; Communities; Conferences; Measurement; Open source software; Project management; Software engineering; coordination; free/open source software; kanban; lean methods; productivity;
fLanguage
English
Publisher
ieee
Conference_Titel
Software Engineering (ICSE), 2011 33rd International Conference on
Conference_Location
Honolulu, HI
ISSN
0270-5257
Print_ISBN
978-1-4503-0445-0
Electronic_ISBN
0270-5257
Type
conf
DOI
10.1145/1985793.1986018
Filename
6032611
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