Title :
Organizational learning in open-source software projects: an analysis of debugging data
Author :
Huntley, Christopher L.
Author_Institution :
Dolan Sch. of Bus., Fairfield Univ., CT, USA
Abstract :
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.
Keywords :
organisational aspects; program debugging; software engineering; adaptive learning mechanism; learning curve; open-source software project; organizational learning; software debugging; system complexity; Buildings; Business; Data analysis; Feedback; Learning systems; Open source software; Programming; Scheduling; Software debugging; Software engineering;
Journal_Title :
Engineering Management, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TEM.2003.820136