Title :
Uncovering Latent Social Communities in Software Development
Author :
Tamburri, Damian A. ; Lago, Patricia ; Van Vliet, Hans
Author_Institution :
VU Univ. Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Abstract :
Software development is increasingly carried out by developer communities in a global setting. One way to prepare for development success is to uncover and harmonize these communities to exploit their collective, collaborative potential. A proposed decision tree can help practitioners do this.
Keywords :
decision trees; social networking (online); software engineering; collaborative potential; decision tree; developer communities; latent social communities; software development; Communities; Decision making; Decision trees; Globalization; Organizational aspects; Problem-solving; Social network services; Software development; Communities; Decision making; Decision trees; Globalization; Organizational aspects; Problem-solving; Social network services; Software development; community detection; development communities; global software engineering; social communities; software engineering organizations;
Journal_Title :
Software, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/MS.2012.170
