Author: Dirk Riehle
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Why Scrum projects are harder at a university than in industry
I teach distributed Scrum to student teams every semester. Sometimes, industry tells me how much easier it must be to run Scrum projects at a university rather than “in real life” i.e. in industry. I beg to differ: Running Scrum projects at a university is much harder than running Scrum projects in industry, for the […]
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Lessons Learned From the Ant Group Open Source Program Office (Xia et al., IEEE Computer Column)
I’m happy to report that the 24th article in the Open Source Expanded column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Lessons Learned From the Ant Group Open Source Program Office Keywords — Authors Xiaoya Xia, Wei Wang, Shengyu Zhao, Sikang Bian, Rong Wang Publication Computer vol. 56, no. 4 (April 2023), pp. 92-97. Abstract: […]
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Open Source Explained Lecture in TUM Lecture Series on Digital Sustainability
Today I had the pleasure of giving a talk about open source in the TUM lecture series on digital sustainability, organized by Alexander Pretschner of TU Munich, bidt, and TU Wien. The talk was in German and streamed, but not recorded. Below please find my slides.
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Open Source Usability and User Experience (Mikko Rajanen, IEEE Computer Column)
I’m happy to report that the 23nd article in the Open Source Expanded column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Open Source Usability and User Experience Keywords — Authors Mikko Rajanen, University of Oulu Publication Computer vol. 56, no. 2 (February 2023), pp. 106-110. Abstract: This article highlights the challenges of user-centered and usability […]
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Women in Open Source: We Need to Talk About It (Trinkenreich et al., IEEE Computer Column)
I’m happy to report that the 22nd article in the Open Source Expanded column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Women in Open Source: We Need to Talk About It Keywords — Authors Bianca Trinkenreich, Marco Aurelio Gerosa, and Igor Steinmacher (Northern Arizona University) Publication Computer vol. 55, no. 12 (December 2022), pp. 145-149 […]
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Open Source License Inconsistencies on GitHub [TOSEM Journal]
Abstract: Almost all software, open or closed, builds on open source software and therefore needs to comply with the license obligations of the open source code. Not knowing which licenses to comply with poses a legal danger to anyone using open source software. This article investigates the extent of inconsistencies between licenses declared by an […]