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Open source hardware (Hannig & Teich, IEEE Computer)

I’m happy to report that the 17th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Open Source Hardware Keywords Open source hardware, integrated circuits, ecosystems, hardware, open-source software Authors Frank Hannig; Jürgen Teich Publication Computer vol. 54, no. 10 (October 2021), pp. 111-115 Abstract: Hardware that can be manufactured from…

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2021-10-04

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1. Software Industry, 1.2 Open Source (Industry)
Calculating the costs of inner source collaboration by computing the time worked [HICSS 2022]

Abstract: A key part of taxation, controlling, and management of international collaborative programming workflows is determining the costs of a supplied software artifact. The OECD suggests the use of the Cost Plus method for calculating these costs. However, in the past, this method has been implemented using only coarse-grain data from the costs of whole…

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2021-09-14

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2. Building Products, 2.5 Inner Source
A validation of QDAcity‑RE for domain modeling using qualitative data analysis [RE Journal]

Abstract: Using qualitative data analysis (QDA) to perform domain analysis and modeling has shown great promise. Yet, the evaluation of such approaches has been limited to single-case case studies. While these exploratory cases are valuable for an initial assessment, the evaluation of the efficacy of QDA to solve the suggested problems is restricted by the…

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2021-08-16

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2. Building Products, 2.1 Engineering
Making open source project health transparent (Goggins et al., IEEE Computer)

I’m happy to report that the 16th article in the open source column of IEEE Computer has been published. Title Making Open Source Project Health Transparent Keywords Open-source software Authors Sean P. Goggins, Matt Germonprez, Kevin Lumbard Publication Computer vol. 54, no. 8 (August 2021), pp. 104-111 Abstract: This article explores the Community Health Analytics…

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2021-08-09

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1. Software Industry, 1.2 Open Source (Industry)
Advice to students on when to start your company

I was listening to Dave Kellog and Thomas Otter’s most enjoyable The SaaS Product Power Breakfast podcast, this time about a VC-turned-entrepreneur (in his fourties), and it reminded me about advice that I give to my students. Heads-up: The funniest ageist comment by a student, ever. Research has shown repeatedly that the biggest chances of…

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2021-08-02

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1. Software Industry, 1.6 Software Startups
Pattern discovery and validation using scientific research methods [TPLoP Journal]

Abstract: Pattern discovery, the process of discovering previously unrecognized patterns, is often performed as an ad-hoc process with little resulting certainty in the quality of the proposed patterns. Pattern validation, the process of validating the accuracy of proposed patterns, remains dominated by the simple heuristic of “the rule of three”. This article shows how to…

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2021-07-15

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3. Research and Teaching, 3.2 Research Methods