Latest in Industry and Research Publications
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The patch-flow method for measuring inner source collaboration [MSR 2018]
Abstract: Inner source (IS) is the use of open source software development (SD) practices and the establishment of an open source-like culture within an organization. IS enables and requires developers to collaborate more than traditional SD methods such as plan-driven or agile development. To better understand IS, researchers and practitioners need to measure IS collaboration.…
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Summaries of The AMOS Projects Winter 2017/18
This winter semester, we had the following three AMOS projects at TU Berlin: Below, please find the project summaries as articulated by the student teams. Conversational chatbots Projectname Conversational chatbots Projectmission The mission of the project is to help team leaders and/or teams choose the most suitable agile method for their team by informing them…
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Research questions on product management of open source in commercial products
I’m seeking advice on how to frame the research question for a research project (Ph.D. thesis) on software product management and open source. The simple heuristic “non-differentiating -> open source it, competitively differentating -> keep it closed” doesn’t cut it because of secondary effects like development efficiency resulting from open sourcing, market opportunities resulting from…
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The OpenSym 2018 call for papers is out!
The OpenSym 2018 call for papers is out! Submission deadline for your open collaboration research papers is March 15th, 2018, AoE. OpenSym 2018 will take place in beautiful Paris, France. Don’t miss it!
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Why don’t companies open source more of their in-house code?
John Mark Walker, in a thread started by Matt Asay, nudged me to provide my opinion on the subject matter. Here we go as a Twitter thread. (I’m trying out Twitter collections and threading for the first time; advice on how to do it better is appreciated.)
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Upcoming industry talk on Agile Architekturentwicklung beim Aufbau einer Cloud-Plattform by Marcus Mennemeier of Actano GmbH
We will host an industry talk on “Agile Architekturentwicklung beim Aufbau einer Cloud-Plattform” in AMOS, our agile methods course. The talk is free and open to the public. Speaker: Marcus Mennemeier verfügt über 20 Jahre Erfahrung in IT-Projekten für die Automobil-, IT- und Medienbranche. Dabei hat er sich als Unternehmer und Geschäftsführer vor allem mit…