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  • Chaos Testing (The AMOS Project Summer 2016)

    Project name Chaos Testing Project logo   Project vision A system to test, if new data and code versions for the DB ticket booking system are valid. The system is deployed in a Docker container to be used in a continuous delivery process. The data and code versions are integrated into a VM, given to…

  • Inner Source Definition, Benefits, and Challenges [CSUR Journal]

    Abstract: Inner Source (IS) is the use of open source software development practices and the establishment of an open source-like culture within organizations. The organization may still develop proprietary software but internally opens up its development. A steady stream of scientific literature and practitioner reports indicates the interest in this research area. However, the research…

  • Platforms but no Platform Organizations

    One result of our recent case study research on inner source is that companies may not always need platform organizations to get to a platform of shared reusable assets. They will certainly need platforms, but they won’t need a dedicated organizational unit to develop and maintain this platform.

  • Invited Research Talk on Inner Source at FSE 2016

    I’ll be giving an invited research talk (“journal-first”) at FSE 2016 in Seattle today, Nov 15, 2016. It is in Session 5, right after lunch. The underlying Transactions on Software Engineering (TSE) paper is available here. More on inner source here.

  • Putting on Their #Gearface (no Google Daydream)

    With all the hoopla on Google Daydream coming up, I thought I’d share two photos of people high on Samsung’s Gear VR. I think Samsung chose a better name for their product. The second photo clearly shows a person with a gearface. Can’t imaging calling this a daydreamface. The future is so bright, you’ll have…

  • Mitgründer für Startup mit Existierenden Kunden Gesucht

    Für Uni1 (http://uni1.de) suchen wir mindestens einen weiteren technischen Mitgründer (oder frühen Angestellten, wenn weniger Risiko gewünscht ist). Uni1 will die Zusammenarbeit zwischen Unternehmen und Hochschulen weltweit revolutionieren. Uni1 hat bereits Kunden und basiert auf einem erprobten Konzept. Wir können zur Zeit wg. (noch nicht) ausreichender Softwareunterstützung leider nicht skalieren. Ideal wäre ein Full-Stack-Entwickler mit…