Dirk Riehle's Industry and Research Publications

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  • Platforms but no platform organizations

    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. You don’t have to read the research…

  • An example charter for inner source programs [Technical Report]

    An example charter for inner source programs [Technical Report]

    Abstract Inner source software development is firm-internal software development that uses the principles of open source software development to collaborate across intra-organizational boundaries that would otherwise hinder any such collaboration. Inner source breaks down the barriers to collaboration across development silos by setting up an internal ecosystem of readily available software components. To get started…

  • Inner source in platform-based product engineering [TSE Journal]

    Inner source in platform-based product engineering [TSE Journal]

    Abstract Inner source is an approach to collaboration across intra-organizational boundaries for the creation of shared reusable assets. Prior project reports on inner source suggest improved code reuse and better knowledge sharing. Using a multiple-case case study research approach, we analyze the problems that three major software development organizations were facing in their product line…