Adoption of Open Source Processes in Large Enterprises

2010 ◽  
pp. 311-333
Author(s):  
Barbara Russo ◽  
Marco Scotto ◽  
Alberto Sillitti ◽  
Giancarlo Succi
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
The People ◽  
Large Enterprises

This chapter summarizes the results of a questionnaire submitted to 50 companies and focusing on their usage of OSS. The people interviewed are project managers.

scholarly journals 3D for the people: multi-camera motion capture in the field with consumer-grade cameras and open source software

Biology Open ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 1334-1342 ◽  
Author(s):  
Brandon E. Jackson ◽  
Dennis J. Evangelista ◽  
Dylan D. Ray ◽  
Tyson L. Hedrick
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Motion Capture ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Camera Motion ◽  
The People

Digital Donation Platform for Nonprofit and Charity Organizations

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 14-27
Author(s):  
Fernando Almeida ◽  
Alexandre Cunha
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Economic Model ◽  
Social Economy ◽  
Social Solidarity ◽  
The People ◽  
The Status ◽  
Volunteer Programs ◽  
Political Agents

Social economy has assumed a role of growing importance in these last decades, being seen by several entities and political agents as one of the pillars in a new sustainable economic model. Volunteer programs are multiplying, and greater coordination between the various involved actors is essential to guarantee that society's help reaches the people who need them. In this sense, a digital donation platform based exclusively on open source technologies has been proposed and developed, which simplifies the process of donation of goods to a set of causes created by social solidarity institutions. The application permits anonymous donations and allows the monitoring of the status of each donation by the donors. Additionally, usability was considered as a key element in the design of the application

Open Source Software Communities

2011 ◽  
pp. 363-367
Author(s):  
Kevin Carillo ◽  
Chitu Okoli
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Development Model ◽  
The People ◽  
Develop Software ◽  
Working Together ◽  
Software Development Model ◽  
Key Aspects ◽  
Open Source Communities

Open source software (OSS) development has continued to appear as a puzzling and enigmatic phenomenon and has drawn increasing attention as its importance has grown. Relying upon an alternative way to develop and to distribute software, open source communities have been able to challenge and often outperform proprietary software by enabling better reliability, lower costs, shorter development times, and a higher quality of code (Raymond, 2004). Behind the software is a mass of people working together in loose coordination, even portrayed as a rowdy marketplace (Raymond, 2001, p. 1): No quiet, reverent cathedral-building here—rather, the Linux community seemed to resemble a great babbling bazaar of differing agendas and approaches … out of which a coherent and stable system seemingly emerges only by a succession of miracles. More precisely, the people behind open source projects have been defined as: “Internet-based communities of software developers who voluntarily collaborate in order to develop software that they or their organizations need” (von Krogh, 2003, p. 14). In contrast to the sacred cathedral-like software development model that gave birth to most commercial and proprietary systems, such bazaar-like communities seem to have based their success on a pseudo-anarchic type of collaboration and developers’ interaction (Raymond, 2001). However, in spite of the apparent disorganization of these bazaars, a closer look distinguishes common values and norms that rule them, specific roles that can be identified, similar motives shared by people, and practices that follow patterns. This article highlights key aspects of what forms the communities that support these projects.

scholarly journals Prediction of Fault Fix Time Transition in Large-Scale Open Source Project Data

Data ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 4 (3) ◽  
pp. 109
Author(s):  
Hironobu Sone ◽  
Yoshinobu Tamura ◽  
Shigeru Yamada
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Open Source Software ◽  
Cost Reduction ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Time Data ◽  
Software Reliability Growth Model ◽  
Software Reliability Growth ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Project Data

Open source software (OSS) programs are adopted as embedded systems regarding their server usage, due to their quick delivery, cost reduction, and standardization of systems. Many OSS programs are developed using the peculiar style known as the bazaar method, in which faults are detected and fixed by developers around the world, and the result is then reflected in the next release. Furthermore, the fix time of faults tends to be shorter as the development of the OSS progresses. However, several large-scale open source projects encounter the problem that fault fixing takes much time because the fault corrector cannot handle many fault reports. Therefore, OSS users and project managers need to know the stability degree of open source projects by determining the fault fix time. In this paper, we predict the transition of the fix time in large-scale open source projects. To make the prediction, we use the software reliability growth model based on the Wiener process considering that the fault fix time in open source projects changes depending on various factors such as the fault reporting time and the assignees to fix the faults. In addition, we discuss the assumption that fault fix time data depend on the prediction of the transition in fault fixing time.

How personality traits influence management styles of construction project managers

2020 ◽  
Vol 10 (3) ◽  
pp. 453-468
Author(s):  
Florence Y.Y. Ling ◽  
Zhe Zhang ◽  
Wei Ting Wong
Keyword(s):  
Personality Traits ◽  
Statistical Tests ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Team Leadership ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Management Style ◽  
Management Styles ◽  
Personality Tests ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The People

PurposeThis research investigates the dominant personality traits of construction project managers (PMs) and how their personality influences their management styles.Design/methodology/approachAn industry-wide survey with 70 PMs was conducted in Singapore. The survey data were subjected to inferential statistical tests. In-depth interviews were conducted with four subject matter experts.FindingsMajority of the sample PMs are male with age, education level and experience well spread. The dominant personality traits of PMs are found to be: high in Extraversion, Agreeableness, Conscientiousness and Openness and low in Neuroticism. PMs adopt “team leadership” style in which they place high emphasis on both the work that they need to complete and the people they lead. Their Agreeableness and Conscientiousness may improve over time.Research limitations/implicationsThe correlations and regressions cannot prove causality.Practical implicationsIt is discovered that PMs who have high conscientiousness and high openness personalities are more likely to be leaders who are concerned for both the people that they lead and production outcomes. The implication is that employers may wish to conduct personality tests at the time of hiring to ensure good job match.Originality/valueThis study is novel because it integrated two areas of knowledge – personality traits and management style. The regression analysis discovered that Openness and Conscientiousness traits may be used to predict PMs' management styles. This suggests that if personality tests are administered at hiring stage, the outcomes may be used to match potential hires to the jobs that they are being considered for.

A MODEL FOR PREDICTING CLASS MOVEMENT IN AN INHERITANCE HIERARCHY

2011 ◽  
Vol 21 (05) ◽  
pp. 647-665
Author(s):  
E. NASSERI ◽  
S. COUNSELL
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Study ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Odds Ratio ◽  
Class Size ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Statistical Support ◽  
Per Se ◽  
Inheritance Hierarchy ◽  
Open Source Systems

In this paper, we present an empirical study to investigate whether class movement and re-location within inheritance hierarchy can be predicted based on size, coupling and cohesion for four Java open-source systems. Our results showed that class movement may not be predicted based on coupling and cohesion, and while class size was found to be a factor that may help predict class movement, it does not per se predict class movement within an inheritance hierarchy. We found a significantly higher odds ratio for larger classes to be moved within an inheritance hierarchy than that of smaller classes, suggesting that, counter-intuitively, larger classes tend to be more susceptible to movement than smaller classes. We also found that in the four systems, while classes with high coupling, low cohesion and larger size tended to be moved within their respective inheritance hierarchy, classes with high coupling, low cohesion and relatively smaller size tended to be candidate classes for deletion. Finally, while we found that class coupling and size tended to rise as the systems evolved we found no statistical support for class cohesion to decline. Directed towards developers and project managers, the message that the research conveys is that excessive growth in class size is at the root of a class' deterioration in terms of movement; developmental controls should be exercised to avoid such growth.

scholarly journals Prediksi Harga Kartu Grafis Yang Dipengaruhi oleh Nilai Bitcoin

2019 ◽  
Vol 11 (1) ◽  
pp. 65
Author(s):  
Satrio Anggoro Aji Leksono ◽  
Zekha Galih Prastyawan Galih Prastyawan ◽  
Ionia Veritawati
Keyword(s):  
Economic Development ◽  
Open Source ◽  
Network System ◽  
Change Over Time ◽  
Digital Currency ◽  
The People ◽  
Over Time

In economic development, transactions have become the routine of the people. Currently there are many transactions that are growing, one of which is Bitcoin. Bitcoin is one of the technologies of cryptocurreny which is then used. Bitcoin is a digital currency in the open source P2P payment network system. But the value of the Bitcoin body is not fixed, Bitcoin values often change over time. One of the causes of changing the value of Bitcoin is VGA. This role of VGA card to process Bitcoin encryption data because GPU (brain of VGA) has more core to process CPU, increase Bitcoin value and influence graphics card price. In this paper will rise the value of rising and falling value of Bitcoin which affects the price of the graphics card.Keyword: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, VGA, GPUAbstrakDalam perkembangan ekonomi, transaksi sudah menjadi rutinitas masyarat. Saat ini sudah banyak jenis transaksi yang berkembang, salah satunya adalah Bitcoin. Bitcoin merupakan salah satu teknologi dari cryptocurreny yang sering digunakan. Bitcoin adalah mata uang digital yang berada di dalam system jaringan pembayaran open source P2P. Namun nilai dari suatu Bitcoin tidak tetap, nilai Bitcoin sering berubah seiring berjalannya waktu. Salah satu penyebab berubahnya nilai dari Bitcoin adalah VGA. Peran VGA card ini untuk memproses enkripsi data Bitcoin karena GPU (otak dari VGA) mempunyai core yang lebih banyak untuk memproses instruksi dalam satu waktu dibandingkan CPU, sehingga naiknya nilai Bitcoin juga mempengaruhi harga kartu grafis. Dalam paper ini akan mengevaluasi perbandingan naik dan turunnya nilai Bitcoin yang mempengaruhi harga kartu grafis.Kata Kunci: Bitcoin, Cryptocurrency, VGA, GPU

scholarly journals Exploring leadership coaching as a tool to improve the people management skills of information technology and cybersecurity project managers

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 107-126
Author(s):  
Darrell Norman Burrell
Keyword(s):  
Information Technology ◽  
Leadership Skills ◽  
Project Managers ◽  
Leadership Coaching ◽  
Management Skills ◽  
Information Technology Projects ◽  
Technology Project ◽  
The People ◽  
Information Technology Project ◽  
Operational Aspects

Abstract According to recent research 55 percent of information technology (IT) projects are deemed unsuccessful. In 2016, globally, organizations waste an average of $97 million dollars for every $1 billion invested information technology projects. These numbers should be of tremendous concern when these projects often focus on critical operational aspects like knowledge management, data analytics, intellectual property, cybersecurity, and information management. These numbers also point the critical need to develop leadership skills for information technology project managers. This paper explores the need and viability for organizations to invest in leadership coaching as employee development tools for their IT project managers and cybersecurity technical staffers.

scholarly journals Solving the jigsaw of conflict-related environmental damage: Utilizing open-source analysis to improve research into environmental health risks

2019 ◽  
Vol 42 (3) ◽  
pp. e352-e360 ◽  
Author(s):  
Wim Zwijnenburg ◽  
David Hochhauser ◽  
Omar Dewachi ◽  
Richard Sullivan ◽  
Vinh-Kim Nguyen
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Source Analysis ◽  
Environmental Damage ◽  
Humanitarian Response ◽  
State Accountability ◽  
Post Conflict ◽  
The People ◽  
Recent Developments ◽  
Remote Observation ◽  
Negative Impacts

Abstract Investigation of the environmental impacts of armed conflict has been made easier in recent years with the development of new and improved methods for documenting and monitoring environmental damage and pollution. For decades, research into conflict-linked environmental damage and its links to human health have been overlooked and research underfunded, hindering a complete humanitarian response and effective post-conflict reconstruction. Recent developments in the field of open-source investigation have shown promising results due to the increased use of mobile phones, access to the internet and freely available methods for remote observation by satellite. Utilizing and analysing these sources of data can help us to understand how conflicts are associated with environmental damage, pollution and their negative impacts upon public health. Further research and development in this field will help to inform more effective humanitarian responses, mitigate risks to health and identify priorities for post-conflict reconstruction programs. Data-driven open-source research can also strengthen international discussions on state accountability for military activities and build a case for the responsibility of warring parties to protect the environment as well as the people who depend on it.

OpenLabs - Collaborative Industrialization with Distributed and Open Source Microfactories

2015 ◽  
Vol 794 ◽  
pp. 470-477
Author(s):  
Tobias Redlich ◽  
Manuel Moritz ◽  
Sonja Buxbaum-Conradi ◽  
Pascal Krenz ◽  
Susanne Heubischl ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Open Source ◽  
Production Technology ◽  
Value Creation ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Local Communities ◽  
Scarce Resources ◽  
The People ◽  
Economic Strategies ◽  
The World ◽  
Economic Imbalances

Technical progress in production technology, the advancement of ICTs as well as increasing social and economic imbalances and ever-scarce resources ask for new means of value creation. . With the spill over of the highly efficient and innovative open source principles to the world of physical goods and products new modes of value creation appear that put traditional economic strategies and assumptions into question by stressing collaboration instead of competition, knowledge sharing engineering and fostering the empowerment of the people to participate and get engaged.The here presented multidisciplinaryOpenLabsconcept takes into account these new patterns of value creation based on open source principles and is a suitable approach to increase the overall empowerment and participation in local communities in developing, but also in developed countries.

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