DEFINING OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECT SUCCESS

Kevin Crowston; Hala Annabi; James Howison

DEFINING OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE PROJECT SUCCESS

Kevin Crowston, Hala Annabi, James Howison

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Abstract

Information systems success is one of the most widely used dependent variables in information systems research. In this paper, we identify a range of measures that can be used to assess the success of open source software (OSS) projects. We identify measures based on a review of the literature, a consideration of the OSS development process and an analysis of the opinions of OSS developers. For each measure, we provide examples of how they might be used in a study of OSS development.

Original language	English (US)
Pages	327-340
Number of pages	14
State	Published - 2003
Externally published	Yes
Event	International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2003 - Seattle, United States Duration: Dec 14 2003 → Dec 17 2003

Conference

Conference	International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 2003
Country/Territory	United States
City	Seattle
Period	12/14/03 → 12/17/03

Keywords

Open source software
software development
system success

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Computer Networks and Communications
Computer Science Applications
Information Systems

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