TY - JOUR
T1 - Open source software projects as virtual organisations
T2 - Competency rallying for software development
AU - Crowston, K.
AU - Scozzi, B.
PY - 2002/2
Y1 - 2002/2
N2 - This paper contributes to the identification and testing of factors important for the success of open source software (OSS) projects. We present an analysis of OSS communities as virtual organisations, and apply Katzy and Crowston's competency rallying (CR) theory to the case of OSS development projects. CR theory suggests that project participants must develop necessary competencies, identify and understand market opportunities, marshal competencies to meet the opportunity and manage a short-term co-operative process. Using data collected from 7477 OSS projects hosted by the SourceForge system, we formulate and test a set of specific hypotheses derived from CR theory. The empirical data analysis supports the majority of these hypotheses, suggesting that CR theory provides a useful lens for studying OSS projects.
AB - This paper contributes to the identification and testing of factors important for the success of open source software (OSS) projects. We present an analysis of OSS communities as virtual organisations, and apply Katzy and Crowston's competency rallying (CR) theory to the case of OSS development projects. CR theory suggests that project participants must develop necessary competencies, identify and understand market opportunities, marshal competencies to meet the opportunity and manage a short-term co-operative process. Using data collected from 7477 OSS projects hosted by the SourceForge system, we formulate and test a set of specific hypotheses derived from CR theory. The empirical data analysis supports the majority of these hypotheses, suggesting that CR theory provides a useful lens for studying OSS projects.
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U2 - 10.1049/ip-sen:20020197
DO - 10.1049/ip-sen:20020197
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0036477323
SN - 1462-5970
VL - 149
SP - 3
EP - 17
JO - IEE Proceedings: Software
JF - IEE Proceedings: Software
IS - 1
ER -