Managing code ownership
M.E. Nordberg · IEEE Software · 2003
Solving the problem of failed project ownership is not merely a process of assigning developers to subsystems. This article describes four code ownership models, ranging from one individual owning an entire system to the collective ownership that is a core extreme programming practice. No single code ownership model is best. In fact, many projects would benefit from dynamically adjusting the ownership model over time as development progresses through, for example, the four phases of the unified process.