Classification and Operation Mechanisms of Open Source Design Community
Xiao Dong Zhang, Chen Jian Gong, Ying Zi Li, Dongfang Zhao · Applied Mechanics and Materials · 2014
With the advantage of low cost and high innovation level, Open Source Design (OSD) has become an effective way to provide diverse products with high customer satisfaction by open group intelligence. Based on literatures and best practice of the successful OSD communities, this paper classified open source community into three types: open source hardware, public investment, and personality customization. According to the process analysis of these three kinds of communities, various operation mechanisms are investigated and presented respectively. The classification and the operation mechanisms proposed in this paper can help OSD community to make rational decision in their software development process, as well as to improve the outcome and innovation efficiency of the communities.