Impact of Collaborative Ties on Open Source Software Development
Chen Zhang · Journal of the Association for Information Systems · 2006
Within the past few years, the open source software development (OSSD) has gained tremendous popularity as an alternative and promising approach to software production. The main objective of this study is to examine the impact of collaborative relations on the behavior of the OSSD team. In this proposal we develop a theoretical framework and research hypotheses. We then outline the research methodology of empirically testing the hypotheses on a large-scale data set. The research will be conducted in two stages. In the first stage, we will examine the impact of collaborative ties on developer joining behavior and team formation process. In the second stage, we will investigate the relationship between the resultant structural properties of the team and project performance.