SGER: Effective work practices for Open Source software development

该SGER将通过确定有效的开源软件（OSS）开发团队的实践来提高对分布式团队的认识和理解。许多关于OSS开发的公开讨论都是基于炒作、怀疑或党派精神。只做了几个仔细的案例研究。为了更好地理解实际的OSS开发人员是如何工作的，有必要获得他们的合作来参与研究。PI和一名学生将参加一个开发者会议，建立联系并进行采访。此外，社会网络分析工具将用于更好地理解他们的工作实践和关系的分布式性质。这样的研究有可能增加对分布式工作实践的理解。同时，它将通过为研究生和本科生提供参与该项目的机会来促进教学、培训和学习。

This SGER will advance knowledge and understanding of distributed teams by identifying the practices of effective Open Source Software (OSS) development teams. Much of the public discourse about OSS development is based on hype, skepticism or partisan spirit. Only a few careful case studies have been done. In order to better understand how actual OSS developers work, it is necessary to obtain their cooperation to participate in a study. The PI and a student will attend a developers' conference to establish contacts and conduct interviews. In addition, social network analysis tools will be used to better understand the distributed nature of their work practices and relationships. Such research has the potential to increase understanding of distributed work practices. At the same time, it will promote teaching, training and learning by providing graduate and undergraduate students an opportunity to work on this project.