%0 Conference Paper %1 conf/oss/HowisonIC06 %A Howison, James %A Inoue, Keisuke %A Crowston, Kevin %B OSS %D 2006 %E Damiani, Ernesto %E Fitzgerald, Brian %E Scacchi, Walt %E Scotto, Marco %E Succi, Giancarlo %I Springer %K design development dynamics free methodology open social software source %P 319-330 %T Social dynamics of free and open source team communications. %U http://floss.syr.edu/publications/howison_dynamic_sna_intoss_ifip_short.pdf %V 203 %X Abstract1 This paper furthers inquiry into the social structure of free and open source software (FLOSS) teams by undertaking social network analysis across time. Contrary to expectations, we confirmed earlier findings of a wide distribution of centralizations even when examining the networks over time. The paper also provides empirical evidence that while change at the center of FLOSS projects is relatively uncommon, participation across the project communities is highly skewed, with many participants appearing for only one period. Surprisingly, large project teams are not more likely to undergo change at their centers. Keywords: Software Development, Human Factors, Dynamic social networks, FLOSS teams, bug fixing, communications, longitudinal social network analysis %@ 0-387-34225-7

@inproceedings{conf/oss/HowisonIC06, abstract = {Abstract1 This paper furthers inquiry into the social structure of free and open source software (FLOSS) teams by undertaking social network analysis across time. Contrary to expectations, we confirmed earlier findings of a wide distribution of centralizations even when examining the networks over time. The paper also provides empirical evidence that while change at the center of FLOSS projects is relatively uncommon, participation across the project communities is highly skewed, with many participants appearing for only one period. Surprisingly, large project teams are not more likely to undergo change at their centers. Keywords: Software Development, Human Factors, Dynamic social networks, FLOSS teams, bug fixing, communications, longitudinal social network analysis}, added-at = {2007-11-15T11:58:48.000+0100}, author = {Howison, James and Inoue, Keisuke and Crowston, Kevin}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2c5656bc07eaeca08d9bd10ad74c2ec97/yish}, booktitle = {OSS}, crossref = {conf/oss/2006}, date = {2007-02-22}, editor = {Damiani, Ernesto and Fitzgerald, Brian and Scacchi, Walt and Scotto, Marco and Succi, Giancarlo}, ee = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/0-387-34226-5_32}, interhash = {9a336b60e179760f68400aaff6e48c9d}, intrahash = {c5656bc07eaeca08d9bd10ad74c2ec97}, isbn = {0-387-34225-7}, keywords = {design development dynamics free methodology open social software source}, pages = {319-330}, publisher = {Springer}, series = {IFIP}, timestamp = {2007-11-15T11:58:48.000+0100}, title = {Social dynamics of free and open source team communications.}, url = {http://floss.syr.edu/publications/howison_dynamic_sna_intoss_ifip_short.pdf}, volume = 203, year = 2006 }