TY - Generic T1 - Shared mental models among open source software developers T2 - Proceedings of the 41st Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) Y1 - 2008 A1 - Scozzi, Barbara A1 - Kevin Crowston A1 - Eseryel, U. Yeliz A1 - Li, Qing AB - Shared understandings are important for software development as they guide to effective individual contributions to, and coordination of, the software development process. In this paper, we present the results of a preliminary analysis on shared mental models within Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development teams. Based on structuration theory and by adopting cognitive mapping and process analysis, we represented and com-pared the mental models of some developers of the Lucene Java project. Our analysis suggests that there is a high-level of sharing among core developers but the shar-ing is not complete, with some differences related to ten-ure in the project. JF - Proceedings of the 41st Hawai'i International Conference on System Sciences (HICSS) CY - Big Island, Hawai'i, 7-10 January ER - TY - JOUR T1 - Self-organization of teams in free/libre open source software development JF - Information and Software Technology Journal: Special issue on Understanding the Social Side of Software Engineering, Qualitative Software Engineering Research Y1 - 2007 A1 - Kevin Crowston A1 - Kangning Wei A1 - Li, Qing A1 - Eseryel, U. Yeliz A1 - James Howison AB - This paper provides empirical evidence about how free/libre open source software development teams self-organize their work, specifically, how tasks are assigned to project team members. Following a case study methodology, we examined developer interaction data from three active and successful FLOSS projects using qualitative research methods, specifically inductive content analysis, to identify the task-assignment mechanisms used by the participants. We found that ‘self-assignment’ was the most common mechanism across three FLOSS projects. This mechanism is consistent with expectations for distributed and largely volunteer teams. We conclude by discussing whether these emergent practices can be usefully transferred to mainstream practice and indicating directions for future research. VL - 49 IS - 6 ER -