%0 Conference Proceedings %B Proceedings of the IFIP 3rd International Conference on Open Source Software %D 2007 %T Emergent decision-making practices in Free/Libre Open Source Software FLOSS development teams %A Heckman, Robert %A Kevin Crowston %A Eseryel, U. Yeliz %A James Howison %A Allen, Eileen E. %A Li, Qing %X We seek to identify work practices that make Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development teams effective. Particularly important to team effectiveness is decision making. In this paper, we report on an inductive qualitative analysis of 360 decision episodes of six FLOSS development teams. Our analysis revealed diversity in decision-making practices that seem to be related to differences in overall team characteristics and effectiveness. %B Proceedings of the IFIP 3rd International Conference on Open Source Software %C Limerick, Ireland, 10-14 June %G eng %> https://floss.syr.edu/sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/20070320%20OSS%20Conference_v15_final%20submitted.pdf %0 Generic %D 2007 %T Emergent leadership in self-organizing virtual teams (Poster) %A Heckman, Robert %A Kevin Crowston %A Misiolek, Nora %A Eseryel, U. Yeliz %K FLOSS %K Leadership %B Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) %C Montréal, Québec, Canada, 9–12 Dec %> https://floss.syr.edu/sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/20081204%20ICIS%20Poster_v.5.1.pdf %0 Conference Proceedings %B Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) %D 2006 %T Emergent decision-making practices in technology-supported self-organizing distributed teams %A Heckman, Robert %A Kevin Crowston %A Li, Qing %A Allen, Eileen E. %A Eseryel, U. Yeliz %A James Howison %A Kangning Wei %K Decision-Making %K FLOSS %X We seek to identify work practices that make technology-supported self-organizing distributed (or virtual) teams (TSSODT for short) effective in producing outputs satisfactory to their sponsors, meeting the needs of their members and continuing to function. A particularly important practice for team effectiveness is decision making: are the right decisions made at the right time to get the work done in a way that satisfies team sponsors, keeps contributors happy and engaged, and enables continued team success? In this research-in-progress paper, we report on an inductive qualitative analysis of 120 decision episodes taken by 2 Free/libre Open Source Software development teams. Our analysis revealed differences in decision-making practices that seem to be related to differences in overall team effectiveness. %B Proceedings of the International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS) %C Milwaukee, WI, 10–13 Dec %G eng %> https://floss.syr.edu/sites/crowston.syr.edu/files/Emergent%20Decision%20Making%20Practices%20In%20Technology%20Supported%20Self%20O.pdf