Development of a quality assurance framework for the open source development model
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T1 - Development of a quality assurance framework for the open source development model
AU - Otte, Tobias
AU - Moreton, Robert
AU - Knöll, Heinz-Dieter
N1 - Conference code: 3
PY - 2008/10/1
Y1 - 2008/10/1
N2 - Under the Open Source Software Development (OSSD) model, many renowned products have been developed that appear to be high quality. Advocates of the OSSD model claim that the achievements of high quality largely come from user testing and peer reviews. We assume that Quality Assurance (QA) methods under the OSSD differ from traditional approaches and examined mid to large sized Open Source (OS) projects to identify applied practices. We found the existence of common key practices, but often processes are more informally applied without clear definitions. The findings contribute to the development of a QA framework, which suggests QA processes and product quality targets. The model offers processes to assure that the product achieves its quality goals. We conclude that the framework is an important element, which requires the balanced interaction of human factors, management skills and a suitable environment to achieve software quality.
AB - Under the Open Source Software Development (OSSD) model, many renowned products have been developed that appear to be high quality. Advocates of the OSSD model claim that the achievements of high quality largely come from user testing and peer reviews. We assume that Quality Assurance (QA) methods under the OSSD differ from traditional approaches and examined mid to large sized Open Source (OS) projects to identify applied practices. We found the existence of common key practices, but often processes are more informally applied without clear definitions. The findings contribute to the development of a QA framework, which suggests QA processes and product quality targets. The model offers processes to assure that the product achieves its quality goals. We conclude that the framework is an important element, which requires the balanced interaction of human factors, management skills and a suitable environment to achieve software quality.
KW - Business informatics
KW - Informatics
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UR - https://www.mendeley.com/catalogue/e78555c3-0c21-3624-a273-5eafe583195d/
U2 - 10.1109/ICSEA.2008.17
DO - 10.1109/ICSEA.2008.17
M3 - Article in conference proceedings
SN - 978-1-4244-3218-9
T3 - Proceedings of TheInternational Conference on Software Engineering Advances, ICSEA
SP - 123
EP - 131
BT - Proceedings - The 3rd International Conference on Software Engineering Advances, ICSEA 2008, Includes ENTISY 2008
PB - IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 3rd International Conference on Software Engineering Advances - 2008
Y2 - 26 October 2008 through 31 October 2008
ER -