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Open Source Project Management-from a Behavior Control Perspective  

Cho, Jun-Gee (Claremont Graduate University)
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Information Systems Review / v.10, no.2, 2008 , pp. 235-251 More about this Journal
Abstract
With the successful arrival of quality free/open source software, open source ISD(Information System Development) projects have been drawing attention from academic researchers. However, there have been few efforts to examine the managerial aspect of open source ISD projects. This study use a case research methodology to explores the management of open source projects, especially from the perspective of behavior control. Through data analysis and discussion, the study found that various practices related to behavior control were exercised to obtain participants' shared goals, although specific instances vary in each case. This finding is contradictory to the views of some researchers who suggested open source ISD projects lack behavior control. For more comprehensive understanding, however, future research should also include controls of open source projects in terms of outcome control and self-control.
Keywords
Open Source; Control; Behavior Control; Project Management; Case Study;
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