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Exploratory Analysis of Quality Practices in Open Source Domain

Author(s) -

Jie Xu,

Luiz Fernando Capretz,

Danny Ho

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

computer and information science

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

eISSN - 1913-8997

pISSN - 1913-8989

DOI - 10.5539/cis.v3n4p35

Subject(s) - computer science , open source , quality assurance , quality (philosophy) , open source software , exploratory research , software quality , software , exploratory analysis , domain (mathematical analysis) , software quality assurance , data science , software engineering , engineering management , knowledge management , process management , software development , business , operations management , engineering , mathematical analysis , philosophy , external quality assessment , mathematics , epistemology , sociology , anthropology , programming language

Software quality assurance has been a heated topic for several decades, but relatively few analyses were performed on open source software (OSS). As OSS has become very popular in our daily life, many researchers have been keen on the quality practices in this area. Although quality management presents distinct patterns compared with those in closed-source software development, some widely used OSS products have been implemented. Therefore, quality assurance of OSS projects has attracted increased research focuses.

In this paper, a survey is conducted to reveal the general quality practices in open source communities. Exploratory analysis has been carried out to disclose those quality related activities. The results are compared with those from closed-source environments and the distinguished features of the quality assurance in OSS projects have been confirmed. Moreover, this study suggests potential directions for OSS developers to follow.

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