TY - GEN
T1 - Combining FOSS and Kanban
T2 - 12th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems: Integrating Communities, OSS 2016
AU - Harzl, Annemarie
PY - 2016
Y1 - 2016
N2 - Even though Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Agile Software Development (ASD) have been recognized as important ways to develop software, share some similarities, and have many success stories, there is a lack of research regarding the comprehensive integration of both practices. This study attempts to consolidate these methods and to answer if FOSS and ASD can be combined successfully. Action Reseach (AR) is conducted with one sub-team of a large FOSS project. We performed two action research cycles based on the Kanban method. This paper has two main contributions; first, it describes a real world situation, where Kanban is applied to a FOSS project, and second, it suggests two new Kanban practices. These two methods are targeted specifically at FOSS projects and their characteristics.
AB - Even though Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) and Agile Software Development (ASD) have been recognized as important ways to develop software, share some similarities, and have many success stories, there is a lack of research regarding the comprehensive integration of both practices. This study attempts to consolidate these methods and to answer if FOSS and ASD can be combined successfully. Action Reseach (AR) is conducted with one sub-team of a large FOSS project. We performed two action research cycles based on the Kanban method. This paper has two main contributions; first, it describes a real world situation, where Kanban is applied to a FOSS project, and second, it suggests two new Kanban practices. These two methods are targeted specifically at FOSS projects and their characteristics.
KW - Action research
KW - Agile Software Development
KW - Free Open Source Software
KW - Kanban
KW - Lean
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=84971556247&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-39225-7_6
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-39225-7_6
M3 - Conference paper
AN - SCOPUS:84971556247
SN - 9783319392240
VL - 472
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 71
EP - 84
BT - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
PB - Springer New York LLC
Y2 - 30 May 2016 through 2 June 2016
ER -