Managing Open Source Projects: A Wiley Tech Brief

Jan Sandred

Managing an open source project requires different demands on management and leadership. If managed the right way, open source can deliver industrial-strength systems that meet users' needs and provide solutions that are fully extendible and maintainable over a long period of time. The code will also be much more consistent and easier to maintain.

In developing the Crealog perspective in this book, we were influenced by a wide variety of published sources as well as our work with our clients. This site includes references to core readings on key topics from sources that are readily accessible (either in paper books or on the Web) as well as additional documents too extensive to include in this book.

• Open Source Initiative (OSI) is a non-profit corporation dedicated to managing and promoting the Open Source Definition.
• World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) is the largest and most important producer of open source software.
• Project ION - The Interorganisational Networking Project is a major research project on business to business networks.
• Virtual Teams - article from The Thomsett Company, one of most innovative and effective project management groups.
• VoNet is focused on theoretical and empirical research related to Virtual Organizations, Virtual Teams, Network Organization and Electronic Commerce.
• Collaborative Strategies deals with the strategic development of collaborative technologies
• First Monday publishes original articles about the Internet and the Global Information Infrastructure.

ISBN 0-471-40396-2
208 pages
February, 2001

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