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A tailored participatory action research for foss communities
Empirical Software Engineering ( IF 4.1 ) Pub Date : 2020-08-04 , DOI: 10.1007/s10664-020-09849-0
Adam Alami , Peter Axel Nielsen , Andrzej Wa̧sowski

Participatory Action Research (PAR) is an established method to implement change in organizations. However, it cannot be applied in the open source (FOSS) communities, without adaptation to their particularities, especially to the specific control mechanisms developed in FOSS. FOSS communities are self-managed, and rely on consensus to reach decisions. This study proposes a PAR framework specifically tailored to FOSS communities. We successfully applied the framework to implement a set of quality assurance interventions in the Robot Operating System community. The framework we proposed is composed of three components, interventions design, democratization, and execution. We believe that this process will work for other FOSS communities too. We have learned that changing a particular aspect of a FOSS community is arduous. To achieve success the change must rally the community around it for support and attract motivated volunteers to implement the interventions.

中文翻译:

为自由社区量身定制的参与式行动研究

参与式行动研究 (PAR) 是一种在组织中实施变革的既定方法。但是,它不能应用于开源(FOSS)社区,除非适应其特殊性,尤其是在 FOSS 中开发的特定控制机制。FOSS 社区是自我管理的,依靠共识来做出决定。本研究提出了一个专门为 FOSS 社区量身定制的 PAR 框架。我们成功地应用该框架在机器人操作系统社区中实施了一套质量保证干预措施。我们提出的框架由三个部分组成,干预设计、民主化和执行。我们相信这个过程也适用于其他 FOSS 社区。我们了解到,改变 FOSS 社区的特定方面是一项艰巨的任务。
更新日期:2020-08-04
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