Experimentation in software engineering
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
The cathedral and the bazaar: musings on Linux and open source by an accidental revolutionary
The cathedral and the bazaar: musings on Linux and open source by an accidental revolutionary
Understanding open source software development
Understanding open source software development
A conceptual map of software process improvement
Scandinavian Journal of Information Systems
Two case studies of open source software development: Apache and Mozilla
ACM Transactions on Software Engineering and Methodology (TOSEM)
Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman
Free Software, Free Society: Selected Essays of Richard M. Stallman
Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Software Engineering
International Conference on Software Engineering
Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Software Engineering
Accelerating software development through collaboration
Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Software Engineering
Meeting challenges and surviving success: the 2nd workshop on open source software engineering
Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Software Engineering
A Classification of CASE Technology
Computer
Setting Up Shop: The Business of Open-Source Software
IEEE Software
Preliminary guidelines for empirical research in software engineering
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Quality assurance under the open source development model
Journal of Systems and Software
Controversy corner: open source software-an evaluation
Journal of Systems and Software
Design, retrieval, and assembly in component-based software development
Communications of the ACM - Blueprint for the future of high-performance networking
Taking stock of the bazaar: the third workshop on open source software engineering
ACM SIGSOFT Software Engineering Notes
IEEE Software
The Many Meanings of Open Source
IEEE Software
An Empirical Study of Open-Source and Closed-Source Software Products
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Evidence-Based Software Engineering
Proceedings of the 26th International Conference on Software Engineering
Open source software for medical image processing and visualization
Communications of the ACM - Medical image modeling
Knowledge Reuse in Open Source Software: An Exploratory Study of 15 Open Source Projects
HICSS '05 Proceedings of the Proceedings of the 38th Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences - Volume 07
Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software
Perspectives on Free and Open Source Software
An Empirical Investigation of the Key Factors for Success in Software Process Improvement
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
MySQL: Lessons Learned on a Digital Library
IEEE Software
Value-Based Processes for COTS-Based Applications
IEEE Software
The FreeBSD Project: A Replication Case Study of Open Source Development
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Adaptive reuse of libre software systems for supporting on-line collaboration
5-WOSSE Proceedings of the fifth workshop on Open source software engineering
Impact of libre software tools and methods in the robotics field
5-WOSSE Proceedings of the fifth workshop on Open source software engineering
A case study of open source tools and practices in a commercial setting
5-WOSSE Proceedings of the fifth workshop on Open source software engineering
The use of open source software platforms by Independent Software Vendors: issues and opportunities
5-WOSSE Proceedings of the fifth workshop on Open source software engineering
Why profit-oriented companies enter the OS field?: intrinsic vs. extrinsic incentives
5-WOSSE Proceedings of the fifth workshop on Open source software engineering
A Survey of Controlled Experiments in Software Engineering
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Implementing an Open Source Knowledge Base
IEEE Software
Applying AspectJ to J2EE Application Development
IEEE Software
Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Software engineering
International Conference on Software Engineering
A case study of a corporate open source development model
Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Software engineering
An empirical study on decision making in off-the-shelf component-based development
Proceedings of the 28th international conference on Software engineering
Global software development in the freeBSD project
Proceedings of the 2006 international workshop on Global software development for the practitioner
Experiences with Open Source Software Engineering Tools
IEEE Software
Journal of Systems and Software
Open source software for disaster management
Communications of the ACM - Emergency response information systems: emerging trends and technologies
Understanding component co-evolution with a study on Linux
Empirical Software Engineering
Self-organization of teams for free/libre open source software development
Information and Software Technology
The Promise of Research on Open Source Software
Management Science
A Systematic Review of Software Development Cost Estimation Studies
IEEE Transactions on Software Engineering
Evaluating Software Engineering Processes in Commercial and Community Open Source Projects
FLOSS '07 Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Emerging Trends in FLOSS Research and Development
FLOSS '07 Proceedings of the First International Workshop on Emerging Trends in FLOSS Research and Development
Experiences using systematic review guidelines
Journal of Systems and Software
Empirical study of the effects of open source adoption on software development economics
Journal of Systems and Software
Controversy Corner: A new research agenda for tool integration
Journal of Systems and Software
Research in Information Systems: An Empirical Study of Diversity in the Discipline and Its Journals
Journal of Management Information Systems
Quality, productivity and economic benefits of software reuse: a review of industrial studies
Empirical Software Engineering
Developing Search Strategies for Detecting Relevant Experiments for Systematic Reviews
ESEM '07 Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
Applying Systematic Reviews to Diverse Study Types: An Experience Report
ESEM '07 Proceedings of the First International Symposium on Empirical Software Engineering and Measurement
JADE: A software framework for developing multi-agent applications. Lessons learned
Information and Software Technology
Communications of the ACM - The psychology of security: why do good users make bad decisions?
Self-organization process in open-source software: An empirical study
Information and Software Technology
Software Process: Improvement and Practice - Advances in Software Process Improvement
Understanding knowledge sharing activities in free/open source software projects: An empirical study
Journal of Systems and Software
Journal of Systems and Software
Experiences with Mirth: an open source health care integration engine
Proceedings of the 30th international conference on Software engineering
Should You Adopt Open Source Software?
IEEE Software
Empirical studies of agile software development: A systematic review
Information and Software Technology
Challenges and strategies in the use of Open Source Software by Independent Software Vendors
Information and Software Technology
Software engineering article types: An analysis of the literature
Journal of Systems and Software
Information and Software Technology
Presenting software engineering results using structured abstracts: a randomised experiment
Empirical Software Engineering
Journal of Systems and Software
Strength of evidence in systematic reviews in software engineering
Proceedings of the Second ACM-IEEE international symposium on Empirical software engineering and measurement
Comparing Assessment Methodologies for Free/Open Source Software: OpenBRR and QSOS
PROFES '08 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Product-Focused Software Process Improvement
Using Static Analysis to Find Bugs
IEEE Software
Code Conjurer: Pulling Reusable Software out of Thin Air
IEEE Software
Systematic literature reviews in software engineering - A systematic literature review
Information and Software Technology
A systematic review of quasi-experiments in software engineering
Information and Software Technology
"Cloning considered harmful" considered harmful: patterns of cloning in software
Empirical Software Engineering
Understanding Open Source in an Industrial Context
SITIS '08 Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE International Conference on Signal Image Technology and Internet Based Systems
Development with Off-the-Shelf Components: 10 Facts
IEEE Software
An update to experimental models for validating computer technology
Journal of Systems and Software
A systematic review of search-based testing for non-functional system properties
Information and Software Technology
Open Source Development, Adoption and Innovation: IFIP Working Group 2.13 on Open Source Software, June 11-14, 2007, Limerick, Ireland
Objectivity in Research: Challenges from the Evidence-Based Paradigm
ASWEC '09 Proceedings of the 2009 Australian Software Engineering Conference
Open Source Ecosystems: Diverse Communities Interacting 5th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2009, Skvde, Sweden, June ... in Information and Communication Technology
Status of empirical research in software engineering
Proceedings of the 2006 international conference on Empirical software engineering issues: critical assessment and future directions
The transformation of open source software
MIS Quarterly
A state-of-the-practice survey of off-the-shelf component-based development processes
ICSR'06 Proceedings of the 9th international conference on Reuse of Off-the-Shelf Components
The future of research in free/open source software development
Proceedings of the FSE/SDP workshop on Future of software engineering research
A comparative study of challenges in integrating Open Source Software and Inner Source Software
Information and Software Technology
Design and evaluation of a process for identifying architecture patterns in open source software
ECSA'11 Proceedings of the 5th European conference on Software architecture
Computers and Electronics in Agriculture
Collaborative resolution of requirements mismatches when adopting open source components
REFSQ'12 Proceedings of the 18th international conference on Requirements Engineering: foundation for software quality
Has open source software been institutionalized in organizations or not?
Information and Software Technology
Strategies for software-based hybrid business models
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Adoption of open source software in organizations: A socio-cognitive perspective
The Journal of Strategic Information Systems
Research state of the art on GoF design patterns: A mapping study
Journal of Systems and Software
Software process modeling languages: A systematic literature review
Information and Software Technology
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Context: Open source software (OSS) is changing the way organizations develop, acquire, use, and commercialize software. Objective: This paper seeks to identify how organizations adopt OSS, classify the literature according to these ways of adopting OSS, and with a focus on software development evaluate the research on adoption of OSS in organizations. Method: Based on the systematic literature review method we reviewed publications from 24 journals and seven conference and workshop proceedings, published between 1998 and 2008. From a population of 24,289 papers, we identified 112 papers that provide empirical evidence on how organizations actually adopt OSS. Results: We show that adopting OSS involves more than simply using OSS products. We moreover provide a classification framework consisting of six distinctly different ways in which organizations adopt OSS. This framework is used to illustrate some of the opportunities and challenges organizations meet when approaching OSS, to show that OSS can be adopted successfully in different ways, and to organize and review existing research. We find that existing research on OSS adoption does not sufficiently describe the context of the organizations studied, and it fails to benefit fully from related research fields. While existing research covers a large number of topics, it contains very few closely related studies. To aid this situation, we offer directions for future research. Conclusion: The implications of our findings are twofold. On the one hand, practitioners should embrace the many opportunities OSS offers, but consciously evaluate the consequences of adopting it in their own context. They may use our framework and the success stories provided by the literature in their own evaluations. On the other hand, researchers should align their work, and perform more empirical research on topics that are important to organizations. Our framework may be used to position this research and to describe the context of the organization they are studying.