@inproceedings{947068a6420e4d3698d1f9d699c9e942,
title = "Choosing an appropriate task to start with in open source software communities: A hard task",
abstract = "Open Source Software (OSS) projects leverage the contribution of outsiders. Usually these communities do not coordinate the work of the newcomers, who go to the issue trackers and self-select a task to start with. We found that {"}finding a way to start{"} is recurrently reported both by the literature and by practitioners as a barrier to onboard to an OSS project. We conducted a qualitative analysis with data obtained from semi-structured interviews with 36 subjects from 14 different projects. We used procedures of Grounded Theory - open and axial coding - to analyze the data. We found that newcomers are not enough confident to choose their initial task and they need information about the tasks or direction from the community.",
keywords = "Open Source Software, coordination, joining process, new developer, newcomers, onboarding, task selection",
author = "Igor Steinmacher and Gerosa, {Marco Aur{\'e}lio}",
year = "2014",
doi = "10.1007/978-3-319-10166-8_31",
language = "English (US)",
isbn = "9783319101651",
series = "Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)",
publisher = "Springer-Verlag",
pages = "349--356",
booktitle = "Collaboration and Technology - 20th International Conference, CRIWG 2014, Proceedings",
note = "20th International Conference on Collaboration and Technology, CRIWG 2014 ; Conference date: 07-09-2014 Through 10-09-2014",
}