TY - CHAP
T1 - How to support newcomers onboarding to open source software projects
AU - Steinmacher, Igor
AU - Gerosa, Marco Aurélio
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - While onboarding an open source software (OSS) project, contributors face many different barriers that hinder their contribution, leading in many cases to dropout. Many projects leverage the contribution of outsiders and the sustainability of the project relies on retaining some of these newcomers. In this research, we aim at understanding the barriers that hinder onboarding of newcomers to OSS projects, by means of different empirical approaches, and proposing a set of strategies that can be used to support the first step of newcomers.
AB - While onboarding an open source software (OSS) project, contributors face many different barriers that hinder their contribution, leading in many cases to dropout. Many projects leverage the contribution of outsiders and the sustainability of the project relies on retaining some of these newcomers. In this research, we aim at understanding the barriers that hinder onboarding of newcomers to OSS projects, by means of different empirical approaches, and proposing a set of strategies that can be used to support the first step of newcomers.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-642-55128-4_29
DO - 10.1007/978-3-642-55128-4_29
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:84927762147
T3 - IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
SP - 199
EP - 201
BT - Open Source Software
A2 - Corral, Luis
A2 - Sillitti, Alberto
A2 - Succi, Giancarlo
A2 - Vlasenko, Jelena
A2 - Wasserman, Anthony I.
PB - Springer New York LLC
ER -