TY - GEN
T1 - A comparison of Icelandic software development and free and open source software processes
AU - Björgvinsson, Tryggvi
AU - Thorbergsson, Helgi
PY - 2007
Y1 - 2007
N2 - Iceland is a small, but very technologically knowledgeable country. Many Icelandic software companies aim for international market, even though software development is mostly small scale. Previous failures give rise to questions about how scalable Icelandic software companies are and what software processes they follow. Free and open source software (FOSS) projects are, in contrast, driven by a global community and almost always aimed at international market. The FOSS community has developed techniques and methods which have lead to highly successful projects, which are currently maintained by multiple interested developers spread around the world. This article compares FOSS development methods to techniques and processes used by Icelandic software companies, in hope of identifying possible improvements to Icelandic software development.
AB - Iceland is a small, but very technologically knowledgeable country. Many Icelandic software companies aim for international market, even though software development is mostly small scale. Previous failures give rise to questions about how scalable Icelandic software companies are and what software processes they follow. Free and open source software (FOSS) projects are, in contrast, driven by a global community and almost always aimed at international market. The FOSS community has developed techniques and methods which have lead to highly successful projects, which are currently maintained by multiple interested developers spread around the world. This article compares FOSS development methods to techniques and processes used by Icelandic software companies, in hope of identifying possible improvements to Icelandic software development.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:77953784003
SN - 9781615677221
T3 - International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice 2007, SETP 2007
SP - 168
EP - 175
BT - International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice 2007, SETP 2007
T2 - 2007 International Conference on Software Engineering Theory and Practice, SETP 2007
Y2 - 9 July 2007 through 12 July 2007
ER -