GSAW-Tutorial-Proposal-Scacchi

Tutorial title:Beyond Open Architecture: Issues, Challenges, and Opportunities in Open Source Software Development (OSSD)Names and affiliations of the instructor(s)Walt ScacchiInstitute for Software ResearchUniversity of California, IrvineAddress, email, and telephone number of the instructor(s)Institute for Software ResearchBldg. 304, Room ICS2-202University of California, IrvineIrvine, CA 92797-3455 USAWscacchi@ics.uci.edu1-949-824-4130A description of the tutorialThis tutorial serves to introduce and educate software developers, system architects, project managers, program managers, and others in the state of the art in open source software development processes, work practices, and project community dynamics. The focus in to examine and review results from empirical studies of OSSD that have appeared in the past five or so years. These include studies that examine OSSD projects within both commercial and non-profit environments, as well as those that produce embedded or mission-critical applications, software development and dispersed teamwork collaboration tools. They also include review of recent government policies and initiatives within the DoD community that encourage the acquisition, development, and deployment of mission-critical software systems that embody “open architecture” (OA) concepts that include the integration of OSS systems/components. Overall, this introductory review will help establish a foundation for identifying issues ...