Investigating the Success of OSS Software Projects

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Author(s): Amir Hossein Ghapanchi (Griffith University, Australia)
Copyright: 2015
Pages: 11
Source title: Human Factors in Software Development and Design
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Saqib Saeed (University of Dammam, Saudi Arabia), Imran Sarwar Bajwa (The Islamia University of Bahawalpur, Pakistan)and Zaigham Mahmood (University of Derby, UK & North West University, South Africa)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-4666-6485-2.ch005

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Information Science Reference / Systems & Software Design / Systems and Software Engineering

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Abstract

Whereas there are several instances of Open Source Software (OSS) projects that have achieved huge success in the market, a high failure rate has been reported for OSS projects. This study conducts a literature survey to gain insight into existing studies on the success of OSS projects. More specifically, this study seeks to extract the critical success factors for OSS projects. Based on the literature survey in this study, the authors found determinants of success in OSS projects and classified them into three broad categories of project traits, product traits, and network structure. These findings have important implications for both the OSS research community and OSS practitioners.

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