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12-16-2013

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Previous research shows that organization architecture relates to the architecture of a product under development, and recent studies compare proprietary versus open source software (OSS) as examples of integrated and distributed forms of software development, respectively. This study goes a step further to investigate the correspondence of organization and product architectures by comparing single-vendor with community OSS. Using a problem-solving perspective, the authors seek to explain when and why vendor firms use a community to solve their problems. Furthermore, the combination of literature-based insights with field interviews supports an exploration of the assumption that single-vendor OSS exhibits a less modular product architecture than community OSS. With design structure matrices, this study analyzes differences in software code architecture and specifies the studied relationship.

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A problem-solving perspective on governance and product design in open source software projects: Conceptual issues and exploratory evidence

Previous research shows that organization architecture relates to the architecture of a product under development, and recent studies compare proprietary versus open source software (OSS) as examples of integrated and distributed forms of software development, respectively. This study goes a step further to investigate the correspondence of organization and product architectures by comparing single-vendor with community OSS. Using a problem-solving perspective, the authors seek to explain when and why vendor firms use a community to solve their problems. Furthermore, the combination of literature-based insights with field interviews supports an exploration of the assumption that single-vendor OSS exhibits a less modular product architecture than community OSS. With design structure matrices, this study analyzes differences in software code architecture and specifies the studied relationship.