This paper considers a dynamic model of the evolution of open source software projects, focusing on the evolution of quality, contributing programmers, and users who contribute customer support to other users. Programmers who have used open source software are motivated by reciprocal altruism to...

With a well-structured design of reusable software, it is possible to save costs in future software development cycles and generate added value. Nowadays it is difficult to quantify which grade of project structuring enhances its reusability. This is the question this paper aims to examine,...

This study examines the role of project managers' (PM) practical intelligence (PI) in the performance of software offshore outsourcing projects. Based on the extant literature, we conceptualize PI for PMs as their capability to resolve project related work problems, given their long-range and...

Part I: Conceptual Guide -- Chapter 1: Architecture and Construction -- Chapter 2: Planning and Scope -- Chapter 3: Teething Troubles -- Chapter 4: Greenfield Construction -- Chapter 5: Laying the Right Foundation -- Chapter 6: Renovating and Extending -- Chapter 7: Technical Debt -- Chapter 8:...

Software systems are not isolated but socio-technical systems (STS) that are components of broader systems with a human, social or organizational purpose. Socio-technical systems are large-scale systems that include but are not limited to software and hardware but also people, processes, and...