Call for Chapters
Topic:
Successful OSS Project Design and Implementation: Requirements, Tools, Social
Designs, Reward Structures and Coordination Methods
A book edited by Prof.
Nassim Belbaly, Hind Benbya and Regis Meissonier, GSCM - Montpellier Business,
Montpellier, France.
Proposals Submission Deadline:
October 31, 2006.
Full Chapters Due: February
15, 2007.
The book is scheduled
to be published by Gower Publishing
Limited.
Call for Chapters in pdf format
Introduction | Objectives
| Target Audience |
Recommended Topics
| Submission
Procedure
Objective of the book
Today, it has become clear that OSS represents
a significant portion of the software industry. Thus, the purpose of this book
is to provide readers with an overall understanding of the OSS approach by
explaining the features common to the products and processes of open source
development projects. Decision makers at different levels and in a variety
of fields need to understand the factors that contribute to the OSS adoption
and use effectiveness; the circumstances required, the approaches, tools,
social designs, reward structures and coordination methods. We invite contributions
that address professional and organizational issues related to the development,
management, adoption, and use of open source software. We strongly encourage
contributions incorporating creative or new applications of theory (e.g. using
existing theory from other domains to illuminate open source processes or
products or using open source example to describe existing theory), methodologies
(may include cases studies and experiments). Each chapter would present approximately
between 3,500 and 5,000 words, focusing on a particular perspective of the
recommended topics (see below). Such perspectives would be designed to help
developers, managers, academics and users to understand better the OSS phenomenon
and make more informed choices about OSS systems and products.
