| Presentation | 2021-01-26 An Investigation of Discussion Span in Open Source Projects Masanari Kondo, Shinobu Saito, Yukako Iimura, Eunjong Choi, Osamu Mizuno, |
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| Abstract(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Abstract(in English) | To remedy the lack of human resources in software development in companies, we can use crowdsourcing and inner source to assign the tasks to software developers. These methods are employed on the premise that developers can work remotely. Hence, it is difficult to take communication in person (synchronous communication); instead, developers take communication via the internet such as email (asynchronous communication). However, asynchronous communication may cause some problems because of the delay in communication. In this report, we investigate communication in open source projects to find time spans (discussion spans) that are permissible for developers in asynchronous communication. We choose open source projects as they are the most popular software development that mainly uses asynchronous communication. Our results show that (1) discussion spans vary with the development phases, and (2) the case where discussion spans are relatively long may not be applicable to short span developments while the case where discussion spans are relatively short is within one day. |
| Keyword(in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Keyword(in English) | open source project / remote work / asynchronous communication / issue-tracking system / pull request |
| Paper # | MSS2020-33,SS2020-18 |
| Date of Issue | 2021-01-19 (MSS, SS) |
| Conference Information | |
| Committee | MSS / SS |
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| Conference Date | 2021/1/26(2days) |
| Place (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Place (in English) | Online |
| Topics (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
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| Chair | Shigemasa Takai(Osaka Univ.) / Takashi Kobayashi(Tokyo Inst. of Tech.) |
| Vice Chair | Atsuo Ozaki(Osaka Inst. of Tech.) / Kozo Okano(Shinshu Univ.) |
| Secretary | Atsuo Ozaki(Setsunan Univ.) / Kozo Okano(Hokkaido Univ.) |
| Assistant | Naoki Hayashi(Osaka Univ.) / Shinpei Ogata(Shinshu Univ.) |
| Paper Information | |
| Registration To | Technical Committee on Mathematical Systems Science and its applications / Technical Committee on Software Science |
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| Language | JPN |
| Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Sub Title (in Japanese) | (See Japanese page) |
| Title (in English) | An Investigation of Discussion Span in Open Source Projects |
| Sub Title (in English) | |
| Keyword(1) | open source project |
| Keyword(2) | remote work |
| Keyword(3) | asynchronous communication |
| Keyword(4) | issue-tracking system |
| Keyword(5) | pull request |
| 1st Author's Name | Masanari Kondo |
| 1st Author's Affiliation | Kyoto Institute of Technology(Kyoto Inst. Tech.) |
| 2nd Author's Name | Shinobu Saito |
| 2nd Author's Affiliation | NTT Software Innovation Center(NTT SIC) |
| 3rd Author's Name | Yukako Iimura |
| 3rd Author's Affiliation | NTT Software Innovation Center(NTT SIC) |
| 4th Author's Name | Eunjong Choi |
| 4th Author's Affiliation | Kyoto Institute of Technology(Kyoto Inst. Tech.) |
| 5th Author's Name | Osamu Mizuno |
| 5th Author's Affiliation | Kyoto Institute of Technology(Kyoto Inst. Tech.) |
| Date | 2021-01-26 |
| Paper # | MSS2020-33,SS2020-18 |
| Volume (vol) | vol.120 |
| Number (no) | MSS-342,SS-343 |
| Page | pp.pp.25-30(MSS), pp.25-30(SS), |
| #Pages | 6 |
| Date of Issue | 2021-01-19 (MSS, SS) |