Paper Info
Title
Workplace warriors: identifying team practices of appropriation in software ecosystems
Abstract
Since the 1990s, the forms of production, distribution, configuration and appropriation of software have changed fundamentally. Nowadays, software is often embedded in software ecosystems, i.e. in complex interrelations between different stakeholders who are connected by a shared technological platform. In our paper, we investigate how small software teams deal with the challenges of appropriating and configuring software in the Eclipse ecosystem for their daily work. We empirically identify three different approaches for dealing with appropriation in software ecosystems which are represented by the "ideal types" lone warrior, centralized organization, and collegial collaboration. Based on a discussion of these strategies and the underlying appropriation practices we found in the field, we suggest theoretical and practical implications for supporting appropriation in software ecosystems.
Year
DOI
Venue
2011
10.1145/1984642.1984656
CHASE
Keywords
Field
DocType
small software teams deal,configuring software,underlying appropriation practice,eclipse ecosystem,software ecosystem,workplace warrior,team practice,collegial collaboration,different approach,complex interrelation,centralized organization,different stakeholders,software engineering,product distribution
Appropriation,Systems engineering,Computer science,Knowledge management,Software,Software development,Social software engineering
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
5
0.47
8
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Sebastian Draxler1687.66
Adrian Jung281.06
Alexander Boden322220.00
Gunnar Stevens443350.81