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1 1 \section{Introduction}
2 2  
3 3 E-government projects differ from others due to their complexity and
4   -extension\cite{anthopoulos2016egovernment}. They are complex because they combine construction, innovation, information \& communications technologies, politics and social impact. Their extension, on the other hand, is related to their scope, target audience, organizational size, time and the corresponding resistance
5   -to change. Government-academia researches can be considered a way to create novelty for e-government projects and to meet the needs of society. However, this collaborative work also has challenges, such as to organize the project, to align goals, to synchronize the pace of both sides\cite{sandberg2017iacollaboration}, and to overcome the failure
6   -trend of e-government projects \cite{goldfinch2007pessimism}.
  4 +extension \cite{anthopoulos2016egovernment}. They are complex because they
  5 +combine construction, innovation, information \& communications technologies,
  6 +politics and social impact. Their extension, on the other hand, is related to
  7 +their scope, target audience, organizational size, time and the corresponding
  8 +resistance to change. Government-academia researches can be considered a way to
  9 +create novelty for e-government projects and to meet the needs of society.
  10 +However, this collaborative work also has challenges, such as to organize the
  11 +project, to align goals, to synchronize the pace of both government-academia
  12 +sides \cite{sandberg2017iacollaboration}, and to overcome the failure trend of
  13 +e-government projects \cite{goldfinch2007pessimism}.
7 14  
8   -Poor project management is one of the main reasons why
9   -e-government projects fail\cite{anthopoulos2016egovernment}. In Brazil, while
10   -industry and academia prefer agile approaches to manage their projects, government organizations generally use traditional
11   -methods to discipline its software development. When government and academia decide to join forces to develop an e-government solution, these differences in project management become an issue. Changing the software development process in a large-size institution represents a complex organizational change that has impacts on structure, culture, and management practices \cite{nerur2015challenges}, which will limit its feasibility in projects with tight deadlines and short budgets.
  15 +Poor project management is one of the main reasons why e-government projects
  16 +fail \cite{anthopoulos2016egovernment}. In Brazil, while academia increases its
  17 +researches regarding open source and agile approaches benefits to project
  18 +management, government organizations remain using traditional methods to
  19 +discipline its software development. When government and academia decide to
  20 +join forces to develop an e-government solution, these differences in project
  21 +management become an issue. Changing the software development process in a
  22 +large-size institution represents a complex organizational disturbance that has
  23 +impacts on structure, culture, and management practices
  24 +\cite{nerur2015challenges}, which will limit its feasibility in projects with
  25 +tight deadlines and short budgets.
12 26  
13   -This paper presents open source practices adopted to harmonize differences between government and academia project management. We map
14   -the management practices of the referred project by examining a 30-month government-academia collaboration case. Then we show benefits of this empirical model, using collected data from repository management tools and from project participants surveyed: analysts from the Brazilian Ministry of Planning (MPOG) and developers from the University of Brasília and the University of São Paulo. At the end, we compare the results of this current work with lessons learned in a previous paper\cite{meirelles2017spb}.
  27 +This paper presents empirical practices adopted to harmonize differences
  28 +between government and academia project management. We map the management
  29 +practices of the referred project by examining a 30-month government-academia
  30 +collaboration case. Then we show benefits of this empirical model, using
  31 +collected data from repository management tools and from project participants
  32 +surveyed: analysts from the Brazilian Ministry of Planning (MPOG) and
  33 +developers from the University of Brasília and the University of São Paulo.
15 34  
16   -Section \ref{sec:relatedwork} describes related work. Section
17   -\ref{sec:researchdesign} explains our research questions and research
18   -methodology with a brief description of the case study. Section \ref{sec:results}
19   -presents results derived from our quantitative and qualitative analyses.
20   -Finally, we discuss our findings and future work in section \ref{sec:discussion}.
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