diff --git a/oss2018/content/01-introduction.tex b/oss2018/content/01-introduction.tex index 8f4eb12..86c6f26 100644 --- a/oss2018/content/01-introduction.tex +++ b/oss2018/content/01-introduction.tex @@ -13,28 +13,29 @@ government and academia \cite{anthopoulos2016egovernment}, and overcoming the failure trend of e-government projects \cite{goldfinch2007pessimism}. Poor project management is one of the causes of e-government projects failure -\cite{anthopoulos2016egovernment} which in turn grows into a critical issue +\cite{anthopoulos2016egovernment} which, in turn, grows into a critical issue when government and academia combine efforts to develop an e-gov solution. -Academia commonly works on cutting edge of technology while the government is -still relying on traditional techniques. Changing the development process in +Academia commonly works on cutting edge technology while the government +still relies on traditional techniques. Changing the development process in large-size institutions represents an organizational disturbance with impacts on structure, culture, and management practices \cite{nerur2015challenges}. As -a result, government and academia have to harmonize their view to increasing +a result, government and academia have to harmonize their view to increase the chances of success in projects with tight deadlines and short budgets. -Due to the plurality of the Free Libre Open Source (FLOSS) ecosystems and the -diversity of organizations which currently employ agile methodologies, -procedures from both may be an option for harmonizing different management -approaches. Open communication, project modularity, the community of users, and -fast response to problems are just a few of the FLOSS ecosystem practices -\cite{capiluppi, warsta}. Individuals and interactions, working software, -customer collaboration, responding to change \cite{beck} are the core of agile -development. With this in mind, FLOSS and agile practices may improve the process -management and the cooperation of distinct teams. +We believe that procedures from Free/Libre and Open Source Software (FLOSS) and +agile values may be an option for harmonizing different management approaches, +due to the plurality of FLOSS ecosystems and the diversity favored by agile +methodologies. Open communication, project modularity, the community of users, +and fast response to problems are just a few of the FLOSS ecosystem practices +\cite{capiluppi, warsta}. Individuals and interactions, working software, +customer collaboration, responding to change \cite{beck} are the values agile +development. With this in mind, FLOSS and agile practices may improve the +process management and the cooperation of distinct teams. -In this work, we investigate the empirical method built during 30 months of a +In this work, we investigate the empirical method developed during 30 months of a government-academia project that helped to harmonize the differences between both organization management cultures. We trace the best practices based on FLOSS ecosystems and agile methodology. Finally, we collect data from the -project repository and survey the project participant points of view to -extracting a set of methods which favor government-academia collaboration. +project repository and survey the project participants points of view to +extract a set of best practices to conduct effective government-academia +collaboration. -- libgit2 0.21.2