Open Source Software Governance: A Case Study Evaluation of Supply Chain Management Best Practices

Harutyunyan N, Riehle D (2023)

Publication Language: English

Publication Type: Conference contribution, Original article

Publication year: 2023

Event location: Maui, HI US

URI: https://oss.cs.fau.de/wp-content/uploads/2022/09/hicss-2023-harutyunyan-riehlepdf.pdf

Abstract

Corporate open source governance aims to manage the increasing use of free/libre and open source software (FLOSS) in companies. To avoid the risks of the ungoverned use, companies need to establish processes addressing license compliance, component approval, and supply chain management (SCM). We proposed a set of industry-inspired best practices for supply chain management organized into a handbook. To evaluate the handbook, we ran a one-year case study at a large enterprise software company, where we performed semi-structured interviews, workshops, and direct observations. We assessed the initial situation of open source governance, the implementation of the proposed SCM best practices, and the resulting impact. We report the results of this study by demonstrating and discussing the artifacts created while the case study company implemented the SCM-focused governance process. The evaluation case study enabled the real-life application and the improvement of the proposed best practices.

Authors with CRIS profile

Nikolay Harutyunyan Professur für Open Source Software Dirk Riehle Professur für Open Source Software

How to cite

APA:

Harutyunyan, N., & Riehle, D. (2023). Open Source Software Governance: A Case Study Evaluation of Supply Chain Management Best Practices. In Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS '23. Maui, HI, US.

MLA:

Harutyunyan, Nikolay, and Dirk Riehle. "Open Source Software Governance: A Case Study Evaluation of Supply Chain Management Best Practices." Proceedings of the 56th Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS '23, Maui, HI 2023.

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