| Grant number: | 14/21899-4 |
| Support Opportunities: | Regular Research Grants |
| Start date: | March 01, 2015 |
| End date: | August 31, 2017 |
| Field of knowledge: | Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Computer Science - Computing Methodologies and Techniques |
| Principal Investigator: | Marco Aurélio Gerosa |
| Grantee: | Marco Aurélio Gerosa |
| Host Institution: | Instituto de Matemática e Estatística (IME). Universidade de São Paulo (USP). São Paulo , SP, Brazil |
| Associated researchers: | Alfredo Goldman vel Lejbman ; Ana Paula Chaves Steinmacher ; Ana Paula Oliveira Bertholdo ; Anita Sarma ; Carlos Denner dos Santos Júnior ; David Redmiles ; Eduardo Martins Guerra ; Fabio Kon ; Fernando Marques Figueira Filho ; Gustavo Ansaldi Oliva ; Igor Fabio Steinmacher ; Igor Scaliante Wiese ; Maurício Finavaro Aniche ; Paulo Roberto Miranda Meirelles |
| Associated research grant(s): | 15/50084-1 - Software engineering newcomers barriers and motivations to onboard open source software projects, AP.R SPRINT |
Abstract
Free and open source software projects have been leveraging the growth of various sectors of society. Many projects are maintained or receive contributions of globally distributed volunteers. However, during the onboarding period, newcomer developers may be susceptible to several barriers such as expectation breakdowns, reception problems, setup misconfiguration, and learning curve, and many newcomers end up giving up. Previous studies investigated aspects of the joining process and motivation in open collaboration communities, but very few have focused on identifying and understanding the critical barriers newcomers face when placing their first contribution, a period that frequently leads to dropout. This is important for Open Source Software (OSS) projects, which receive contributions from many one-time contributors. In this project, we propose the extension of our previous qualitative study, the design of awareness mechanisms to mitigate onboarding barriers, the implementation of a portal for open source communities and the deployment and evaluation of this portal. Some mechanisms use mining software repositories techniques for identifying dependencies between co-changed artifacts, analyzing socio-technical networks, and identifying evidences of software quality problems. (AU)
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