Context: Onboarding is a process that helps newcomers become integrated members of their organisation. Successful onboarding programs can result in increased performance in conventional organisations, but there is little guidance on how to onboard new developers in Open Source Software (OSS) projects. Goal: In this study, we examine how mentoring and project characteristics influence the effectiveness and efficiency of the onboarding process. We study a collaboration program involving a total of nine Open Source Software projects and more than 120 students from different universities around the world as part of Facebook's Education Modernization Program. Method: We use quantitative measurements of source code repositories, issue tracking sy...
Part 3: FLOSS AdoptionInternational audienceVoluntary contributions play an important role in mainta...
Background: Recruitment and onboarding of software developers are essential steps in software develo...
Open source software (OSS) relies on volunteers’ and newcomers’ contributions to survive. Open sourc...
Context: Onboarding is a process that helps newcomers become integrated members of their organisatio...
Nowadays, many software projects are partially or completely open-source based. There is an increasi...
In today’s world, many companies turn to open source projects as a source fo...
<p>Data corresponding to an empirical study of onboarding in the context of OSS projects. Specifical...
<p>Data corresponding to an empirical study of onboarding in the context of OSS projects. Specifical...
Onboarding is the process of supporting new employees regarding their social and performance adjustm...
The success of open source software (OSS) projects have been studied in previous research. This pape...
The retention of newcomers is of vital relevance for initiatives developing Free Libre Open Source S...
The retention of newcomers is of vital relevance for initiatives developing Free Libre Open Source S...
The recent and fast expansion of OSS (Open-source software) communities has fostered research on how...
Part 6: Testing and Assurance on Open Source ProjectsInternational audienceWhile onboarding an open ...
The acquisition of new knowledge is a critical task for software development. IT companies spend con...
Part 3: FLOSS AdoptionInternational audienceVoluntary contributions play an important role in mainta...
Background: Recruitment and onboarding of software developers are essential steps in software develo...
Open source software (OSS) relies on volunteers’ and newcomers’ contributions to survive. Open sourc...
Context: Onboarding is a process that helps newcomers become integrated members of their organisatio...
Nowadays, many software projects are partially or completely open-source based. There is an increasi...
In today’s world, many companies turn to open source projects as a source fo...
<p>Data corresponding to an empirical study of onboarding in the context of OSS projects. Specifical...
<p>Data corresponding to an empirical study of onboarding in the context of OSS projects. Specifical...
Onboarding is the process of supporting new employees regarding their social and performance adjustm...
The success of open source software (OSS) projects have been studied in previous research. This pape...
The retention of newcomers is of vital relevance for initiatives developing Free Libre Open Source S...
The retention of newcomers is of vital relevance for initiatives developing Free Libre Open Source S...
The recent and fast expansion of OSS (Open-source software) communities has fostered research on how...
Part 6: Testing and Assurance on Open Source ProjectsInternational audienceWhile onboarding an open ...
The acquisition of new knowledge is a critical task for software development. IT companies spend con...
Part 3: FLOSS AdoptionInternational audienceVoluntary contributions play an important role in mainta...
Background: Recruitment and onboarding of software developers are essential steps in software develo...
Open source software (OSS) relies on volunteers’ and newcomers’ contributions to survive. Open sourc...