Open source

XIV.6 November + December 2007
Page: 33
Digital Citation

Managing a project with open source components


Authors:
Mitch Bayersdorfer

Managing large software projects is daunting. The demands of changing technology, customer requirements, schedules, and business competition can drive you to the breaking point. Depending on your needs, there is immeasurable value in open source code. Although it takes oversight, legal work, training, and additional management to accomplish, use of open source can dramatically improve your time to market and the quality of your product. Imagine the following situation: You are leading a mission-critical project for a large corporation, you're behind schedule, and you are understaffed and frantic. What to do? You start looking for answers on the Internet.…




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