Open Source Organizational Culture
"Storm-Olsen, Marius" <[email protected]> Tue, 22 Apr 2014 14:01:38 +0000
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Hi,
As part of the research into a thesis on Open Source Organizational Culture=
, I want to send out a short survey to the Apache organization. However, gi=
ven that the Apache community is so large, with numerous individual project=
s under its umbrella, I wanted to check with the community list first; both=
to seek explicit permission for doing so, and to figure out what would be =
the best way to send out such a survey without "spamming" the community.
The survey is short (10-15 minutes), and the results - with raw but anonymi=
zed data - will be public, and available to the whole Open Source community=
. The larger the participation, the more statistically relevant data, and t=
he better we can interpret the results across OSS as a whole.
I have included the email I would want to send out below, for your consider=
ation.
Sincerely,
Marius Storm-Olsen
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Hi,
I would like to request your participation in a survey on
Open Source Organizational Culture,
which will provide valuable insight into how Open Source projects are run, =
how their participants act, how they might change going forward, and how pa=
rticular Open Source projects compare with one another and with traditional=
business cultures. The survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete.
http://bit.ly/OSOCAS2014
Why?
----
The survey will be used as part of my thesis on Open Source Organizational =
Culture at BI Norwegian Business School (www.bi.no/en<http://www.bi.no/en>,=
or www.bi.edu<http://www.bi.edu>), but in true Open Source spirit the raw =
- but anonymized - results will be open for all. So, your Open Source proje=
ct will be able to massage and dissect the results any way you wish, and se=
e how you compare with other projects out there.
Up until now, most research in Open Source culture has been based on mining=
mailing lists to find out how people act, who they interact with, and how =
projects organize themselves.
In this research we would rather ask the participants directly about how a =
project is managed and what should change for the project to be spectacular=
ly successful.
When?
-----
The survey is open now through May 1st.
Where?
------
The bit.ly address brings you to the following survey
https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1587798/osocas-2014
Remember that you can save your progress at any time and come back to the s=
urvey at a later point when you have time to finish it.
Who are you?
------------
My name is Marius Storm-Olsen, and I am currently working on a thesis on Op=
en Source Organizational Culture. I've been an active part of Open Source f=
or years, most notably on the Qt and Git projects. Although I have my own e=
xperiences to draw on in the thesis, they do not qualify for the Open Sourc=
e community at large, hence the survey.
How to help?
------------
If you want to help, feel free to forward this email to any Open Source pro=
ject you would want to participate the survey. Once you have send the invit=
ation, please either send me an email with the name of the project, or upda=
te the table shown on
https://github.com/mstormo/OSOCAS/wiki
I do hope you can participate, and thank you for your consideration!
Best regards,
Marius Storm-Olsen
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Hi,<br>
<br>
As part of the research into a thesis on Open Source Organizational Culture=
, I want to send out a short survey to the Apache organization. However, gi=
ven that the Apache community is so large, with numerous individual project=
s under its umbrella, I wanted to
check with the community list first; both to seek explicit permission for =
doing so, and to figure out what would be the best way to send out such a s=
urvey without "spamming" the community.<br>
<br>
The survey is short (10-15 minutes), and the results - with raw but anonymi=
zed data - will be public, and available to the whole Open Source community=
. The larger the participation, the more statistically relevant data, and t=
he better we can interpret the results
across OSS as a whole.<br>
<br>
I have included the email I would want to send out below, for your consider=
ation.<br>
<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Marius Storm-Olsen<br>
<br>
------ <br>
<br>
Hi,<br>
<br>
I would like to request your participation in a survey on<br>
Open Source Organizational Culture, <br>
which will provide valuable insight into how Open Source projects are run, =
how their participants act, how they might change going forward, and how pa=
rticular Open Source projects compare with one another and with traditional=
business cultures. The survey will
take 10-15 minutes to complete.<br>
<br>
<a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"http://bit.ly=
/OSOCAS2014">http://bit.ly/OSOCAS2014</a><br>
<br>
<br>
Why?<br>
----<br>
The survey will be used as part of my thesis on Open Source Organizational =
Culture at BI Norwegian Business School (<a class=3D"moz-txt-link-abbreviat=
ed" href=3D"http://www.bi.no/en">www.bi.no/en</a>, or
<a class=3D"moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href=3D"http://www.bi.edu">www.bi.edu=
</a>), but in true Open Source spirit the raw - but anonymized - results wi=
ll be open for all. So, your Open Source project will be able to massage an=
d dissect the results any way you wish,
and see how you compare with other projects out there.<br>
<br>
Up until now, most research in Open Source culture has been based on mining=
mailing lists to find out how people act, who they interact with, and how =
projects organize themselves.<br>
<br>
In this research we would rather ask the participants directly about how a =
project is managed and what should change for the project to be spectacular=
ly successful.<br>
<br>
When?<br>
-----<br>
<br>
The survey is open now through May 1st.<br>
<br>
Where?<br>
------<br>
<br>
The bit.ly address brings you to the following survey<br>
<br>
<a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"https:/=
/www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1587798/osocas-2014">
https://www.surveygizmo.com/s3/1587798/osocas-2014</a><br>
<br>
Remember that you can save your progress at any time and come back to the s=
urvey at a later point when you have time to finish it.<br>
<br>
Who are you?<br>
------------<br>
My name is Marius Storm-Olsen, and I am currently working on a thesis on Op=
en Source Organizational Culture. I've been an active part of Open Source f=
or years, most notably on the Qt and Git projects. Although I have my own e=
xperiences to draw on in the thesis,
they do not qualify for the Open Source community at large, hence the surv=
ey.<br>
<br>
How to help?<br>
------------<br>
If you want to help, feel free to forward this email to any Open Source pro=
ject you would want to participate the survey. Once you have send the invit=
ation, please either send me an email with the name of the project, or upda=
te the table shown on<br>
<br>
<a class=3D"moz-txt-link-freetext" href=3D"https://githu=
b.com/mstormo/OSOCAS/wiki">
https://github.com/mstormo/OSOCAS/wiki</a><br>
<br>
<br>
I do hope you can participate, and thank you for your consideration!<br>
<br>
<br>
Best regards,<br>
Marius Storm-Olsen<br>
<br>
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