Abstract
Traditional release strategies have problems that can be overcome by time-based release management. Interviews with key members of seven prominent volunteer-based open source projects reveal time-based release's advantages. The authors discuss release planning's importance, the numerous challenges that can result from a lack of such planning, and time-based releases' benefits. They also discuss how to adopt time-based release. An online supplement provides additional information on the projects and interview guide discussed in the article.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Article number | 7057555 |
| Pages (from-to) | 55-63 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | IEEE Software |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue number | 2 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 1 Mar 2015 |
| Externally published | Yes |
Keywords
- open source projects
- open source software
- release management
- release strategies
- software development
- software engineering
- time-based releases