Software Sourcing in the Age of Open Leveraging the Unknown Workforce /

• Main Authors: Ågerfalk, Pär J. (Author), Fitzgerald, Brian (Author), Stol, Klaas-Jan (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2015.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Computer Science,
• Subjects: Computer science.; Organization.; Planning.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Software engineering.; Industrial organization.; Computer Science.; Software Engineering.; IT in Business.; Industrial Organization.

This SpringerBrief discusses multiple forms of open-source-inspired outsourcing: opensourcing, innersourcing and crowdsourcing. It uses a framework-based comparison to explain the strengths and weaknesses of each approach. By pointing out characteristics along with benefits and pitfalls of each appr...