A methodology for managing FOSS migration projects

Angel Goñi; Maheshwar Boodraj; Yordanis Cabreja

doi:10.1007/978-3-642-55128-4_24

A methodology for managing FOSS migration projects

Angel Goñi, Maheshwar Boodraj, Yordanis Cabreja

Information Technology and Supply Chain Management Department

Universidad de las Ciencias Informáticas

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Abstract

Since 2005, the Free Software Center (CESOL) at the University of Information Science (UCI) in Havana, Cuba, has conducted several free and open source software (FOSS) migration projects for various organizations. The experience gained from these projects enabled the creation of a FOSS Migration Methodology which documented how the technical elements of a project of this kind should be executed. Despite the usefulness of this methodology, the projects that have been undertaken experienced difficulties that were, in most cases, directly related to their management. This research aims to improve the methodology and minimize management-related challenges thereby improving the quality of migration projects. The proposed methodology was applied in a project that ran in a higher education organization and the results prove that the methodology enhanced the quality of the migration project.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Open Source Software
Subtitle of host publication	Mobile Open Source Technologies - 10th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2014, Proceedings
Editors	Luis Corral, Alberto Sillitti, Giancarlo Succi, Jelena Vlasenko, Anthony I. Wasserman
Pages	172-175
Number of pages	4
ISBN (Electronic)	9783642551277
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55128-4_24
State	Published - 2014

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Name	IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology
Volume	427
ISSN (Print)	1868-4238
ISSN (Electronic)	1868-422X

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Goñi, A., Boodraj, M., & Cabreja, Y. (2014). A methodology for managing FOSS migration projects. In L. Corral, A. Sillitti, G. Succi, J. Vlasenko, & A. I. Wasserman (Eds.), Open Source Software: Mobile Open Source Technologies - 10th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2014, Proceedings (pp. 172-175). (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 427). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55128-4_24

Goñi, Angel ; Boodraj, Maheshwar ; Cabreja, Yordanis. / A methodology for managing FOSS migration projects. Open Source Software: Mobile Open Source Technologies - 10th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2014, Proceedings. editor / Luis Corral ; Alberto Sillitti ; Giancarlo Succi ; Jelena Vlasenko ; Anthony I. Wasserman. 2014. pp. 172-175 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology).

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Goñi, A, Boodraj, M & Cabreja, Y 2014, A methodology for managing FOSS migration projects. in L Corral, A Sillitti, G Succi, J Vlasenko & AI Wasserman (eds), Open Source Software: Mobile Open Source Technologies - 10th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2014, Proceedings. IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology, vol. 427, pp. 172-175. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-55128-4_24

A methodology for managing FOSS migration projects. / Goñi, Angel; Boodraj, Maheshwar; Cabreja, Yordanis.
Open Source Software: Mobile Open Source Technologies - 10th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2014, Proceedings. ed. / Luis Corral; Alberto Sillitti; Giancarlo Succi; Jelena Vlasenko; Anthony I. Wasserman. 2014. p. 172-175 (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology; Vol. 427).

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Goñi A, Boodraj M, Cabreja Y. A methodology for managing FOSS migration projects. In Corral L, Sillitti A, Succi G, Vlasenko J, Wasserman AI, editors, Open Source Software: Mobile Open Source Technologies - 10th IFIP WG 2.13 International Conference on Open Source Systems, OSS 2014, Proceedings. 2014. p. 172-175. (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology). doi: 10.1007/978-3-642-55128-4_24

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