<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="6.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>47</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Kevin Crowston</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Barbara Scozzi</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The role of mental models in FLOSS development work practices</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">OSS2006: Open Source Systems (IFIP 2.13)</style></secondary-title><tertiary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IFIP International Federation for Information Processing</style></tertiary-title></titles><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2006</style></year></dates><urls><related-urls><url><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">http://ifipwg213.org/sites/flosshub.org/files/The role of mental medels.pdf</style></url></related-urls></urls><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Springer</style></publisher><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">91 - 97</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Shared understandings are important for software development as they guide to effective individual contributions to, and coordination of, the software development process. In this paper, we present the theoretical background and research design for a proposed study on shared mental models within Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) development teams. In particular, we plan to perform case studies on several projects and to use cognitive maps analysis to represent and compare the mental models of the involved members so as to gauge the degree of common knowledge and the development of a collective mind as well as to better understand the reasons that underlie team members actions and the way common mental models, if any, arise.
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