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Noah
regards himself/herself as:
An expert user in IFHOSP sites
has published one or more article(s) on the topic of Open Source in an academic publication
1. What are the objectives of an IFHOSP site?
1.1
To make useful software available to the world.
To distribute software that is useful
1.2
To facilitate the development of better software.
To facilitate software development in a better way
1.3
To facilitate the development of software that is affordable by everyone.
To facilitate the development of software that is affordable by everyone
1.4
To provide a forum for communication between developers of Open Source software.
To facilitate communication between developers
1.5
To provide training grounds for new developers.
To provide training grounds for new developers
2. What tools can be employed on an IFHOSP site and what are the important features and usability factors for each of them?
No Comment
3. What work practices and culture should be promoted?
3.1
Software Design Patterns.
Standards in software design
3.2
Usability.
Easy to use, high usability
3.3
Development practices along the lines of Extreme Programming.
The practices of Extreme Programming
3.4
Clarity, simpleness of code.
Clarity, simpleness of code
3.5
Strict adherence to the selecetd style for the programming language used.
Standards coding style
4. What are factors that movitate users to use an IFHOSP site?
4.1
Quality of contents.
Quality information such as news and advice
Quality documentation or meta documentation such as roadmaps
4.2
Ease of access, including searchability, online documentation, site structure etc.
Quality documentation or meta documentation such as roadmaps
Well designed site structure for navigation
Availability of search function(s)
4.3
Responsiveness of development teams.
The development team of the IFHOSP is responsive
4.4
Meta documentation like roadmap, presentation of team members, explanation of philosophy and rules.
Quality documentation or meta documentation such as roadmaps
5. What are barriers that prevent users from using an IFHOSP site?
5.1
Finding it.
Poor publicity, cannot find the site
5.2
Poor user interface.
Counterproductive user interface
5.3
Poor quality of information.
Lack of documentation and/or information or poor quality documentation and/or information so that users could not work out how to use the site
5.4
Low bandwidth.
Low bandwidth, hard to access
6. What are the positive results for users in using an IFHOSP site?
6.1
No Comment.
7. What are the negative results for users in using an IFHOSP site?
7.1
No Comment.
8. What are factors that motivate adminstrators to setup or maintain an IFHOSP site?
8.1
Personal interest.
Personal Interest
8.2
Sense of giving back to the community.
To get involved, support and give back to the community
8.3
As a way to market the name of the company to prospective employees or customers.
To promote the name of a software company to prospective employees or customers
8.4
As a way to get a piece of software adopted by a larger community, thus distributing the effort of maintaining and improving it over a larger number of hands.
To get a piece of software adopted by a larger community, thus distributing the effort of maintaining and improving it over a larger number of hands
9. What are barriers that prevent adminstrators from setting up or maintaining an IFHOSP site?
9.1
Available time.
Lack of time
10. What are the positive results for adminstrators in setting up or maintaining an IFHOSP site?
10.1
No Comment.
11. What are the negative results for adminstrators in setting up or maintaining an IFHOSP site?
11.1
No Comment.
12. What are other important issues in IFHOSP?
12.1
With sites like SourceForge, there is little need to set up your own infrastructure for an Open Source project. You can focus on more productive things, like the improvement of your favourite piece of software.
IFHOSP sites need to focus on maximising productivity
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