@article {1116, title = {Organizational learning in open-source software projects: an analysis of debugging data}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management}, volume = {50}, year = {2003}, month = {11/2003}, pages = {485 - 493}, abstract = {This paper studies organizational learning effects in open-source programming projects. Working with data from the Apache and Mozilla projects, the study focuses on three aspects of open-source development. The first is the use of the open-source approach as a hedge against system complexity. The second is the adaptive learning mechanisms realized by the debugging process. The last is the learning curve effects of project-specific experience on bug cycle times. The results indicate that while open-source development is subject to positive learning effects, these effects are not universal, with some projects deriving more benefit than others.}, keywords = {apache, bugs, complexity, mozilla}, issn = {0018-9391}, doi = {10.1109/TEM.2003.820136}, author = {Huntley, C.L.} }