@article {1237,
	title = {Bridging the Gap between Agile and Free Software Approaches},
	journal = {International Journal of Open Source Software and Processes},
	volume = {1},
	year = {2009},
	month = {31/2009},
	pages = {58 - 71},
	abstract = {Agile sprints are short events where a small team collocates in order to work on particular aspects of the overall project for a short period of time. Sprinting is a process that has been observed also in Free Software projects: these two paradigms, sharing common principles and values have shown several commonalities of practice. This article evaluates the impact of sprinting on a Free Software project through the analysis of code repository logs: sprints from two Free Software projects (Plone and KDE PIM) are assessed and two hypotheses are formulated: do sprints increase productivity? Are Free Software projects more productive after sprints compared with before? The primary contribution of this article is to show how sprinting creates a large increase in productivity both during the event, and immediately after the event itself: this argues for more in-depth studies focussing on the nature of sprinting.},
	keywords = {agile, kde, lines of code, loc, plone, productivity, scm, scrum, sprints, subversion},
	issn = {1942-3934},
	doi = {10.4018/jossp.2009010104},
	author = {Paul J. Adams and Capiluppi, Andrea}
}
