TY - JOUR
T1 - Empirical study of open source software selection for adoption, based on software quality characteristics
AU - Sarrab, Mohamed
AU - Rehman, Osama M.Hussain
PY - 2014/3
Y1 - 2014/3
N2 - Currently, open source software (OSS) products have started to become popular in the market as an alternative to traditional proprietary or closed source software. Governments and organizations are beginning to adopt OSS on a large scale and several governmental initiatives have encouraged the use of OSS in the private sector. One major issue for the government and private sector is the selection of appropriate OSS. This paper uses new internal quality characteristics for selecting OSS that can be added to the dimensions of DeLone and McLean information systems' model. Through this study, the quality characteristics are organized in a two level hierarchy, which list characteristics and sub-characteristics that are interconnected with three main dimensions: system quality, information quality and service quality. These characteristic dimensions are tailored to the criteria having been built from literature study and standard for software quality and guidelines. This paper presents case study results of applying the proposed quality characteristic on eight different open source software that are divided between open source network tools and learning management systems.
AB - Currently, open source software (OSS) products have started to become popular in the market as an alternative to traditional proprietary or closed source software. Governments and organizations are beginning to adopt OSS on a large scale and several governmental initiatives have encouraged the use of OSS in the private sector. One major issue for the government and private sector is the selection of appropriate OSS. This paper uses new internal quality characteristics for selecting OSS that can be added to the dimensions of DeLone and McLean information systems' model. Through this study, the quality characteristics are organized in a two level hierarchy, which list characteristics and sub-characteristics that are interconnected with three main dimensions: system quality, information quality and service quality. These characteristic dimensions are tailored to the criteria having been built from literature study and standard for software quality and guidelines. This paper presents case study results of applying the proposed quality characteristic on eight different open source software that are divided between open source network tools and learning management systems.
KW - Information quality
KW - Open source software (OSS)
KW - Quality characteristics
KW - Selection criteria
KW - Service quality
KW - System quality
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U2 - 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2013.12.001
DO - 10.1016/j.advengsoft.2013.12.001
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:84892601718
SN - 0965-9978
VL - 69
SP - 1
EP - 11
JO - Advances in Engineering Software
JF - Advances in Engineering Software
ER -