Most succesful , and large open source projects seem to follow the Benevolent Dictator style organization. But I was wondering if there are any success stories with agile development in Open source. When refering to Open source I mean large net-community driven development, not established teams doing Open source under the same roof.
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I haven't really looked at the code, but I know the "Fitnesse" project uses pretty strict Agile development practices. In this case Bob Martin might be sort of a benevolent dictator who oversees the code, but they're using a lot of Agile practices like TDD, etc.
I'm not sure if they're using SCRUM specifically though.
Andy White
2009-04-14 00:01:09
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I think this is based on a misunderstanding. If you have a look at the Agile Manifesto, most open-source projects are "agile".
Few if any open source projects follow the exact practices of XP or SCRUM (etc), but then the environment is different.
Charlie Martin
2009-04-14 00:03:02
Yes this is exactly what I'm curious about, philosophically Agile and OpenSource go together, but Agile is not community based and OSource lacks "stakeholders" of the Scrum type, so the method needs tweaking, and that tweaking is what I'm looking for.
Robert Gould
2009-04-14 00:13:22
You tell me what this "Agile" is that you speak of, and I'll tell you how it fits. It's not like there's a specific agile methodology; the manifesto seems to apply, but you have to think about what "business" and "stakeholder" mean in context.
Charlie Martin
2009-04-14 00:54:08
@Robert Gould: how is Agile not community based? All stakeholders are a community by definition. Open Source usually means the developers ARE the stakeholders. Can't get more agile than that?
S.Lott
2009-04-15 20:31:53
@Robert, I think you may not have the question clear in your own mind. Do you mean "I don't see how to fit specific agile method X into open source without changes?" I agree that's tough.
Charlie Martin
2009-04-15 22:57:52