Paper Info
Title
Designers wanted: participation and the user experience in open source software development
Abstract
We present design concepts and related mockups that support the user experience for projects hosted on CodePlex, an open source project hosting website. Rationale for the design concepts is grounded in the open source literature and a thirteen-week study with the CodePlex team. We propose that fostering ways to build trust, providing opportunities for merit, supporting crossover of work activities, and supporting user experience (UX) best practices in CodePlex will help dismantle the social and technological barriers for UX and encourage UX designer participation. We address UX designer motivation as a challenge for participation and conclude that the mockups presented are a first step in furthering the user experience in open source software development.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1145/1518701.1518852
CHI
Keywords
Field
DocType
open source project,open source software development,ux designer participation,present design concept,user experience,codeplex team,ux designer motivation,related mockups,design concept,open source literature,software development,design,best practice
User experience design,Best practice,Computer science,Human–computer interaction,Open source software,Software development,Open-source software development
Conference
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
14
0.69
10
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Paula m. Bach1555.51
Robert DeLine22957210.35
John M. Carroll349501233.96