Measurement of Processes in Open Source Software Development

Purpose:This paper attempts to present a set of basic metrics which can be used to measure basic development processes in an OSS environment.Design/Methodology/Approach:Reviewing the earlier literature helped in exploring the metrics for measuring the development processes in OSS environment.Results:The OSSD is different from traditional software development because of its open development environment. The development processes are different and the measures required to assess them have to be different.