Eclipse: Building a Stronger Community

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Eclipse Building a Stronger Community

• Summary of Research Proposal
• Jonathon Cummings
• Tony ODriscoll

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Primary Research Question and Focus Areas
What does it take to build a stronger community?
VALUES
What values are most RELEVANT to community
members?
ACTIVITIES
What is the NATURE of community member work
activity?
TOOLS
How are tools USED to conduct community work
activity?
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Values Questions (Fedora Example)
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Activities Questions (Fedora Example)
Activity Description
Ambassadorial Spreading the word about the Project
Debugging Identifying or squashing bugs for the Project
Designing Designing artwork or fonts for the Project
Infrastructure Providing servers, tools, or utilities for the Project
Maintaining/Packaging Maintaining a packaging for the Projects
Marketing Marketing the Project
Programming Developing code for the Project
Testing Testing packages for the Project
Translating Translating languages for the Project
Writing Writing Documentation for the Project
Other Other Projects not listed above
Need a chart that introduces notion of Activities
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Nature of Work Activity Questions
Activity Description
Duration Time spent on activity
Interdepedance Extent to which activity can be done alone
Resources Extent to which activity requires additional information
Stability Extent to which the activity is changing
Urgency Extent to which activity required immediate feedback
Difficulty Extent to which activity is challenging to do
Complexity Extent to which activity has interconnected parts
Novelty Extent to which activity is similar to something done before
Efficiency Extent to which activity process was efficient
Adherence Extent to which activity process adhered to a schedule
Quality Extent to which outcome was high quality
Success Extent to which outcome exceeded expectations
Need a chart that introduces notion of Activities
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Communication and Workflow Tools
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Tool Questions

• Solve Problems
• Execute Tasks
• Keep Track of Changes
• Prioritize Effort
• Organize Information

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Research Analysis
The research analysis consists of three discrete
phases
DESCRIBE
Describe survey findings
CLUSTER
Cluster data into groupings based on factor
analysis
COMPARE
Compare and contrast clusters
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Research Benefits

• Clarity around values (and value clusters) that
  matter most within and across roles
• Clarity around the nature of the work activity
  (and work activity clusters) within and across
  roles
• Clarity around the tools (and tool clusters)
  within and across roles
• Clarity on alignment across Values, Practices and
  Tools within and across roles

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Research Project Stages
Survey Development and Pilot
Survey Deployments
Survey Data Analysis
Interviews
Report
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Questions
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Thank You !