Open Source Adoption Factors-A Systematic Literature Review

Nowadays, Free/Libre/OpenSource Software (FLOSS) is becoming a strategic option for many organizations in the public and the private sector. The lack of well defined guidelines for IT managers may jeopardize the FLOSS adoption process. FLOSS adoption procedures are developed ad-hoc in every organiza...

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Authors: Rea Sánchez, Víctor, Neira Ayuso, Pablo, Galindo Duarte, José Ángel, Benavides Cuevas, David Felipe
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2020
Country:España
Institution:Universidad de Sevilla (US)
Repository:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevilla
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/11441/126916
https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2993248
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Free software adoption
Open source adoption
Libre software adoption
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spelling Open Source Adoption Factors-A Systematic Literature ReviewRea Sánchez, VíctorNeira Ayuso, PabloGalindo Duarte, José ÁngelBenavides Cuevas, David FelipeFree software adoptionOpen source adoptionLibre software adoptionNowadays, Free/Libre/OpenSource Software (FLOSS) is becoming a strategic option for many organizations in the public and the private sector. The lack of well defined guidelines for IT managers may jeopardize the FLOSS adoption process. FLOSS adoption procedures are developed ad-hoc in every organization, hence, leading to potential wheel reinvention situations. Identifying factors that influence and determine adoption is crucial. In this article, we survey existing literature through systematic review methodologies to make visible the technical, organizational and economic factors that must be evaluated in the adoption process. We also provide hints for researchers on publications and the type of research that already covered this topic in the past. We studied almost 500 papers from which we selected a final set of 54 primary studies directly related to FLOSS adoption. We found twenty-two different adoption factors categorized as technical (nine), organizational (nine) and economic (four). This article aims to provide the basic building blocks to step into the creation of a guide for the FLOSS adoption. All the data we used in this study is available at this online repository: https://github.com/jagalindo/rea.victor.19-foss and doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2632543Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad RTI2018-101204-B-C22Agencia Estatal de Investigación TIN2017-90644-REDTIEEE Computer SocietyLenguajes y Sistemas InformáticosMinisterio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). EspañaAgencia Estatal de Investigación. España2020info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionapplication/pdfapplication/pdfhttps://hdl.handle.net/11441/126916https://doi.org/10.1109/ACCESS.2020.2993248reponame:idUS. Depósito de Investigación de la Universidad de Sevillainstname:Universidad de Sevilla (US)InglésIEEE Access, 8, 94594-94609.RTI2018-101204-B-C22TIN2017-90644-REDThttps://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/9089866info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:idus.us.es:11441/1269162026-06-17T12:51:07Z
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Rea Sánchez, Víctor
Free software adoption
Open source adoption
Libre software adoption
title_short Open Source Adoption Factors-A Systematic Literature Review
title_full Open Source Adoption Factors-A Systematic Literature Review
title_fullStr Open Source Adoption Factors-A Systematic Literature Review
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dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Rea Sánchez, Víctor
Neira Ayuso, Pablo
Galindo Duarte, José Ángel
Benavides Cuevas, David Felipe
author Rea Sánchez, Víctor
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Neira Ayuso, Pablo
Galindo Duarte, José Ángel
Benavides Cuevas, David Felipe
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Galindo Duarte, José Ángel
Benavides Cuevas, David Felipe
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Ministerio de Economía y Competitividad (MINECO). España
Agencia Estatal de Investigación. España
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Free software adoption
Open source adoption
Libre software adoption
topic Free software adoption
Open source adoption
Libre software adoption
description Nowadays, Free/Libre/OpenSource Software (FLOSS) is becoming a strategic option for many organizations in the public and the private sector. The lack of well defined guidelines for IT managers may jeopardize the FLOSS adoption process. FLOSS adoption procedures are developed ad-hoc in every organization, hence, leading to potential wheel reinvention situations. Identifying factors that influence and determine adoption is crucial. In this article, we survey existing literature through systematic review methodologies to make visible the technical, organizational and economic factors that must be evaluated in the adoption process. We also provide hints for researchers on publications and the type of research that already covered this topic in the past. We studied almost 500 papers from which we selected a final set of 54 primary studies directly related to FLOSS adoption. We found twenty-two different adoption factors categorized as technical (nine), organizational (nine) and economic (four). This article aims to provide the basic building blocks to step into the creation of a guide for the FLOSS adoption. All the data we used in this study is available at this online repository: https://github.com/jagalindo/rea.victor.19-foss and doi: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.2632543
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