RISCOSS: Managing Risk and Costs in Open Source Software Adoption

Alberto Siena, Angelo Susi, Cedric Thomas, Claudia Ayala, Daniel Gross, David Ameller, Dolors Costal, Fabio Mancinelli, Jorge Martín, Kirsten Haaland, Lidia López, Manuel Dominguez-Dorado, Marc Oriol, Maria Carmela Annosi, Mirko Morandini, Nikolas Galanis, Nili Bergida, Olivier Bouzereau, Oscar Franco Bedoya, Pop Ramsamy, Ron Ben-Jacob, Ron Kenett, Ruediger Glott, Stijn Bannier, Xavier Franch, Yehuda Blumenfeld

2014

Abstract

Open Source Software (OSS) has become a strategic asset in software development, and open source communities behind OSS are a key player in the field. By 2016 an estimated 95% of all commercial software packages will include OSS. This extended adoption is yet not avoiding failure rates in OSS projects to be as high as 50%. Inadequate risk management has been identified among the top mistakes to avoid when implementing OSS-based solutions. Understanding, managing and mitigating OSS adoption risks is therefore crucial to avoid potentially significant adverse impact on the business. This chapter introduces the RISCOSS decision support platform. RISCOSS develops a risk managementbased methodology to facilitate the adoption of open source code into mainstream products and services. RISCOSS develops a methodology and a software platform that integrate the whole decision-making chain, from technology criteria to strategic concerns. Using advanced software engineering techniques and risk management methodologies, RISCOSS develops innovative tools and methods to identify, manage and mitigate risks of integrating third-party open source software. RISCOSS is the only platform to deliver a complete solution rather than a piecemeal approach to enable mainstream product developers to safely integrate open source software in their developments. Itself an open source project, RISCOSS is open to third party contributions to help the platform grow in functionalities and make the transition to a fully marketable product or service. The platform will be validated against a collection of use cases coming from different types of organizations and emergent small OSS products.

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Ayala C., Ramsamy P., Martín J., Franco Bedoya O., Galanis N., Oriol M., Thomas C., Mancinelli F., Blumenfeld Y., Ben-Jacob R., Bouzereau O., Dominguez-Dorado M., Bergida N., Kenett R., Costal D., López L., Franch X., Ameller D., Annosi M., Haaland K., Susi A., Gross D., Bannier S., Siena A., Morandini M. and Glott R. (2014). RISCOSS: Managing Risk and Costs in Open Source Software Adoption . In European IST Projects - The Quest for Excellence Towards 2020 - EPS Vienna, ISBN 978-989-758-101-4, pages 56-77. DOI: 10.5220/0006144600560077


in Bibtex Style

@conference{eps vienna14,
author={Claudia Ayala and Pop Ramsamy and Jorge Martín and Oscar Franco Bedoya and Nikolas Galanis and Marc Oriol and Cedric Thomas and Fabio Mancinelli and Yehuda Blumenfeld and Ron Ben-Jacob and Olivier Bouzereau and Manuel Dominguez-Dorado and Nili Bergida and Ron Kenett and Dolors Costal and Lidia López and Xavier Franch and David Ameller and Maria Carmela Annosi and Kirsten Haaland and Angelo Susi and Daniel Gross and Stijn Bannier and Alberto Siena and Mirko Morandini and Ruediger Glott},
title={RISCOSS: Managing Risk and Costs in Open Source Software Adoption},
booktitle={European IST Projects - The Quest for Excellence Towards 2020 - EPS Vienna,},
year={2014},
pages={56-77},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0006144600560077},
isbn={978-989-758-101-4},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - European IST Projects - The Quest for Excellence Towards 2020 - EPS Vienna,
TI - RISCOSS: Managing Risk and Costs in Open Source Software Adoption
SN - 978-989-758-101-4
AU - Ayala C.
AU - Ramsamy P.
AU - Martín J.
AU - Franco Bedoya O.
AU - Galanis N.
AU - Oriol M.
AU - Thomas C.
AU - Mancinelli F.
AU - Blumenfeld Y.
AU - Ben-Jacob R.
AU - Bouzereau O.
AU - Dominguez-Dorado M.
AU - Bergida N.
AU - Kenett R.
AU - Costal D.
AU - López L.
AU - Franch X.
AU - Ameller D.
AU - Annosi M.
AU - Haaland K.
AU - Susi A.
AU - Gross D.
AU - Bannier S.
AU - Siena A.
AU - Morandini M.
AU - Glott R.
PY - 2014
SP - 56
EP - 77
DO - 10.5220/0006144600560077