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Isa Jahnke, Volker Mattick, Thomas Herrmann

Software-Development and Community-Cultivation: an Integrative Approach

Both technical and social system development are necessary and meaningful for cultivating a web-based community. On the basis of a case study (Inpud community), our contribution describes the technical development as well as the creation, support und fostering of social structures (sociotechnical cultivation). We point out that classical methods of software development, which are usually employed in creating technical systems, can help support the cultivation of a community. For that, one has to supplement the classical methods of software development with methods for community development (stages of maturation). Therefore we present an integrative approach that supports technical development and simultaneously takes into account the development of social systems. With this paper we would like to stimulate a discussion of the software development processes in context with a sociotechnical community cultivation.

i-com, Oldenbourg Wissenschaftsverlag

Print ISSN: 1618-162X
Volume: 04, 02/2005
Pages: 014 - 021

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