This book describes the state-of-the-art of software ecosystems. It constitutes a fundamental step towards an empirically based, nuanced understanding of the implications for management, governance, and control of software ecosystems. This is the first book of its kind dedicated to this emerging field and offers guidelines on how to analyze software ecosystems; methods for managing and growing; methods on transitioning from a closed software organization to an open one; and instruments for dealing with open source, licensing issues, product management and app stores. It is unique in bringing together industry experiences, academic views and tackling challenges such as the definition of fundamental concepts of software ecosystems, describing those forces that influence its development and lifecycles, and the provision of methods for the governance of software ecosystems. This book is an essential starting point for software industry researchers, product managers, and entrepreneurs.
Foreword Preface PART I: INTRODUCTION TO SOFTWARE ECOSYSTEMS 1. Defining Software Ecosystems: A Survey of Software Platforms and Business Network Governance Slinger Jansen and Michael Cusumano 2. Business Network Management as a Survival Strategy Slinger Jansen, Sjaak Brinkkemper and Anthony Finkelstein 3. Guiding Principles of Natural Ecosystems and their Applicability to Software Ecosystems Deepak Dhungana, Iris Groher, Elisabeth Schludermann and Stefan Biffl 4. A Systematic Mapping Study on Software Ecosystems through a Three-dimensional Perspective Olavo Barbosa, Rodrigo Pereira, Carina Alves, Claudia Werner and Slinger Jansen PART II: BUSINESS NETWORK MANAGEMENT 5. Managing Software Ecosystems through Partnering Joey van Angeren, Karl Michael Popp, Jaap Kabbedijk and Slinger Jansen 6. The Challenge of Heterogeneously Licensed Systems in Open Architecture Software Ecosystems Thomas A. Alspaugh, Hazeline U. Asuncion and Walt Scacchi 7. Framing Management Practices for Platform Integrators Martti Viljainen and Marjo Kauppinen 8. Architectural Openness: Comparing Five Mobile Ecosystem Architectures Mohsen Anvaari and Slinger Jansen 9. Shades of Grey: Opening up a Software Producing Organization with the Open Software Enterprise Model Slinger Jansen, Sjaak Brinkkemper, Jurriaan Souer and Lutzen Luinenburg 10. Quality Review and Approval Methods for Extensions in Software Ecosystems Slinger Jansen and Guido van Capelleveen PART III: MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF SOFTWARE ECOSYSTEMS 11. Measuring the Health of a Business Ecosystem Erik den Hartigh, Wouter Visscher, Michiel Tol and Adolfo Jimenez Salas 12. Analysing Ecosystems for Open Source Software Developer Communities Mathieu Goeminne and Tom Mens 13. Open Source Ecosystems: A Tale of Two Cases Terhi Kilamo, Imed Hammouda, Tommi Mikkonen and Timo Aaltonen 14. The Technological Roadmap of Cisco's Business Ecosystem Yan-Ru Li 15. Unraveling Ruby Ecosystem Dynamics: A Quantitative Network Analysis Jaap Kabbedijk and Slinger Jansen Index