Further study

[Anthro Pologist]

Thanks for the ideas, Phil.  I'm also limited by what my supervisor
considers to be anthropology.  I'll put these ideas to her.

Phil Bull wrote:
> Hi Murray,
>
> On Wed, 2010-02-17 at 18:34 +1100, Anthro Pologist wrote:
>   
>> Over the next couple of years I need to a more in-depth study of...
>> well, any culture.  I will give what time I can to the Ubuntu doc team
>> anyway, but if I were to continue to use this team for my research,
>> does anyone have any ideas of topics that would be useful?  My studies
>> are meant to be helpful to the group I'm studying and this could be
>> looking at the benefits of the meritocratic structure or of meeting at
>> conventions.  It has been suggested that the best way to get the most
>> out of (corporate) virtual teams is to treat the members as volunteers
>> so I'm also looking at the idea of finding a corporate team to study
>> and comparing their culture to a team like this one.
>>     
>
> Sorry for taking a while to get back to you. Something that I'd be
> interested in learning about is what variables affect the volume of
> contribution to the team. When one or two people start working on a new
> project, momentum usually builds and more people start joining in.
> Otherwise there tends to be a low level of activity and not much gets
> done.
>
> Another topic I'm interested in is how the team is effectively
> segregated into several different sub-teams (Ubuntu, Kubuntu, Xubuntu,
> server guide etc.). Is this an effective or necessary way of working,
> and is there value in keeping everyone under the same umbrella? How much
> crossover is there between groups?
>
> I hope these are useful suggestions. Don't worry if not, I won't be
> disappointed! At the end of the day, it's much more important that you
> research topics that interest you.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Phil
>
>   
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