A networked software development effort is any software development effort that is carried out through a network of multiple, heterogeneous organizations. A core constant behind a networked software development scenario is the emergence of development communities, i.e., social networks across which certain conditions and organizational/social arrangements are constantly true, either explicitly (i.e. enforced by a managing body) or by emergence (e.g. as a consequence of contextual conditions and other emerging relations). Producing software better in these conditions means researching the...