4 Theses

We are happy to facilitate your (student) final thesis. There are basically three main options: a research thesis a startup thesis an industry thesis Let's look at these options in turn. Research Thesis FAU is a research university and it relies on you to carry the flame. Writi...

Abstract: Although open source and the related processes have become an inherent part of the computer industry, companies and other contributors are often reluctant when it comes to active involvement and participation. The reasons are manifold. Strong ones are that most open source projects ar...

Abstract: What license to choose or change? That's a question many open source projects will face at least once. Besides philosophical reasons to favor one type of license over another there is the concern whether the chosen license has an impact on the project's success. But does the license r...

Abstract:  The ability to increase the engagement of a social software platform’s users is a key influencing factor for the platform’s competitiveness and growth. In this context “gamification” is a major topic. This bachelor thesis deals with the formation and validation of a theory on the ef...

Abstract: Although Scrum is relatively new to the academic world, there is a rising awareness to apply agile methods, not only in the professional software industry but also as part of the software engineering curriculum. The agile practices of Scrum were, in the context of this thesis, adopted...

We currently have plenty of Bachelor and Master Thesis opportunities available that focus on product management. Specifically, these are case-writing theses. In such a thesis, you will work with an industry partner (and us) to analyse a specific situation that the industry partner once faced. Typica...

Abstract: Die vorliegende Arbeit untersucht 18 Executive Summaries, welche in der Lehrveranstaltung „The Firm“ an der Professur für Open Source Software in den Jahren 2010 und 2011 entstanden sind. In der Analyse werden die Leitfragen des Handbuchs zur Businessplan-Erstellung des netzwerk nordb...

Abstract: Although open source software has developed from a negligible phenomenon to an integral part of today’s business world, there are still companies which cannot see its commercial viability. As a consequence, these companies keep on ignoring this wide-spread trend, therefore missing pos...

Herr Meier was staring at this quarter's revenue numbers for their enterprise software product. He should be very happy: Substantial maintenance revenue from several large customers was making the product profitable. Yet he wasn't. A deluge of one-off change requests from these large customers was s...

About two years ago, a company local to the Nuremberg area had to make a decision whether to open source their closed source enterprise software. This is a difficult decision: Does open sourcing mean you'll lose your bread-winning revenue streams? Or will you open up new markets and win big? In this...