Organized by category
Note: This is a quite random selection of "infrastructure" literature curated by NYU's IILJ project on "infrastructures as regulation" (InfraReg): www.iilj.org/infrareg
Peer Production https://mako.cc/academic/benkler_shaw_hill-peer_production_ci.pdf
Data about OSS
Open data / access to data
Case Studies on specific domains/Genre
Tools for managing OSS communities: https://todogroup.org/guides/management-tools/
Technical Debt
Internal collaboration practices
Intentionality behind the role of a maintainer
Governance structure
Why software is not being maintained? Another way to think about it: competencies
Time use for maintainers
Economics of engagement
Ideas for how to spend money
Onboarding
How maintainers think about success
(open ended) What are you most concerned about / what keeps you up at night? (Already in a survey)
Repeat survey on a regular basis? Track over time
Demographics: type of project, respondent demographics
Tool ecosystem
Maintainer's self perceived role
How close are you to burnout?
Does your work feel rewarding?
What are outcome measures: satisfaction with process, satisfaction with outcomes?
Culture component: values like meritocracy
Can we reuse job satisfaction work and measures?
If we interview: