KevinCrowston BarbaraScozzi Bug Fixing Practices within Free/Libre Open Source Software Development Teams. J. Database Manag. 19 1-30 2008 KevinCrowston BarbaraScozzi The role of mental models in FLOSS development work practices. Springer 203 91-97 2006 KevinCrowston BarbaraScozzi Coordination practices within FLOSS development teams: The bug fixing process. INSTICC Press 21-30 2004 K.Crowston B.Scozzi Open Source Software projects as Virtual Organizations: Competency Rallying for Software Development IEE Proceedings - Software Engineering 149 3-17 2002 KevinCrowston BarbaraScozzi Open source software projects as virtual organisations: competency rallying for software development. IEE Proceedings - Software 149 3-17 2002 IlariaGiannoccaro PierpaoloPontrandolfo BarbaraScozzi A fuzzy echelon approach for inventory management in supply chains. European Journal of Operational Research 149 185-196 2003 BarbaraScozzi KevinCrowston U.YelizEseryel QingLi Shared Mental Models among Open Source Software Developers. IEEE Computer Society 306 2008 BarbaraScozzi KevinCrowston U.YelizEseryel QingLi Shared Mental Models among Open Source Software Developers 306-306 2008 Shared understandings are important for software development as they guide effective individual contribu- tions and coordination of the software development proc- ess. However, it is not clear if such understandings can be developed in highly distributed groups that do not regu- larly meet face-to-face. In this paper, we present the re- sults of a preliminary analysis of shared mental models within a Free/Libre Open Source Software (FLOSS) de- velopment team. We analyzed mental models using cogni- tive mapping and process analysis and compared the models of four developers from the Apache Lucene Java project. Our analysis suggests that there is a high level of sharing among core developers but the sharing is not complete, with some differences related to tenure and role in the project. Finally, we suggest directions for further research on shared mental models in FLOSS teams.