OSPO, Key Lever For Open Source Sustainability

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1. Open Source Program Offices Key Lever for Open Source Sustainability Ana Jiménez Santamaría | Senior OSPO PM, Linux Foundation
2. Source: https://www.synopsys.com/content/dam/synopsys/sig-assets/reports/rep-ossra-2022.pdf
3. // High-level Advantages of Open Source Source: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/a-deep-dive-into-open-source-program-offices
6. Open Source Sustainability
7. Open Source Sustainability Ways to make it right within organizations
8. > Formerly at Bitergia Spent +3 years experience helping organizations in their InnerSource and Open Source metrics journey > OSPO PM at TODO Group of practitioners advocating for #OSPO education and adoption across organizations worldwide through networking, training, research, guides, tools and more > MSc in Data Science > Involved in other OS Communities & Projects
9. > In my other life… 󰠅󰠇󰏦
10. // Can organizations improve open source sustainability?
11. // Can organizations sustain healthy systems?
12. // Open Source Program Offices can be the vehicle to make that possible
13. No OSPO? Time to establish one Source: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/a-deep-dive-into-open-source-program-offices
16. Ad Hoc Open Source Strategic Open Source
17. // The value of OSPOs for communities & orgs
18. // OSPOs: Bringing a strategic & healthier relationship with Open Source > Manage compliance > Build more secure Software > Build a standardized process > Improve reputation > Expand access to open knowledge > Talent Retention > Achieve Interoperability “Your OSPO is not my OSPO”
19. Open Source Community • Stakeholders • Business Units • Teams • Contractors Matrix of Experts/ Coordinators OSPO Team OSPO team
20. // WORLD OF OPEN SOURCE EUROPE SPOTLIGHT
21. Advances in open source tech lead to obsolescence in older versions The OSPO helps with continuous innovation and risk mitigation Source: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/a-deep-dive-into-open-source-program-offices
22. Source: https://www.linuxfoundation.org/research/a-deep-dive-into-open-source-program-offices
23. Recommendations
24. // Different ways to engage in Open Source Business-Oriented Social-Oriented Educational-Oriented Enterprises Governments Universities
25. Business Oriented Enterprises Culture and Values Size and Teams Previous History with open source (ad-hoc efforts in the past) // Different ways to engage in Open Source
26. 🤔 Questions when starting an OSPO • Where does the organization want to use Open Source? • What organizational objectives are met by using Open Source? • What will the organization do to ensure achieving Open Source business objectives? 💻 󰢨󰢨 󰢨 Head of OSPO CTO / Executive Director / Stakeholders
27. 🤔 Questions when starting an OSPO • How would you build your minimum viable OSPO? • What would it be part of this MVO? • What resources and staff would you need? • Why this plan will succeed for this organization? 💻 󰢨󰢨 󰢨 Sender: Head of OSPO Requester: CTO / Executive Director / Stakeholders
28. ❏ Find a multidisciplinary leader // Head of the OSPO
29. // Build a Matrix of experts ❏ Define actors & external collaboration with foundations, communities, maintainers, etc. Matrix of Experts
30. // Enable the “open source culture” shift Open source is not Business model Open source should be treated as a commodity within organizations Transition to open source dynamics is hard within some sectors Need to understand the open source ecosystem and what “getting return” is under this environment https://innersourcecommons.org/
31. https://innersourcecommons.org/ ISPO WG Open source is not Business model Open source should be treated as a commodity within organizations Transition to open source dynamics is hard within some sectors Need to understand the open source ecosystem and what “getting return” is under this environment // Enable the “open source culture” shift
32. ❏ Virtual, CTO & engineering, R&D, etc // Choose the structure
33. ❏ Get everyone on the same page ❏ Preserve the OS Strategy for new generations // The Open Source Strategy Doc
34. // The Open Source Strategy Doc ❏ Communicate what you consider a sustainable project for your organisation ❏ Specify how you want developers to use and contribute code to open source projects ❏ Identify projects that are critical to the organization’s goals (and their dependencies) ❏ Define actors & external collaboration ❏ Provide guidelines for making new decisions (e.g How can make employees/teams open source advocates AND give back to the community?) ❏ Provide specifics on open source best practices to foster a sustainable ecosystem
35. // The Open Source Strategy Doc • Why and What • Global / Organizational level • Stakeholders • Managers • How to’s • Guidelines / Checklists • “Translates” the general strategy • Customized for each team
36. // Learn more Group Notes: Creating an OS Strategy OSPO Guides: https://todogroup.org/guides/
37. // Know where your organization is
38. Find an OSPO leader https://github.com/todogroup/job-descriptions Choose the Structure (Virtual, CTO & engineering, R&D, etc) // The Minimum Viable OSPO Define Responsibilities Resolve Challenges (culture, tooling, process and continuity) Minimum viable OSPO Workshop slide presentation
39. Conclusion
40. Environmentalist // The Different Hats of the OSPO 🎩 Facilitator Counselor 🌾 🏫 Sustain Advice Communicate
41. A Deep Dive into OSPOs OSPO Mind Map Setting an Open Source Strategy Outbound Open Source Guide OSPO 101 Training Course (Managers) // Resources: todogroup.org
42. Thank You!