Open Source & Inner Sourcing development analytics
Presentation for OpenExpo SMAC meeting, focus on the Analytics part and how Bitergia tools can be used for analyzing software development activities in Open Source communities, but also in "inner sourcing" approach
use of open source development techniques within the corporation” Tim O'Reilly (2000) Companies look for: Quality Reuse Innovation Inner visibility Collaboration Motivation Open Source development offers: Transparency Collaboration Self-organization Meritocracy
The issue Community manager Project manager Business manager HR manager What's the activity by project? What is the project contributors rentention rate? Who are our core developers? How much does a contributor coding, answering emails, code reviewing, etc.? What are the most relevant topics in the mailing lists? Which companies have entered in the project? Which ones have left? How active is my company in the whole project? Who are the top contributors that I could hire? Where are my bottlenecks? How long does it take an issue to get solved?
is to know" "If you can not measure it, you can not improve it" Lord Kelvin (Sir William Thomson) (1824 - 1907) Photo from: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Thomson