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Why InnerSource metrics are different
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Transcript
Measuring Velocity With A Teaspoon Why InnerSource Metrics Are Different
@DuaneOBrien PayPal OASIS Group
[email protected]
• InnerSource Crash Course • Open Source Motivations & Metrics
• InnerSource Motivations & Metrics • Comparisons Overview
InnerSource Crash Course
Brazil submits a pull request to Core
Core sits on it … … …
It’s eventually re-written
What was learned? ?
InnerSource Learns From Apache
Trusted Committers
Code Mentorship
Rewarding!
Patch gets merged
Cheeses Yell Elsewhere
But what about the TC?
Refactoring clues
Lazy Documentation!
Singapore submits a PR
Who’s the TC now?
InnerSourceCommons.org
Free Stuff!
InnerSource
Open Source Motivations And Metrics
Disclaimer
Overlords By Lombroso (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Agendas By Compo (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via
Wikimedia Commons
Budgets By Lucideer (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or
GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
Budget Cuts By No machine-readable author provided. Za assumed (based
on copyright claims). [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html), CC-BY-SA-3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/) or CC BY-SA 2.5-2.0-1.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5-2.0-1.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
When you say “Agendas…”
Employee Development By Technologyrecipe (Own work) [CC BY-SA 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)],
via Wikimedia Commons
Publicity By Success10 (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0) or
GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html)], via Wikimedia Commons
Strategy By !. "#$%& (K. Post) (burusi.files.wordpress.com) [Public domain], via
Wikimedia Commons
Steering By Garitzko (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Possible Metrics
Employee Satisfaction By Ricardo Hirata (http://www.netpromoter.com.br) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
Public Perception See page for author [CC BY 4.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0)],
via Wikimedia Commons
Adoption By Creative Commons (Creative Commons/The Power of Open) [CC
BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Community Size By Romaine (Own work) [CC0], via Wikimedia Commons
Trusted Committers
etc etc etc
InnerSource Motivations And Metrics
Not Small Companies By Netha Hussain (Own work) [CC BY-SA
3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Not Young Companies By Netha Hussain (Own work) [CC BY-SA
3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Overlords By Lombroso (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Technological Silos By Virtual Steve (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5
(http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)], via Wikimedia Commons
Legacy Code By born1945 (Flickr: IBM 403 Accounting Machine) [CC
BY-SA 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
\ By Zabou (Own work) [CC BY 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0)], via
Wikimedia Commons
Reasons To Try InnerSource
Silo-Busting By Virtual Steve (Own work) [CC BY-SA 2.5 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5)],
via Wikimedia Commons
Attack Legacy Code By Vajrapani666 (Own work) [GFDL (http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/fdl.html) or
CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)], via Wikimedia Commons
Building Bridges By Ollie Atkins, chief White House photographer at
the time. See ARC [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons
Full-Stack Engineers By Dougeisenstein (Own work) [CC BY-SA 3.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0)],
via Wikimedia Commons
Compare Motivations Open Source • Employee Development • Publicity Gain
• Strategic Initiative • Steering Technology InnerSource • Silo Busting • Legacy Code • Building Bridges • Full Stack Engineers
What You Might Measure
Committer Growth
Mentorship Cycles
Velocity By Pablo Straub (Own work) [Public domain], via Wikimedia
Commons
New Collaborations By 燃⽟玉 (File:Elementary particle interactions.svg) [Public domain], via
Wikimedia Commons
Individual Status
etc etc etc
Compare Motivations Open Source • Employee Development • Publicity Gain
• Strategic Initiative • Steering Technology InnerSource • Silo Busting • Legacy Code • Building Bridges • Full Stack Engineers
Compare Metrics Open Source • Employee Satisfaction • Public Sentiment
• Adoption • Community Size • Trusted Committers InnerSource • Mentorship Cycles • Velocity • New Collaborations • Individual Status • Trusted Committers
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@DuaneOBrien By Jon Ashcroft (theilluminated) [CC BY 2.0 (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0)],
via Wikimedia Commons