This document discusses open collaboration and why organizations should adopt more open and collaborative workflows. It notes that open source does not necessarily mean public, but rather refers to how something is made, through open collaboration. It advocates adopting the open source philosophy of forking workflows to allow for more collaborative and iterative work. Examples are given of governments and organizations that are adopting more open and collaborative approaches to code, data, and policy. The document concludes by suggesting some initial steps organizations can take, such as creating a feedback repository on an issue like lunch spots or recipes to start opening up their processes.

1. !Open Collaboration
Why you should give open source a second look
@benbalter
government@github.com
government.github.com

2. !Open Source ≠ Public

3. !Open Source ≠ Public
Open source — what you make
Open collaboration — how you make it

4. !Today’s Default Workflow

7. !What’s Open Source?

9. !
Forking the
workflow & philosophy
of open source

10. !
Technology is making it
easier to work together than alone

11. !
Why Open Source?

12. !
Why Open Source?
For Business?

13. !
Why Open Source?
For Business? For Government?

14. !
I can haz Open Collaboration?

15. !
Open Process

16. !
Constraints of Open Source

17. !
Constraints of Open Source
Electronic | Available | Asynchronous | Lock-free

18. !Open Source Flow

19. !Open Source Flow
Branch | Commit | Discuss | Merge

20. !
Open Product

21. !
Open Product
Lean | Iterative | Decentralized | Open

22. !
But wait, there’s more!
(than just code)

23. !
Open Culture

24. !
Open Culture
Information | Contribution |Trust | Friction

25. !
Open Culture
Information | Contribution |Trust | Friction
(and happiness)

26. !Who’s doing this?

27. !Who’s doing this?
Code | Data | Policy

32. !First Steps

33. !First Steps
The technology is the easy part

34. !First Steps
The technology is the easy part
Grab an org

35. !First Steps
The technology is the easy part
Grab an org
Createafeedbackrepo

36. !First Steps
The technology is the easy part
Grab an org
Createafeedbackrepo
Lunch spots near the office

37. !First Steps
The technology is the easy part
Grab an org
Createafeedbackrepo
Lunch spots near the officeTaco recipes

38. !First Steps
The technology is the easy part
Grab an org
Createafeedbackrepo
Lunch spots near the officeTaco recipes
public data

39. !First Steps
The technology is the easy part
Grab an org
Createafeedbackrepo
Lunch spots near the officeTaco recipes
oh, and code
public data

40. !Open Collaboration
Why you should give open source a second look
@benbalter
government@github.com
government.github.com