What is Open Development? Ross Gardler OSS Watch Service Manager [email_address] http://www.oss-watch.ac.uk http://www.slideshare.net/rgardler Topic Tags: ossw_community2008 Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this presentation are © 2008 University of Oxford and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales licence .

Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this presentation are © 2008 University of Oxford

and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales licence .

Content What is Open Development? What is Sustainability? The Social system The Environment The Economy Reality

What is Open Development?

What is Sustainability?

The Social system

The Environment

The Economy

Reality

Open development is... A way for distributed team members to collaboratively develop a shared resource in a managed and sustainable way. Perfected in open source projects.

Key Attributes User engagement Transparency Collaboration Agility

User engagement

Transparency

Collaboration

Agility

What is sustainability? The ongoing process of achieving development or redevelopment that does not undermine its physical or social systems of support. http://www.smarte.org/smarte/resource/sn-glossary.xml The economy The environment The Social System

The ongoing process of achieving development or redevelopment that does not undermine its physical or social systems of support. http://www.smarte.org/smarte/resource/sn-glossary.xml

The economy

The environment

The Social System

The Social System Courtesy of Aristocrat http://www.flickr.com/photos/netphotography/2167896895/

"The real value of open source software is that it allows communities to work together and solve problems" - Irving Wladawsky-Berger, Head of IBM's e-business on demand initiative http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail495.html

"The real value of open source software is that it allows communities to work together and solve problems"

- Irving Wladawsky-Berger,

Head of IBM's e-business on demand initiative

http://www.itconversations.com/shows/detail495.html

“ I think that innovation happens in encounters when you encounter other people and also when you step over some boundary and you combine ideas that haven't been combined before.” Marten Mickos, (Sold MySQL for $1B)

“ I think that innovation happens in encounters when you encounter other people and also when you step over some boundary and you combine ideas that haven't been combined before.”

Marten Mickos, (Sold MySQL for $1B)

The $1b community “ You need a good user base before you start getting contributions.” Marten Mickos, (Sold MySQL for $1B)

“ You need a good user base before you start getting contributions.”

Marten Mickos, (Sold MySQL for $1B)

The Environment Courtesy of amymyou http://www.flickr.com/photos/65806584@N00/518271146/

Join an Existing Community Raise awareness of your own work Attract users from connected communities Learn from successful communities Stay abreast of current thinking Lose independence

Raise awareness of your own work

Attract users from connected communities

Learn from successful communities

Stay abreast of current thinking

Lose independence

Build a New Community Limited visibility – fewer users Retain full independence Do you really need it? What will it bring you? More recognition for initiators Little opportunity to learn from others

Limited visibility – fewer users

Retain full independence

Do you really need it?

What will it bring you?

More recognition for initiators

Little opportunity to learn from others

Build a Sub-community Best of both worlds Benefit. from experience of some Maintain some independence Little fish in big pond? Is these a suitable parent?

Best of both worlds

Benefit. from experience of some

Maintain some independence

Little fish in big pond?

Is these a suitable parent?

Four Essential Tools Web site Archived mailing list Issue tracker Version control

Web site

Archived mailing list

Issue tracker

Version control

Essential Processes Decision making Conflict Resolution Meritocracy of contribution Benevolent dictator Transparency Recognition & Reward

Decision making

Conflict Resolution

Meritocracy of contribution

Benevolent dictator

Transparency

Recognition & Reward

The Economy Courtesy of thefuturistics - http://www.flickr.com/photos/thefuturistics/2905639419/

Selfish Motivations? “ Those who contribute to us are as selfish as anybody else. There's rarely any charitable aspect of this.” Marten Mickos, (Sold MySQL for $1B)

“ Those who contribute to us are as selfish as anybody else. There's rarely any charitable aspect of this.”

Marten Mickos, (Sold MySQL for $1B)

Facilitate Exchange Give as much as yen can Take as much as you can Give everything Expect nothing Do it all in the open

Give as much as yen can

Take as much as you can

Give everything

Expect nothing

Do it all in the open

Monetisation Barter is a form of monetisation User feedback (market research) Evangelism (marketing) Code (product development) Most people don't/can't offer anything These people will pay (in private)

Barter is a form of monetisation

User feedback (market research)

Evangelism (marketing)

Code (product development)

Most people don't/can't offer anything

These people will pay (in private)

Courtesty of Perrenque http://www.flickr.com/photos/perrenque/2945816430/

Be Realistic, Be Sensible Building an open development project takes time “they” won't come flocking You will talk to yourself in the early days Start as you mean to go on Lead by example, others will follow Encourage everyone to help new users

Building an open development project takes time

“they” won't come flocking

You will talk to yourself in the early days

Start as you mean to go on

Lead by example, others will follow

Encourage everyone to help new users

OSS Watch Strategic Projects Open Development (community led) Sustainability planning (from bid stage) Community development effort Project communities Inter-project communities We are community members

Open Development (community led)

Sustainability planning (from bid stage)

Community development effort

Project communities

Inter-project communities

We are community members

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