Introductiontoopendevelopment

1. 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 <ul><ul><li>Unless otherwise indicated, all materials in this presentation are © 2008 University of Oxford </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>and are licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.0 England & Wales licence . </li></ul></ul>

2. Content <ul><li>What is Open Development? </li></ul><ul><li>What is Sustainability? </li></ul><ul><ul><li>The Social system </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>The Environment </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>The Economy </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Reality </li></ul>

3. 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.

4. Key Attributes <ul><li>User engagement </li></ul><ul><li>Transparency </li></ul><ul><li>Collaboration </li></ul><ul><li>Agility </li></ul>

5. What is sustainability? <ul><li>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 </li></ul><ul><ul><li>The economy </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>The environment </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>The Social System </li></ul></ul>

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

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

8. <ul><li>“ 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.” </li></ul><ul><li>Marten Mickos, (Sold MySQL for $1B) </li></ul>

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

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

12. Join an Existing Community <ul><li>Raise awareness of your own work </li></ul><ul><li>Attract users from connected communities </li></ul><ul><li>Learn from successful communities </li></ul><ul><li>Stay abreast of current thinking </li></ul><ul><li>Lose independence </li></ul>

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

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

15. Four Essential Tools <ul><li>Web site </li></ul><ul><li>Archived mailing list </li></ul><ul><li>Issue tracker </li></ul><ul><li>Version control </li></ul>

16. Essential Processes <ul><li>Decision making </li></ul><ul><li>Conflict Resolution </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Meritocracy of contribution </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Benevolent dictator </li></ul></ul><ul><li>Transparency </li></ul><ul><li>Recognition & Reward </li></ul>

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

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

19. Facilitate Exchange <ul><li>Give as much as yen can </li></ul><ul><li>Take as much as you can </li></ul><ul><li>Give everything </li></ul><ul><li>Expect nothing </li></ul><ul><li>Do it all in the open </li></ul>

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

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

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

23. OSS Watch Strategic Projects <ul><li>Open Development (community led) </li></ul><ul><li>Sustainability planning (from bid stage) </li></ul><ul><li>Community development effort </li></ul><ul><ul><li>Project communities </li></ul></ul><ul><ul><li>Inter-project communities </li></ul></ul><ul><li>We are community members </li></ul>

24. <ul><li>Thank you for listening, </li></ul><ul><li>For more information... </li></ul><ul><li>[email_address] </li></ul><ul><li>www.oss-watch.ac.uk </li></ul><ul><li>Ross Gardler </li></ul><ul><li>Image: Some Rights Reserved http://www.flickr.com/photos/ksaad/152579107/ </li></ul>http://www.slideshare.net/rgardler