Presentation by Boris Baldassari, Consultant, Castalia Solutions.
Abstract: While Open Source Software has become mainstream, the understanding of its key principles, from ethics and collaboration to governance and community management, is gaining more interest and attention. There is a comprehensive volume of studies and reports backing up our individual and collective experience, yet we still cannot reliably measure these characteristics, and even less clearly define or assess them.
In an attempt to build up confidence and foster maturity in this area, this talk will look at the various existing models and metrics related to OSS compliance and governance, and build upon them to propose methods and tools for their evaluation and analysis. We will discuss the requirements and essential questions to ask, offer guidelines for implementation and suggest efficient ways to present results.
INFLUENCE OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION TOOLS USAGE ON AGRICULTURAL PROJECT SU...muo charles
This study sought to establish the influence of monitoring and evaluation tools usage on agricultural
project success. The main tools that study focused on were; Mobile Application, Logical Framework, Monitoring
and Evaluation plan, and Data Dashboard. The four main objective that guided the study includes: To establish
how Mobile Application usage influences agricultural project success in NGO`s, in Kenya, To determine how
Logical framework usage influences agricultural project success in NGO`s, in Kenya, To establish how Monitoring
and evaluation plan usage influences agricultural project success in NGO`s, in Kenya and To find out how Data
dashboard usage influences agricultural project success in NGO`s, in Kenya. The study adopted descriptive
research design while targeting 56 Project and Monitoring and Evaluation employees at Farm Africa.
Questionnaire was used to collect data. Final collected data was analyzed using qualitative and quantitative
methods together will linear regression model. Qualitative data was coded to their respective variable in the study
for easier analysis while quantitative was summarized by obtaining descriptive statistics. The data was presented
inform of tables and graphs. The SPSS and Excel software’s was used to model and obtain summary tables and
graphs. The multiple linear regression and Pearson pairwise correlation was used to model the data. On average
79% of the respondents, revealed monitoring and evaluation had high extent influence on project success. All the
five monitoring and evalation tools, Mobile applications, Logical framework, monitoring and evaluation plan and
data dashbord shown strong positive correlation with project success. Further Study revealed evidence of positive
influence of monitoring and evaluation tools on agricultural project success. From the results 83.2% of the changes
in project success can be explained by monitoring and evaluation tools studied while the remaining 16.8% can be
explained using other factors which are not part of the regression model. The study concluded the strength of
Mobile applications, Logical framework, monitoring and evaluation plan and data dashbord is very important for
the poject success and management should incorporate these tools during project implementation.
A holistic approach to valuing people through diversityRachel Gnagniko
A framework for analysing, planning, implementing and reviewing your equality, diversity and inclusion action plan that make an impact on systemic oppression.
After this lecture participants will:
understand the basics of project management and know the role of project manager,
understand principles of Project Cycle Management (PCM),
know how to use Logical Framework Approach (LFA) and key terms and definitions for proposals and reports,
understand key elements of project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and its cycle within the project or program, and
learn about and use Active Implementation Frameworks (AIF).
INFLUENCE OF MONITORING AND EVALUATION TOOLS USAGE ON AGRICULTURAL PROJECT SU...muo charles
This study sought to establish the influence of monitoring and evaluation tools usage on agricultural
project success. The main tools that study focused on were; Mobile Application, Logical Framework, Monitoring
and Evaluation plan, and Data Dashboard. The four main objective that guided the study includes: To establish
how Mobile Application usage influences agricultural project success in NGO`s, in Kenya, To determine how
Logical framework usage influences agricultural project success in NGO`s, in Kenya, To establish how Monitoring
and evaluation plan usage influences agricultural project success in NGO`s, in Kenya and To find out how Data
dashboard usage influences agricultural project success in NGO`s, in Kenya. The study adopted descriptive
research design while targeting 56 Project and Monitoring and Evaluation employees at Farm Africa.
Questionnaire was used to collect data. Final collected data was analyzed using qualitative and quantitative
methods together will linear regression model. Qualitative data was coded to their respective variable in the study
for easier analysis while quantitative was summarized by obtaining descriptive statistics. The data was presented
inform of tables and graphs. The SPSS and Excel software’s was used to model and obtain summary tables and
graphs. The multiple linear regression and Pearson pairwise correlation was used to model the data. On average
79% of the respondents, revealed monitoring and evaluation had high extent influence on project success. All the
five monitoring and evalation tools, Mobile applications, Logical framework, monitoring and evaluation plan and
data dashbord shown strong positive correlation with project success. Further Study revealed evidence of positive
influence of monitoring and evaluation tools on agricultural project success. From the results 83.2% of the changes
in project success can be explained by monitoring and evaluation tools studied while the remaining 16.8% can be
explained using other factors which are not part of the regression model. The study concluded the strength of
Mobile applications, Logical framework, monitoring and evaluation plan and data dashbord is very important for
the poject success and management should incorporate these tools during project implementation.
A holistic approach to valuing people through diversityRachel Gnagniko
A framework for analysing, planning, implementing and reviewing your equality, diversity and inclusion action plan that make an impact on systemic oppression.
After this lecture participants will:
understand the basics of project management and know the role of project manager,
understand principles of Project Cycle Management (PCM),
know how to use Logical Framework Approach (LFA) and key terms and definitions for proposals and reports,
understand key elements of project monitoring and evaluation (M&E) and its cycle within the project or program, and
learn about and use Active Implementation Frameworks (AIF).
Overview of Project Services at University of EdinburghMark Ritchie
Project Services are part of Information Services at the University of Edinburgh. This slide set provides an overview of what we do. If you have any questions about Project Services contact mark.ritchie@ed.ac.uk
Information Services Project Management Change Theme Update May 2017Mark Ritchie
An update on how Information Services at the University of Edinburgh are improving project management capability as part of the Change Programme introduced by the CIO.
Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF) Funding SeminarNIDOS
How to make a good application to DFID's Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF). Training from the Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland (NIDOS). www.nidos.org.uk
This presentation was provided by Maureen Adamson of Adamson & Associatess during the initial session of the NISO Training series, Project Management for the Information Community: Managing and Communicating the Process. The date was Feb 22, 2019.
The implementation 'black box' and evaluation as a driver for change. Presentation by Katie Burke and Claire Hickey of the Centre for Effective Services.
This guide has been produced for Our Place areas who are implementing their Operational Plans, to support you to explore the reasons and uses for evaluation, and why it might help to add value to your work. It explores the principles that underpin robust (but realistic) evaluation, presenting guidelines that you can use to inform the development of your own evaluation plan.
Moral Reconation Therapy™ Moral Reconation Therapy (.docxmoirarandell
Moral Reconation Therapy™
Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) is the premiere cognitive-behavioral program for substance
abuse treatment and for criminal justice offenders. Developed in 1985 by Gregory Little, Ed.D., and
Kenneth Robinson, Ed.D., more than 120 published reports have documented that MRT-treated
offenders show significantly lower recidivism for periods as long as 20 years after treatment.
Studies show MRT-treated offenders have rearrest and reincarcertion rates 25% to 75% lower than
expected.
MRT programs are used in 49 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and four countries. A 1999
report by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy estimated that the combined cost benefit
to taxpayers and crime victims for the MRT program results in an $11.48 cost benefit for every
dollar spent.
Correctional Counseling, Inc., has developed MRT-based programming for individuals with chronic
substance abuse problems, anger management and domestic violence issues, and much more.
A Proven Concept
MRT is a cognitive-behavioral counseling program that combines education, group and individual
counseling, and structured exercises designed to foster moral development in treatment-resistant
clients. As long as clients’ judgments about right and wrong are made from low levels of moral
reasoning, counseling them, training them in job skills, and even punishing them will have little
long-lasting impact on their behavior. They must be confronted with the consequences of their
behavior and the effect that it has had on their family, friends and community. Poor moral reasoning
is common within at-risk populations.
https://www.ccimrt.com/
MRT addresses beliefs and reasoning. It is a systematic, step-by-step group counseling treatment
approach for treatment-resistant clients. The program is designed to alter how clients think and
make judgments about what is right and wrong. The MRT system approaches the problem of
treating resistant populations as a problem of low levels of moral reasoning. In this case, “moral”
does
not refer to a religious concept, but rather the theoretical conceptualization of psychologist
Lawrence Kohlberg. Moral reasoning represents how a person makes decisions about what he or
she should or should not do in a given situation.
How We Get Results
Briefly, MRT seeks to move clients from hedonistic (pleasure vs. pain) reasoning levels to levels
where concern for social rules and others becomes important. MRT research has shown that as
clients complete steps moral reasoning increases in adult and juvenile offenders.
MRT systematically focuses on seven basic treatment issues:
confrontation of beliefs, attitudes and behaviors
assessment of current relationships
reinforcement of positive behavior and habits
positive identity formation
enhancement of self-concept
decrease in hedonism and development of frustration tolerance
development of h ...
An institutional perspective on analytics that focusses on a particular tool developed using an agile methodology to visualise learner behaviours in MOOCs via Sankey diagrams.
Overview of Project Services at University of EdinburghMark Ritchie
Project Services are part of Information Services at the University of Edinburgh. This slide set provides an overview of what we do. If you have any questions about Project Services contact mark.ritchie@ed.ac.uk
Information Services Project Management Change Theme Update May 2017Mark Ritchie
An update on how Information Services at the University of Edinburgh are improving project management capability as part of the Change Programme introduced by the CIO.
Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF) Funding SeminarNIDOS
How to make a good application to DFID's Global Poverty Action Fund (GPAF). Training from the Network of International Development Organisations in Scotland (NIDOS). www.nidos.org.uk
This presentation was provided by Maureen Adamson of Adamson & Associatess during the initial session of the NISO Training series, Project Management for the Information Community: Managing and Communicating the Process. The date was Feb 22, 2019.
The implementation 'black box' and evaluation as a driver for change. Presentation by Katie Burke and Claire Hickey of the Centre for Effective Services.
This guide has been produced for Our Place areas who are implementing their Operational Plans, to support you to explore the reasons and uses for evaluation, and why it might help to add value to your work. It explores the principles that underpin robust (but realistic) evaluation, presenting guidelines that you can use to inform the development of your own evaluation plan.
Moral Reconation Therapy™ Moral Reconation Therapy (.docxmoirarandell
Moral Reconation Therapy™
Moral Reconation Therapy (MRT) is the premiere cognitive-behavioral program for substance
abuse treatment and for criminal justice offenders. Developed in 1985 by Gregory Little, Ed.D., and
Kenneth Robinson, Ed.D., more than 120 published reports have documented that MRT-treated
offenders show significantly lower recidivism for periods as long as 20 years after treatment.
Studies show MRT-treated offenders have rearrest and reincarcertion rates 25% to 75% lower than
expected.
MRT programs are used in 49 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and four countries. A 1999
report by the Washington State Institute for Public Policy estimated that the combined cost benefit
to taxpayers and crime victims for the MRT program results in an $11.48 cost benefit for every
dollar spent.
Correctional Counseling, Inc., has developed MRT-based programming for individuals with chronic
substance abuse problems, anger management and domestic violence issues, and much more.
A Proven Concept
MRT is a cognitive-behavioral counseling program that combines education, group and individual
counseling, and structured exercises designed to foster moral development in treatment-resistant
clients. As long as clients’ judgments about right and wrong are made from low levels of moral
reasoning, counseling them, training them in job skills, and even punishing them will have little
long-lasting impact on their behavior. They must be confronted with the consequences of their
behavior and the effect that it has had on their family, friends and community. Poor moral reasoning
is common within at-risk populations.
https://www.ccimrt.com/
MRT addresses beliefs and reasoning. It is a systematic, step-by-step group counseling treatment
approach for treatment-resistant clients. The program is designed to alter how clients think and
make judgments about what is right and wrong. The MRT system approaches the problem of
treating resistant populations as a problem of low levels of moral reasoning. In this case, “moral”
does
not refer to a religious concept, but rather the theoretical conceptualization of psychologist
Lawrence Kohlberg. Moral reasoning represents how a person makes decisions about what he or
she should or should not do in a given situation.
How We Get Results
Briefly, MRT seeks to move clients from hedonistic (pleasure vs. pain) reasoning levels to levels
where concern for social rules and others becomes important. MRT research has shown that as
clients complete steps moral reasoning increases in adult and juvenile offenders.
MRT systematically focuses on seven basic treatment issues:
confrontation of beliefs, attitudes and behaviors
assessment of current relationships
reinforcement of positive behavior and habits
positive identity formation
enhancement of self-concept
decrease in hedonism and development of frustration tolerance
development of h ...
An institutional perspective on analytics that focusses on a particular tool developed using an agile methodology to visualise learner behaviours in MOOCs via Sankey diagrams.
This presentation is mostly compiled from ASQ Future of quality studies 2008 and Quality Progress articles. I have also added my thoughts on implications and enhanced skills slides.
Are You at Risk? Identifying Web Accessibility Gaps at Your Organization3Play Media
With recent lawsuits, updates to legal standards, and an increasing number of DOJ & OCR inquiries for inaccessible IT, web accessibility is on a lot of organizations' minds. But how can you tell whether or not your website, web application, or native app is meeting accessibility requirements?
In this webinar, Mike Paciello, founding partner of The Paciello Group, will discuss accessibility gap analysis, a critical step in building – or fixing – accessibility at your organization. Taking a high-level approach, he will cover strategies for evaluating your current level of accessibility, identifying areas of risk, and developing a plan to achieve compliance with web accessibility standards.
This presentation will cover:
An overview of major accessibility laws and standards
Assessing your website or native app's current level of accessibility
Identifying vulnerabilities
Tips for filling in the gaps
Developing a roadmap to accessibility compliance
This presentation covers how to combine traditional qualitative methods and user research approaches to satisfy your clients and add value to findings.
Project Sustainability workshop session; Anna Lindh FoundationKarl Donert
A workshop on Project Sustainability. An analysis and key questions to consider for project sustainability and management. Some theoretical and practical aspects.
Similar to Ideas, methods and tools for OSS Compliance assessment, OW2online, June 2020 (20)
OW2 and RIOS teaming up to boost the open source impact, Nov. 2022 in RomaOW2
This presentation is given by Stefano Pampaloni at the RIOS Open Source Week, Nov. 2022 in Roma.
Abstract: Established in 2007 as a non-profit organisation, OW2 is an independent community dedicated to promoting open source software for information systems and fostering their business ecosystems. OW2 federates 50+ organizations and 2500+ IT professionals worldwide. OW2 hosts 50+ technology Projects. RIOS is an Italian network of companies established in 2015 aiming to improve open source adoption and to build sustainable businesses around it
OW2 and RIOS are working together to foster collaboration between European open-source stakeholders.
The Open Source Good Governance Initiative presented at RIOS OS Week, Nov. 20...OW2
The Good Governance Initiative (GGI) proposes a methodological framework to assess open-source awareness, compliance and governance in any kind of organizations, helping them to structure and improve the use of FOSS towards an OSPO. The GGI was initiated by OW2 and is developed by the OSPO Alliance. This presentation will give an overview of the initiative, its organization, roadmap, first achievements and next steps.
GLPi v.10, les fonctionnalités principales et l'offre cloudOW2
Presentation de la solution open source GLPi lors de la session "Open cloud by OW2" dans la conférence Cloud Datacenter + infra des 29 et 30 juin 2022 à Paris.
Centreon: superviser le Cloud et le Legacy à partir d'une même plateforme, po...OW2
Presentation de la solution open source Centreon lors de la session "Open Cloud by OW2" à la conférence Cloud Datacenter+Infra des 29 et 30 juin à Paris.
FusionIAM : la gestion des identités et des accés open sourceOW2
La solution FusionIAM est présentée dans la session "Open Cloud by OW2", organisée lors de la conférence Cloud Datacenter + Infra les 29 et 30 juin 2022 à Paris.
OW2 Association Européenne aux racines grenobloises, transformer l'industrie ...OW2
Connaissez-vous OW2 ? Aventure commencée en 1999 à Grenoble sur la base d'un consortium industriel dédié au middleware open source, devenu association sans but lucratif d'échelle européenne en 2006 sous le nom d'OW2, nous agissons pour la diffusion du libre dans le monde professionnel depuis plus de 20 ans.
OW2 compte des adhérents de toute taille : 2.600 individuels en adhésion gratuite, et 30 institutionnels, de la TPE unipersonnelle à Orange, Microsoft ou Huawei, de l'Inria ou le Fraunhofer Fokus à la Gendarmerie Nationale ou la ville de Paris.
Nos projets sont plus célèbres que nous : ASM, Centreon, Lutece, PrestaShop, Sympa ou Rocket.Chat vous diront peut-être quelque chose ?
Philosophiquement, OW2 se trouve quelque part entre Eclipse et Apache : culture technique, infrastructure d'hébergement et d'assistance pour les projets, sur la ligne de crête entre l'esprit du libre et les contraintes du business, nous sommes un acteur de l'économie sociale, persuadé que l'open source est central dans une transformation sociétale nécessaire qui ne pourra se faire sans l'adhésion du monde industriel et académique.
A un tournant de notre histoire, nous investissons le créneau de la qualité industrielle des projets avec notre méthodologie "Market readiness Levels", et la gouvernance de l'open-source comme membre fondateur de l'OSPO Alliance (ospo.zone) et éditeur du guide méthodologique "OSS Good Governance handbook".
Ne nous y trompons pas : OW2 est un acteur éminemment politique, porteur d'une vision fondée sur la transformation du monde professionnel et de ses valeurs par le code et la coopération. Et cette présentation, avec un survol de notre histoire, adhérents, initiatives et projets, est également l'occasion d'en débattre.
This presentation by Cedric Thomas (OW2 CEO) details three OW2 initiatives to engage with mainstream open source software users, including the H2020 ReachOut project, Market Readiness and Good Governance.
Towards a sustainable solution to open source sustainability, OW2online20, Ju...OW2
A few years ago, Heartbleed epitomized a massive open source sustainability problem for critical parts of the internet infrastructure. The bug, which affected the popular OpenSSL cryptographic software library, notably compromised the confidentiality of 4.5 million US patient records and cost the industry an estimated $500M. It was soon revealed that the root cause of the issue was that OpenSSL was precariously understaffed. Open source sustainability became a major theme overnight. Stories of maintainer burn-out made the headlines. And tentative solutions started to emerge, most of them donation-based. In this talk we’ll explore a number of existing strategies to fund open source and make it more sustainable, from patronage to dedicated ad networks. And we’ll defend the idea that the best path to open source sustainability is to help companies understand the tangible business value they can get from contributing to open source.
Advanced proactive and polymorphing cloud application adaptation with MORPHEM...OW2
Presentation of the advanced optimization concepts for cloud computing application using open source Melodic/Morphemic platform. It will cover application architecture polymorphing and proactive adaptation based on forecasted applications needs.
Open Source governance and the Eclipse Foundation, OW2online, June 2020OW2
Presentation by Gael Blondelle, Managing Director at Eclipse Foundation.
Abstract:
In this talk, we will cover two complementary topics: The different Eclipse projects related to Open Source governance, like Eclipse SW360, SW360 Antenna, and Eclipse Steady, as well as the opportunity to leverage SW360 as the core of a larger Open Source governance initiative.
The Eclipse IP Process that has been applied to hundreds of Eclipse projects for more than 15 years and is going through a modernization process that involves both simplification from the developer point of view, and openness to new source of trusted data like Clearly Defined.
Open source contribution policies, OW2online, June 2020OW2
Open source contribution policies are long, boring, overlooked documents, that generally suck. They're designed to protect the company at all costs. But in the process, end up hurting engineering productivity, and morale. Sometimes they even unknowingly put corporate IP at risk.
But that's not inevitable.
It's possible to write open source contribution policies that make engineers lives easier, boost morale and productivity, reduce attrition, and attract new talent. And it's possible to do so while reducing the company's IP risk, not increasing it.
In this talk, we'll look at the general structure of contribution policies, examples in the wild, and tactics to make them suck less.
We'll also look at how to turn these policies into self-service software, preventing the tedious email back and forth between engineering and legal in most cases and making open source contribution a breeze. Presentation by Tobbie Langel, UnLockOpen.
Software development at scale, pandemic lockdown and oss ecosystems, OW2onlin...OW2
Presentation by Jose Manrique, CEO at Bitergia.
Abstract: 2020 has started intense for many countries. It's been just a few months, but the things we have lived make us feel like it's been years. Covid-19 pandemic has hit everywhere and forced many people to work from home. If you were lucky enough to be in one of these modern companies that have adopted digital transformation years ago, would that be a problem? Many people have thought it wasn't, but it has really been. And what about the rest of the software developers involved in companies not ready for remote work at all?
It's been said that nothing has boosted more companies' digital transformation than covid-19. But, are their managers ready for such change? Managing software development at scale is not an easy task, and this pandemic has disrupted the way projects are being developed in many companies.
During this talk, I would like to share lessons learned from open source development at scale that might help companies to adapt to these changes. But more specifically, lessons about how software development analytics help managers to understand collaborative remote work.
Overview of the OpenChain Reference Tooling Work Group, OW2online20, June 2020OW2
Presentation by Olivier Fendt, Senior Manager Open Source Software at Siemens.
Abstract: The well-known OpenChain project launched in Sept 2019 a Tooling Group. The objective of this group is to realize a turn-key Open Source toolchain for Open Source Compliance, which is / can be easily integrated in the software development CI/CD pipelines. The Tooling Group uses open source principles to accomplish this, creating a meritocracy producing real world solutions for real world challenges, and sharing these results with all interested parties. The presentation gives an overview of the Tooling group its objectives, the areas of focus, the current state and future plans.
Open Source Compliance at Orange, OW2online, June 2020OW2
Presentation by Nicolas Toussaint, Software Architect, Orange.
Abstract: Orange and Orange Business Services have turned to full open source solutions to tackle the complex problem of respecting the open source legal compliance constraints.
This talk presents the journey undertaken the past few years to build and improve the existing tooling and processes to make compliance validation possible, as well as allow overseeing progresses.
Intelligent package management with FASTEN, OW2online, June 2020OW2
Presentation by Amir Mir, TUDelft.
As recent events, such as the leftpad incident and the Equifax data breach, have demonstrated, dependencies on networks of external libraries can introduce projects to significant operational and compliance risks as well as difficult to assess security implications. FASTEN introduces fine-grained, method-level, tracking of dependencies on top of existing dependency management networks. In our talk, we will present how FASTEN works on top of the Rust/Cargo and Java/Maven ecosystems.
DECODER, a Smarter Environment for DevOps Teams , OW2online, June 2020OW2
The DECODER project simplifies software library and component reuse, while ensuring that they will behave as expected by the developer. The DECODER central database (PKM) stores code-related artifacts and establish bindings between them, notably by generating formal specification from informal requirements or semi-formal models from source code. Presentation by Virgile Prevosto, CEA List.
Enabling DevOps for IoT software development, powered by Open Source, OW2onli...OW2
Presentation by Hui Song, Senior Scientist, SINTEF. We would like to share our research journey towards enabling DevOps for IoT applications, and how Open Source makes the journey feasible and fun.
DevOps is widely adopted for developing cloud applications, which supports developers in continuously placing software changes directly to production. As companies are including IoT and Edge devices into their IT infrastructures, supporting DevOps for IoT is a must. However, IoT challenges some fundamental assumptions behind DevOps, such as the homogeneous infrastructure and centralized governance, and therefore, breaking-through research is needed. Funded by H2020, 30 people from 12 partners crossing academia and industry gathered to solve these fundamental challenges, which results in full-stack open source tools for automatic deployment, learning-based operation and security monitoring of IoT applications, and risk management of the development process. The tools are evaluated on industrial use cases in intelligent transportation, smart building, and eHealth.
The mass open source tools and communities around IoT development provides the sound foundation for this design research and the opportunities for the further exploitation of the results. In particular, we are proud of spinning off a start-up to commercialize the risk management services in the open source + SaaS model.
Upcoming Challenges in Artificial Intelligence Research and Development, OW2o...OW2
Artificial Intelligence is now smarter than ever, showing human-like abilities at complex tasks such as images classification or natural language processing.
But despite its recent advances, it's still not a silver bullet. This talk will present a few challenges in the research and development of artificial intelligence that slow down its progress and adoption. In particular, problems around fairness, the training of models and how to share them will be introduced as well as possible Free Software solutions. Presentation by Vincent Lequertier, PhD Student, Lyon UNiverversity.
Cacti and Big Data at Orange France, OW2online, June 2020OW2
We propose a walkthrough of current utilization of Open Source Software in capacity planning for the Orange network infrastructure.
The objective of our project is to have a platform that helps engineers to carefully plan the resources available to them as well as to correlate different incidents within remote parts of the infrastructure.
In order to achieve this we started using Cacti with the Spine collector which worked great, but Orange France is a very large company with many entities, each with its own governance, and so we began to see some limitations.
There was a need to centralize some information from different parts in Orange France as well as to integrate the equipment capacity and load values into BigData Orange.
In order to achieve this we developed the “Puits de donneés” platform completely based on Open Source Software.
The visualization and statistical analysis part is handled by Grafana while the ETL runs on Apache Software Foundation products like NiFi, Zookeeper and Ambari with a storage solution from MariaDB for which we did extensive performance tuning and customization due to the large amounts of data.
Open Source Geographic Information System at Orange, OW2online, June 2020OW2
We will present the platform, its component, and will discuss the challenges we met with its deployment.
Our platform is for engineer deploying Fiber to Home/Office , providing GIS capabilities among several layers on a Map. Developed by an Orange team of 30 people, half based in Lannion (Britany) and half in Tunis(Tunisia). components : Angular/OpenLayer, Springboot/PostgreSql(with Gis extensions)/GeoServer/QGIS, mapfishprint for PDF. Available on thin client or via APi.
The team was able to develop the platform according to business requirements, thanks to the technical support of our open source partner : Oslandia.
Moreover, Orange played the open source game by giving back to the community the evolutions on the components.
Software Delivery At the Speed of AI: Inflectra Invests In AI-Powered QualityInflectra
In this insightful webinar, Inflectra explores how artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming software development and testing. Discover how AI-powered tools are revolutionizing every stage of the software development lifecycle (SDLC), from design and prototyping to testing, deployment, and monitoring.
Learn about:
• The Future of Testing: How AI is shifting testing towards verification, analysis, and higher-level skills, while reducing repetitive tasks.
• Test Automation: How AI-powered test case generation, optimization, and self-healing tests are making testing more efficient and effective.
• Visual Testing: Explore the emerging capabilities of AI in visual testing and how it's set to revolutionize UI verification.
• Inflectra's AI Solutions: See demonstrations of Inflectra's cutting-edge AI tools like the ChatGPT plugin and Azure Open AI platform, designed to streamline your testing process.
Whether you're a developer, tester, or QA professional, this webinar will give you valuable insights into how AI is shaping the future of software delivery.
"Impact of front-end architecture on development cost", Viktor TurskyiFwdays
I have heard many times that architecture is not important for the front-end. Also, many times I have seen how developers implement features on the front-end just following the standard rules for a framework and think that this is enough to successfully launch the project, and then the project fails. How to prevent this and what approach to choose? I have launched dozens of complex projects and during the talk we will analyze which approaches have worked for me and which have not.
Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey 2024 by 91mobiles.pdf91mobiles
91mobiles recently conducted a Smart TV Buyer Insights Survey in which we asked over 3,000 respondents about the TV they own, aspects they look at on a new TV, and their TV buying preferences.
Epistemic Interaction - tuning interfaces to provide information for AI supportAlan Dix
Paper presented at SYNERGY workshop at AVI 2024, Genoa, Italy. 3rd June 2024
https://alandix.com/academic/papers/synergy2024-epistemic/
As machine learning integrates deeper into human-computer interactions, the concept of epistemic interaction emerges, aiming to refine these interactions to enhance system adaptability. This approach encourages minor, intentional adjustments in user behaviour to enrich the data available for system learning. This paper introduces epistemic interaction within the context of human-system communication, illustrating how deliberate interaction design can improve system understanding and adaptation. Through concrete examples, we demonstrate the potential of epistemic interaction to significantly advance human-computer interaction by leveraging intuitive human communication strategies to inform system design and functionality, offering a novel pathway for enriching user-system engagements.
Builder.ai Founder Sachin Dev Duggal's Strategic Approach to Create an Innova...Ramesh Iyer
In today's fast-changing business world, Companies that adapt and embrace new ideas often need help to keep up with the competition. However, fostering a culture of innovation takes much work. It takes vision, leadership and willingness to take risks in the right proportion. Sachin Dev Duggal, co-founder of Builder.ai, has perfected the art of this balance, creating a company culture where creativity and growth are nurtured at each stage.
LF Energy Webinar: Electrical Grid Modelling and Simulation Through PowSyBl -...DanBrown980551
Do you want to learn how to model and simulate an electrical network from scratch in under an hour?
Then welcome to this PowSyBl workshop, hosted by Rte, the French Transmission System Operator (TSO)!
During the webinar, you will discover the PowSyBl ecosystem as well as handle and study an electrical network through an interactive Python notebook.
PowSyBl is an open source project hosted by LF Energy, which offers a comprehensive set of features for electrical grid modelling and simulation. Among other advanced features, PowSyBl provides:
- A fully editable and extendable library for grid component modelling;
- Visualization tools to display your network;
- Grid simulation tools, such as power flows, security analyses (with or without remedial actions) and sensitivity analyses;
The framework is mostly written in Java, with a Python binding so that Python developers can access PowSyBl functionalities as well.
What you will learn during the webinar:
- For beginners: discover PowSyBl's functionalities through a quick general presentation and the notebook, without needing any expert coding skills;
- For advanced developers: master the skills to efficiently apply PowSyBl functionalities to your real-world scenarios.
GraphRAG is All You need? LLM & Knowledge GraphGuy Korland
Guy Korland, CEO and Co-founder of FalkorDB, will review two articles on the integration of language models with knowledge graphs.
1. Unifying Large Language Models and Knowledge Graphs: A Roadmap.
https://arxiv.org/abs/2306.08302
2. Microsoft Research's GraphRAG paper and a review paper on various uses of knowledge graphs:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/blog/graphrag-unlocking-llm-discovery-on-narrative-private-data/
Dev Dives: Train smarter, not harder – active learning and UiPath LLMs for do...UiPathCommunity
💥 Speed, accuracy, and scaling – discover the superpowers of GenAI in action with UiPath Document Understanding and Communications Mining™:
See how to accelerate model training and optimize model performance with active learning
Learn about the latest enhancements to out-of-the-box document processing – with little to no training required
Get an exclusive demo of the new family of UiPath LLMs – GenAI models specialized for processing different types of documents and messages
This is a hands-on session specifically designed for automation developers and AI enthusiasts seeking to enhance their knowledge in leveraging the latest intelligent document processing capabilities offered by UiPath.
Speakers:
👨🏫 Andras Palfi, Senior Product Manager, UiPath
👩🏫 Lenka Dulovicova, Product Program Manager, UiPath
JMeter webinar - integration with InfluxDB and GrafanaRTTS
Watch this recorded webinar about real-time monitoring of application performance. See how to integrate Apache JMeter, the open-source leader in performance testing, with InfluxDB, the open-source time-series database, and Grafana, the open-source analytics and visualization application.
In this webinar, we will review the benefits of leveraging InfluxDB and Grafana when executing load tests and demonstrate how these tools are used to visualize performance metrics.
Length: 30 minutes
Session Overview
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During this webinar, we will cover the following topics while demonstrating the integrations of JMeter, InfluxDB and Grafana:
- What out-of-the-box solutions are available for real-time monitoring JMeter tests?
- What are the benefits of integrating InfluxDB and Grafana into the load testing stack?
- Which features are provided by Grafana?
- Demonstration of InfluxDB and Grafana using a practice web application
To view the webinar recording, go to:
https://www.rttsweb.com/jmeter-integration-webinar
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...James Anderson
Effective Application Security in Software Delivery lifecycle using Deployment Firewall and DBOM
The modern software delivery process (or the CI/CD process) includes many tools, distributed teams, open-source code, and cloud platforms. Constant focus on speed to release software to market, along with the traditional slow and manual security checks has caused gaps in continuous security as an important piece in the software supply chain. Today organizations feel more susceptible to external and internal cyber threats due to the vast attack surface in their applications supply chain and the lack of end-to-end governance and risk management.
The software team must secure its software delivery process to avoid vulnerability and security breaches. This needs to be achieved with existing tool chains and without extensive rework of the delivery processes. This talk will present strategies and techniques for providing visibility into the true risk of the existing vulnerabilities, preventing the introduction of security issues in the software, resolving vulnerabilities in production environments quickly, and capturing the deployment bill of materials (DBOM).
Speakers:
Bob Boule
Robert Boule is a technology enthusiast with PASSION for technology and making things work along with a knack for helping others understand how things work. He comes with around 20 years of solution engineering experience in application security, software continuous delivery, and SaaS platforms. He is known for his dynamic presentations in CI/CD and application security integrated in software delivery lifecycle.
Gopinath Rebala
Gopinath Rebala is the CTO of OpsMx, where he has overall responsibility for the machine learning and data processing architectures for Secure Software Delivery. Gopi also has a strong connection with our customers, leading design and architecture for strategic implementations. Gopi is a frequent speaker and well-known leader in continuous delivery and integrating security into software delivery.
GDG Cloud Southlake #33: Boule & Rebala: Effective AppSec in SDLC using Deplo...
Ideas, methods and tools for OSS Compliance assessment, OW2online, June 2020
1. Ideas, methods and tools
for OSS Good Governance assessment
Boris Baldassari
boris.baldassari@castalia.solutions
http://castalia.solutions
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Who am I?
● My name is Boris Baldassari.
● Working as a Software Engineer & Consultant
for Castalia Solutions.
● 15+ years experience in the field of software
development methods and tools.
● Involved in several software quality assessment
projects:
– Polarsys Maturity Assessment Initiative for
the Eclipse foundation.
– Maisqual (research).
– Crossminer / Scava
(EU-funded research project).
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Summary
● Introduction: Goals & Context
● What is Good Governance?
– OSS Core principles: Openness, Transparency, Good practices.
– Community: Diversity, Activity, Support.
– Process: IP Cleanliness, Decision making, Engagement.
● Building a Good Governance Quality Model
– Measurement: goals, metrics, tools.
– Addressing concerns: OSS Core, Community, Process
– Proposed Quality Model implementation
● Conclusion
● References
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Introduction
Goals of this talk:
● Nurture discussions on the topic.
● Propose a consistent semantic framework as a starting point for a proof of concept.
● Propose simple yet effective measurements, to be improved and extended.
How are we to achieve this?
● Stay practical even if scope is not complete.
● Rely on existing technologies and tools for immediate implementation.
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What is Good Governance? – OSS core principles
Key good governance areas regarding OSS core principles and good practices:
● Openness, Transparency: the project is open to all
All assets (tools, processes) are publicly available and documented.
● Ethics: initiatives and procedures set up to ensure good behaviour.
Code of conduct, escalation procedures.
Diversity and Inclusion initatives.
● Documentation: helping peope adopt the product and project.
User guides: Readme, Getting started.
Development guides: Contributing.
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What is Good Governance? – Community
Key community-related areas regarding good governance:
● Diversity: People from different backgrounds and companies.
Increases reliability and sustainability of the project.
Founding principle of OSS: “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”.
● Activity: Amount of contributions.
A direct indicator of velocity for maintenance and evolution.
An indirect indicator of good governance.
Its evolution over time defines the sustainability of the project.
● Support: Answers to posts & bugs, answering ratio, time to resolve..
A defining criterion for participation and engagement.
A defining criterion for product’s adoption, community growth and sustainability.
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What is Good Governance? – Process
Key process-related areas regarding good governance:
● IP Cleanliness: Licence checks, IP cleaning procedures.
● Decision making: how decisions are made?
How PRs, Issues, Posts are addressed?
Is the decision-making process publicly documented and transparent?
● Engagement: enabling and fostering participation.
How the community is invited to participate?
How community’s requests and demands are met?
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Existing initiatives
OW2 Good Governance working group
A new, active initiative to “develop and promote the usage and sharing of free and open
source software governance best practices”.
Linux Foundation CHAOSS working group
An active community working on community health metrics.
Working groups include: Common Metrics, Diversity and Inclusion, Evolution, Risk, Value.
Issue with many metrics related to these areas is they often cannot be easily automated,
e.g. because they rely on a human assessment like ‘how good is the getting started
guide?’.
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Why a Quality Model?
What are the benefits of a quality model?
● It provides a common semantic framework.
● It conveys important key information instantly…
… while allowing further detailed drill-in.
● It can be put to work on real-life projects when connected to metrics.
Notes:
● It must be thoroughly documented, from quality attributes to metrics.
● Several norms exist for product- and process- oriented quality models.
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Building a Quality Model – OSS core principles
Key good governance areas regarding OSS core principles and good practices:
● Information: tools and associated processes are documented.
Easily get access and retrieve the information.
● Openness, Transparency: tools and associated processes can be accessed.
Public availability of all major project tools: SCM, ITS, CI, MLS.
● Ethics: public availability of ethic-related documents
(Code of Conduct, Diversity and Inclusion Groups, Escalation procedure).
● Collaboration: public availability of standard collaboration documents
(Readme, Licence, Contributing, Getting Started)
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Building a Quality Model – Community
Key community-related areas regarding good governance:
● Diversity: People from different backgrounds and companies.
Number of actors involved (SCM, ITS, MLS)
Founding principle of OSS: “given enough eyeballs, all bugs are shallow”.
● Activity: Amount of contributions.
A direct indicator of velocity for maintenance and evolution.
An indirect indicator of good governance.
Its evolution over time defines the sustainability of the project.
● Support: Answers to posts & bugs, answering ratio, time to resolve..
A defining criterion for participation and engagement.
A defining criterion for product’s adoption, community growth and sustainability.
Tooling / Metrics:
● GrimoireLab
● Alambic
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Building a Quality Model – Process
Key process-related areas regarding good governance:
● IP Cleanliness: Licence checks, IP cleaning procedures.
Use tools like Scancode, dependency-checker, Fossology..
● Decision making: how decisions are made?
Documentation of the governance’s model.
Governance accountability (committee’s minutes, chat transcript..).
● Engagement: enabling and fostering participation.
Analysing the repartition (and diversity) of activity.
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Building a Quality Model
Proposed Quality Model:
(From quality attributes to metrics.)
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Conclusion
● This talk is a naïve attempt to build a workable proof of concept for OSS
Governance assessment.
● The quality model is incomplete and could be enriched with
New or better metrics.
New key area of concerns.
Better assessments means like natural language processing tecniques.
● The result has been implemented in Alambic, an OSS framework for software
project data management.
Check it online: https://goodgovernance.alambic.io
Alambic Home: https://alambic.io
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References
● OW2 initiative about Good Governance:
https://www.ow2.org/view/OSS_Governance/
● CHAOSS Working Group from the Linux Foundation:
https://chaoss.community/
● Good Governance Quality Model:
https://goodgovernance.alambic.io
● Alambic Home:
https://alambic.io
● GrimoireLab:
https://chaoss.github.io/grimoirelab/
● ScanCode:
https://github.com/nexB/scancode-toolkit