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Starting an Open Source Program Office
The document outlines the importance and steps for starting an open source program office, emphasizing its role in improving coordination, compliance, and employee engagement within organizations, particularly in the fintech sector. It details prerequisites such as upper management buy-in, finding the right leadership, and establishing processes for collaboration, compliance, and community engagement. Additionally, it highlights the strategic advantages of fostering a culture of transparency and utilizing open source as a valuable business practice.
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- 2. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE AGENDA ▸ Introduction : Who am I? ▸ Open Source Offices ▸ Why you need and want one ▸ What they should do ▸ How to create and maintain one ▸ Gotchas and Lessons Learned (inline) ▸ Q & A
- 3. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE INTRODUCTION ▸ About Me ▸ Co-founder, Director and Vice- Chairman of the Apache Software Foundation ▸ Emeritus Director: OSI, OuterCurve, … ▸ Developer, Advisor
- 4. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE WHY YOU NEED AND WANT AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE ▸ Some companies, but mostly FinTech/FinServ don’t think they do ▸ “We already do open source fine” ▸ “We don’t use/leverage open source enough” ▸ “We aren’t an IT company”
- 5. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE SO, HOW DO YOU ANSWER THAT ▸ There is always room for improvement (eg: OSAS) ▸ If you don’t think you use/leverage open source enough, you are fooling yourself ▸ ALL companies today are IT companies: some just don’t get it.
- 6. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE SO WHY? ▸ Open Source is a strategic advantage; it requires coordination and centralization and clear communication ▸ To truly benefit from Open Source, a culture of transparency and collaboration is required ▸ It is a powerful “signal transmitter” internally and externally
- 7. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE WHY: STRATEGY AND COMPLIANCE ▸ Ownership and execution of strategy - Tactical advisors ▸ Determination of strategic Open Source consumption ▸ Process and strategy on Open Source releases ▸ License compliance : process, reviews, oversight ▸ Risk Assessment ▸ IP Governance
- 8. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE WHY: ENGAGEMENT ▸ External Engagement ▸ Coordinated, organized efforts ▸ Marketing, conferences, … ▸ Open Source communities ▸ Building ▸ Engaging ▸ Cross team cooperation (“What is everyone else doing?”)
- 9. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE WHY: INTERNAL ▸ Employee Impact ▸ Obtain the right calibre of employee ▸ You retain them as well ▸ Code Reuse / Collaboration : InnerSource ▸ Code Ownership / Better Quality Code ▸ Mentoring
- 10. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE PREREQUISITES ▸ Upper management buy-in ▸ Air cover ▸ Funding ▸ Realistic expectations and metrics ▸ A true desire/need to make it successful
- 11. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE HOW ▸ Find the right spot in the org structure ▸ CTO/CIO ▸ Unaligned business unit ▸ Top level of Engineering
- 12. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE HOW ▸ Plan for the road-blocks ▸ Identify nay-sayers ▸ Anticipate set-backs ▸ Emphasize the journey
- 13. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE HOW ▸ Find the right leader ▸ This person is the catalyst/crystal ▸ Jack/Jill of-all-trades ▸ Experience ▸ Reputation ▸ Passion ▸ Realize you will likely have to hire this person
- 14. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE HOW » WHAT ▸ Build the relationships ▸ Engineering ▸ Legal ▸ IP / Security ▸ Marketing ▸ HR
- 15. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE WHAT ▸ Define ▸ License compliance rules ▸ Contribution process ▸ Open Sourcing process ▸ Governance ▸ Community building
- 16. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE WHAT ▸ Create ▸ Snapshot of current status ▸ s/w being used ▸ licenses, etc… ▸ Black Duck, WhiteSource, … ▸ Collaboration infrastructure ▸ Content and Expectations
- 17. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE WHAT ▸ Define ▸ What is Success? ▸ How do we measure it? ▸ What are our Priorities? ▸ rinse and repeat ▸ Incentives
- 18. Jim Jagielski @jimjag © JimJagielski : Released under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International STARTING AN OPEN SOURCE OFFICE HELP ▸ Me: Jim Jagielski jimjag@gmail.com / 443-324-8390 @jimjag ▸ The TODO Group ▸ The Symphony Software Foundation