November 24, 2021
by
Ana Jimenez Santamaria
(The Linux Foudation)
Open source initiatives provide companies with proven, successful models to collaborate with other companies, create new technologies, and support the development of new technical communities. Companies across many industries are creating Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) composed of highly skilled individuals to help them drive for a leadership position in open source projects and gain a critical footprint in this external R&D ecosystem.
How can OSPOs work as a pattern of innovation to gain sustainable competitive advantage?
A critical element of any business or product strategy that includes the use of open source software is the reinvestment of resources into the projects on which that strategy relies. This can lead to the creation of open source commercial ecosystems, which contribute to the viability and long-term sustainability for those projects. However, before a company will invest resources it must first have confidence in a project’s future prospects such that they’re willing to build commercial dependencies upon it.
October 14, 2021
by
Ana Jimenez Santamaria
(The Linux Foudation)
Leading figures from Open Source gathered at OSPOCon and OSPOCon Europe to discuss the new OSPO Era challenges and ways to help the Open Source movement
OSPOCon has demonstrated to be a key networking space to learn and connect with OSPO professionals across organizations: Attendants were able to learn from open source leaders who shared their experiences on ways to establish and run an OSPO, the status of emerging open source initiatives raising within organizations across industries, as well as the evolution of OSPOs worldwide.
OSPO Survey Results 2021 The TODO Group is happy to announce the fourth annual Open Source Program Management Survey results that examines the prevalence and outcomes of open source programs, including the key benefits and barriers to adoption. We have open sourced all of our survey results and graphics.
Key Findings The findings indicated there are many opportunities ahead to educate companies about how OSPOs can benefit them.
OSPO Structure: Professionalization continued among OSPOs, with 58% of those programs formally structured, up from 54% the previous year.
When it comes to talent management, OSPO professionals appear highly specialized, or their job role seems difficult to categorize into traditional definitions. In fact, one of the many challenges OSPO initiatives are facing is finding the right ways to proactively help staff members plan their career advancement strategy.
Today, the TODO Group launches a new OSPO guide to help open-source programs improve their career development. The guide covers:
How to build a sustainable and rewarding career path for OSPO employees
The TODO group is proud to announce OSPOlogy: A set of OSPO resources made up of monthly meetings, OSPO news, and open discussions with the aim to study the status of Open Source Program Offices. Do you know what’s best? These new resources are open to everyone!
Why launch OSPOlogy? What can the community expect from this initiative? How can they get involved? Keep reading to learn more.
Why launching OSPOlogy?
The TODO Group, together with Linux Foundation Research and The New Stack, is conducting a survey as part of a research project on the prevalence and outcomes of open source programs among different organizations across the globe. OSPOs help set open source strategies and improve an organization’s software development practices. Since 2018, the TODO Group has conducted surveys to assess the state of open source programs across the industry. Today,
The TODO Group would like announce the sharing of a modular OSPO 101 course:
All the content is modularized and licensed under CC-BY 4.0 for your usage: https://github.com/todogroup/ospo101
We would like to thank Guy Martin for helping seed the initial content for the course. The course was converted to friendly markdown format by the TODO Group community, including contributions from Chris Aniszczyk and Greg Back.
If you’re interested in starting an open source program or collaborating with your peers in open source program management, please consider joining the TODO Group!
The TODO Group would like announce first OSPOCon:
The CFP is open and closes Sunday, June 13 at 11:59pm PDT.
If you’re interested in starting an open source program or collaborating with your peers in open source program management, please consider joining the TODO Group!
Open source program offices have become a best practice for companies that rely on open source technologies. As open source program offices have spread, there has been increased interest in applying this best practice in non-corporate contexts. Cities, universities, and other non-corporate organizations are starting to see the benefits of creating a center of competency for open source.
The TODO Group is a Linux Foundation collaborative project that serves as a working group for open source program office members around the world.
