Table of Contents

Chapter 1: Introduction to Open Source Program Offices

🎯 Expected discussion topics to be covered:

  • Introduce the definition of OSPOs.
  • Explore the history and roots of OSPOs.
  • Assess the readiness of organizations for open source and OSPOs.
  • Identify common scenarios and recommendations.
  • Present a use case illustrating the role of an OSPO.

Chapter 2: Understanding the Value of Open Source Program Offices Within Organizations

🎯 Expected discussion topics to be covered:

  • Examine the reasons behind establishing an OSPO for people within organizations with no OSPOs.
  • Explore the reasons for sustaining an OSPO in organizations for people that are part of an OSPO already.
  • Assess and highlight the value of open source activities within an organization across the different teams / work units.
  • Identify common scenarios and recommendations.
  • Present a use case illustrating the value and impact of an OSPO.

Chapter 3: Foundations and Essential Elements

🎯 Expected discussion topics to be covered:

  • Identify the essential ingredients for establishing a Minimum Viable OSPO, such as structure types, departments to report to, open source roles, etc.
  • Design a set of layers of work (people) that engage with the OSPO and open source operations.
  • Guide readers in designing an open source strategy (best practices).
  • Assess OSPO maturity using the OSPO Maturity Model.
  • Identify common scenarios and recommendations.
  • Present a use case illustrating the successful implementation of an OSPO and its evolution over the years.

Chapter 4: A Deep Dive into Day-to-Day Operations

🎯 Expected discussion topics to be covered:

  • Deep dive into the different responsibilities showcased in the OSPO Mind Map project
  • Include an assessment related to OSPO responsibilities.
  • Identify common scenarios and recommendations.
  • Present a use case highlighting specific OSPO responsibilities.

Chapter 5: Measuring the success and impact of your OSPO

🎯 Expected discussion topics to be covered:

  • Discuss the value and process of aligning open source strategy goals with metrics.
  • Explore different aspects of measuring open source impact within the organization and organization’s help and support across open source projects and their communities.
  • Introduce the Goal-Question-Metric (GQM) approach for assessing OSPO success and the work done in CHAOSS.
  • Identify common scenarios and recommendations.
  • Present a use case showcasing the successful measurement of OSPO impact in the organization and open source projects & communities.

Chapter 6: Community Proposal topics

🎯 Expected discussion topics to be covered:

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