The Open Source Project Lifecycle, Challenges and Opportunties
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The document discusses the typical lifecycle of an open source software project, including stages from concept to widespread adoption. It outlines common challenges around building community, sustaining the project, and providing support. Additionally, it compares the structures of a typical software company and open source project, and how foundations can help with operations, governance, legal, and other needs to facilitate growth from a few developers to many contributors and users.
The Open Source Project Lifecycle, Challenges and Opportunties
- 2. The Open Source Software Project Lifecycle: Challenges and Opportunities Paula Hunter, Executive Director
- 4. Concept Launch Build Community Sustain Support Adoption An Idea is born Prototype Share ideas
- 5. Concept Launch Build Community Sustain Support Adoption Go public with project Look for input / participation Share code
- 6. Concept Launch Build Community Sustain Support Adoption Looking for a few good coders Appoint committers Identify gaps in code and coders
- 8. Concept Launch Build Community Sustain Support Adoption People/companies are using the code New features, bug fixes Create a business
- 9. Wash, Rinse, Repeat! Concept Launch Build Community Sustain Support Adoption People/companies are using the code New features, bug fixes Create a business Documentation Forums Governance “Commercial” Support Looking for a few good coders Appoint committers Identify gaps in code and coders Go public with project Look for input / participation Share code An Idea is born Prototype Share ideas
- 10. Typical Software Company CEO Product Management Product Requirements, Pipeline, Customer feedback Engineering Development, QA Sales and Marketing Market and sell product, increase adoption, engage customers Services and Support Installation and deployment, support, bug reporting IT, Operations, Legal and Finance Manage company operations, finances, and infrastructure
- 11. Typical OSS Project Project Leader * Project Committer(s) Project Contributor(s) * Or team
- 15. Are We Having Fun Yet? Project Leader Project Committer(s) Project Contributor(s)
- 16. Looking Better? CEO Product Management Product Requirements, Pipeline, Customer feedback Engineering Development, QA Sales and Marketing Market and sell product, increase adoption, engage customers Services and Support Installation and deployment, support, bug reporting IT, Operations, Legal and Finance Manage company operations, finances, and infrastructure
- 17. How Foundations Help • Operations • Governance • Legal • Finance • Marketing • Mentorship
- 22. How do you encourage developers? (How do you make it easy to build/test/experiment?) How do you make it easy to contribute? (What do you communicate to your community) How do you increase your user base? (How do you make it easy to install/configure/use the software?)
- 23. An Open Source Project Framework Software Construction Community Development IP Management
- 24. Open Source Project Framework ProjectExes published ProjectBuild AutomatedI ProjectInstall Automated CompleteSrc published ProjectBug Tracking ProjectBuild AutomatedII ProjectTest AutomatedI ProjectTest AutomatedII BasicArch Description Software Construction Maturity
- 25. Open Source Project Framework Project License Mission Statement Codeof Conduct Forums,Email Comms Platform FAQs,Howto Governance Contribution Guidelines Events Community Development
- 26. Open Source Project Framework Project License Provenance Tracking Repositories Protected Dependencies Documented Contributions Audited Provenance Management Committers Indemnified Committer Governance Trademark Management IP Management Activities