Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) are becoming increasingly prevalent across various sectors, regions, and organizational sizes. In 2020, the TODO Group community released the first version of OSPOdefinition.org, to provide a common lexicon for describing open source programs. As the OSPO becomes a more widely recognized term in different sectors, the TODO community recognizes the need to update the traditional OSPO definition to reflect current trends and be more inclusive.
If you’re one of the people affected by layoffs, there are a couple of resources you should know about. The TODO community has specific channels and ways to keep people informed of the most recent job offerings related to OSPOs and Open Source in organizations:
The OSPONews newsletter has an OSPO Jobs section where active open source or OSPO related job positions are shared on a monthly basis. You can also look at past issues of the newsletter.
We are thrilled to announce a new maintainer of the OSPOlogy project.
📚 About OSPOlogy Repo OSPOlogy is a TODO Group initiative that hosts the study and open community communication to discuss the status of open source program offices across regions. OSPOlogy is also the home of projects like the OSPO Book, OSPO MindMap, OSPONews or the OSPO Model. We are excited about the future of the OSPOlogy project and look forward to continuing to work together with the OSPOlogy Contibutors, TODO Group Members, OSPO Associates and wider open source community to promote open source education and best practices within organizations worldwide.
Why are Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) valuable from a business perspective? That’s the question addressed in the latest report from the TODO Group. The study explores the different value propositions of OSPOs and shares recommendations and provide insights that helps to to understand, measure, and communicate their value to stakeholders, regulators, and other staff members within the organization.
It draws on perspectives from OSPO and open source leaders from Europe, Asia, and North America in a variety of industries, including two public universities.
We are thrilled to announce the latest updates to the OSPO Mind Map project. Thanks to our community, OSPOlogy contributors have created Chinese and Japanese versions of the OSPO Mind Map. This interactive visual representation of an Open Source Program Office’s (OSPO) responsibilities, roles, behavior, and team size within an organization helps OSPO practitioners and others engaging with OSPO roles understand the different elements of an OSPO and how it can be structured.
The TODO Group, together with Linux Foundation Research, 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. Open source program offices (OSPOs) help set open source strategies, policies and processes to streamline open source operations within organizations. Since 2018, the TODO Group has conducted surveys to assess the state of open source programs worldwide (all raw data, questionnaire, results and insights are available to everyone in the OSPO Survey Repo).
We are excited to announce the goals for the Employee Open Source Engagement Working Group within TODO Group for 2023. The working group is composed of open source representatives from various companies (small, medium and large), as well as open source enthusiasts involved in different projects, who are passionate about open source and want to encourage more employee engagement in open source projects.
The primary goal of this working group is to create a comprehensive guide that documents different models for incentivizing and appreciating employees to contribute to open source.
We are thrilled to announce some exciting updates and new resources for OSPOlogyLive 2023. As you may know, OSPOlogyLive is a series of interactive micro-conferences in Europe that connect open source program office (OSPO) professionals and open source peers involved in several open source projects and communities from both local and international spheres. These micro-conferences are designed as interactive lectures and breakout rooms t hat aim to foster discussions and connections among attendees.
Takeaways from the first OSPOlogyLive Share & Learn in 2023 OSPOlogyLive Netherlands was full of insightful discussions and contributions around open source strategy documentation guidelines, main blockers to open source adoption in the public sector, Open Source Program Office (OSPO) key metrics, minimum viable OSPO pattern definition, and InnerSource best practices to ease open source adoption.
About OSPOlogyLive Share & Learn OSPOlogyLive Share & Learn is a collaborative space that brings together local and global open source specialists from different organizations and/or open source projects to discuss Open Source Program Offices (OSPO) best practices for open source strategy, policies management, governance, and more.
This past year has been full of challenges and opportunities. TODO Group pursued its mission of helping Open Source Program Office adoption, education, and success within organizations across sectors and regions. The project launched many exciting new initiatives, refined existing ones, and received contributions from open source leaders and OSPO practitioners worldwide.
In this post, the TODO Group would like to appreciate and highlight some of the achievements and contributions done in 2022 by its community.
