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Take the Open Source Programs Survey

Almost every developer uses open source code. But not every organization has an open source policy or a formal program to manage how it is used or produced. The TODO Group has partnered with The Newstack to build the first ever open source programs survey. Some of the questions we ask include: If your organization does not have an open source program, why not? What are the challenges and benefits of an open source program?

Open Source Program Guide: Building Leadership in an Open Source Community

Last year, the TODO Group published an initial set of guides focused on the art of open source program management. This year, we plan to continue to update and publish new guides to help our peers in industry to scale out their open source programs and learn from our lesson. Today we are happy to publish a guide on what happens when you are faced with building leadership in your open source community.

Open Source Program Case Studies: Capital One

Last year we launched our Open Source Program Guides and as part of that launch, we mentioned we will be actively publishing open source program case studies. We started with Comcast, Dropbox, Facebook, Microsoft, Red Hat and Salesforce, this month we’re happy to add the Capital One open source program: Capital One: Open Source in a Regulated Environment Lessons Learned on Our Open Source Journey at Capital One Most people know Capital One as one of the largest credit card companies in the U.

Open Source Program Case Studies: Microsoft

Last year we launched our Open Source Program Guides and as part of that launch, we mentioned we will be actively publishing open source program case studies. We started with Comcast, Dropbox, Facebook, Red Hat and Salesforce, this month we’re happy to add the Microsoft open source program: The Open Source Program at Microsoft: How Open Source Thrives Microsoft is now an accepted big player in the open source space, but just a few years ago such a role for the software giant, seemed inconceivable.

Opening up our Slack Community

We have decided to open up our Slack community to everyone to increase knowledge sharing. You can join our Slack community here. We look forward to having conversations with everyone and spreading the best practices of open source program management.

Open Source Program Case Studies: Red Hat

Last year we launched our Open Source Program Guides and as part of that launch, we mentioned we will be actively publishing open source program case studies. We started with Comcast, Dropbox, Facebook and Salesforce, this month we’re happy to add the Red Hat open source program: Red Hat Open Source and Standards Team: How Red Hat Measures Open Source Success Red Hat is, by its very nature, a deviation from the norm in this series of profiles.

Open Source Program Guide: Shutting Down An Open Source Project

Last year, the TODO Group published an initial set of guides focused on the art of open source program management. This year, we plan to continue to update and publish new guides to help our peers in industry to scale out their open source programs and learn from our lesson. Today we are happy to publish a guide on what happens when you are faced with winding down an open source project.

Open Source Program Case Studies: Oath

Last year we launched our Open Source Program Guides and as part of that launch, we mentioned we will be actively publishing open source program case studies. We started with Comcast, Dropbox, Facebook and Salesforce, this month we’re happy to add the Oath open source program: Oath For seven years and counting, Gil Yehuda, Senior Director of Open Source at Oath Inc. (which owns the Yahoo and AOL brands), has led the open source program at Yahoo.

Open Source Program Case Studies: Dropbox

A little over a few months we launched our Open Source Program Guides and as part of that launch, we mentioned we will be actively publishing open source program case studies. We started with Comcast, Facebook and Salesforce, this month we’re happy to add the Dropbox open source program: Dropbox The open source program at Dropbox was initially just a mailing list, where some interested engineers wanted to open source projects and develop with open source.

Open Source Program Case Studies: Autodesk

A couple of months we launched our Open Source Program Guides and as part of that launch, we mentioned we will be actively publishing open source program case studies. We started with Comcast, Facebook and Salesforce, this month we’re happy to add the Autodesk open source program: Autodesk Autodesk is undergoing a company-wide shift to open source and inner source. And that’s on top of the culture change that both development methods require.