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Of horses, water, and getting them to drink Getting your open source company to contribution
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Of horses, water, and getting them to drink
Getting your open source company to contribution
Chris Jansen Developer, Deeson
Developer 5+ yearsOpen source enthusiastDrupal (core) contributor
Jeffrey ‘jam’ McGuireEvangelist, DevRel, Acquia@[email protected]/podcast
Open Source Evangelist, longstanding passion for Drupal project / communityAdvisor @openstrategypartners.com
Outline. Introduction
Benefits of using open source
Why contribute?
Identifying roadblocks
Removing roadblocks
Now go contribute!
Recap
Q&A
“Nobody made a greater mistake than he they who did nothing because he they could do only a little.”
Edmund Burke, 1729-1797
• Office of the CTO (OCTO)• 10 full-time Drupal Core & ecosystem
contributors• Drupal 8 Module Acceleration Program
• $500K USD investing in module upgrades• Major sponsor of events, code sprints, &c.• Acquia Labs: “Drupal beyond the browser”• Drupal security team members, module
maintainers, community organizers … !
Contributes
The developer’s perspective
So what’s the problem?
Map the problem.
Identify negative catalysts.
Identify possible solutions.
Benefits of using open source software
The businessperspective
License fee of zero
Lower development costs
Faster time to market
Improved ROI
Reduced vendor lock-in
…
The obvious stuff.
IT costsPersonnel
Hosting Infrastructure
BandwidthSLA Support
Design
Proprietary. Open Source.IT costsPersonnelHostingInfrastructureBandwidthSLA Support Design
Features: Vendor roadmapFeatures: Vendor release cycle
Vendor lock-inBuy back your data
Proprietary. Open Source.Features: What you needFeatures: When you need itFeatures: Cutting edge1000s of vendorsYou own your data
License feesOne time / Annual / Recurring €€€
Pay for permission to try
Proprietary. Open Source.License fees€ 0.00
Invest in features, training, staff …Cheap, (almost) risk-free POCsBuild better, not cheaper.
Build better, not cheaper.
Budget == 100 Proprietary Open Source Reallocation
License fees 30 0 -30
Infrastructure, etc. 15 15 0
Strategy, Design, UX 25 35 +10
Features 20 30 +10
Implementation, QA 10 20 +10
Contribute?Of course!
Seems obvious …
Seems obvious…
Because we are optimists & idealists
“Because it’s the right thing to do!”
“Push community, that’s why you are here”
“We should give back was always our mentality”
“My future took a completely different turn based on the fact that we contributed to open source.”
Identifying contribution roadblocks
Strategic Roadblocks
Not knowing the why
1.
Simon Sinek
TEDx 2009How Great Leaders Inspire Action
BookStart With Why
https://goo.gl/S8KNUx
Identified roadblocks
1. Unclear mandate/policy (“The Why”)
2. Lack of knowledge (“The How”)
3. Doubts about own skills
4. Lack of time
5. Lack of procedure (“The What”)
Operational Roadblocks
Identified roadblocks
2.
Real problems in a medium sized operation.
25+ employees
Removing Strategic Contribution Roadblocks
The boss talk.
community contribution doesn't happen without promotion in the community (sessions, blog posts, webinars, etc.)
Long term, systematic thinking, v "quick wins" ... I want to prioritise long term, profitable systems over short term, profitable billing codes.
Management:
Discuss contribution
Get consensus
Define contribution policy/mandate
Developers:
When in doubt, ask for clear policy/mandate
Define / Change Policy
Let’s unblock those developers!
That sounds convincing! !?
Removing Operational Contribution Roadblocks
Let’s solve this problem
Increase proficiency trough training and guidance
1.
So we’ve reduced the knowledge problem…
Now what?
2.
Proficiency +mandate = Confident contribution
But … we’re not there yet
3.
Integrating dev workflow with open source
Development flow.
Analyse Develop
Peer reviewPublish
Share your work.
Company OS Project
Share
Share
Analyse Develop
Peer reviewPublish
Analyse Develop
Peer reviewPublish
Use the work of others.
Use
Share
Analyse Develop
Peer reviewPublish
Analyse Develop
Peer reviewPublish
Company OS Project
Improve the work of others.
Company OS Project
Share
Share
Use
Analyse Develop
Peer reviewPublish
Analyse Develop
Peer reviewPublish
Result:
Contribution is how you work.
4.
So what do we contribute!?
So whatcan we do? !?
There must be 50 ways …
Code
Reviews
Documentation
Sponsorship
Organise
Design
Evangelise
And more!
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Introduction
Benefits of using open source
Why contribute?
Identifying roadblocks
Removing roadblocks
Now go contribute!
Recap
Q&A
Recap.
Thank you!
