opendevelopmentin the enterprise

Bertrand Delacrétaz@bdelacretaz, grep.codeconsult.ch

Senior R&D Developer, Adobe BaselApache So!ware Foundation Member and Director

October 2013slides revision 2013-10-29

candistributed

teamswork?

what's a

successfulsoftwareproject?

good software is

simplereliable

and has the

right featuresmore brain cells are good.

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Corporate teams are too o!en isolated in their own watertight boxes...

Open Developmentin the enterprise Bertrand Delacretaz, September 2013

A common, shared "ow of informationmakes all the difference

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it’s aboutfeedbackpictures: taliesin, kevinrosseel xfoto on morguefile,

fast feedback

loops!

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teamswork?

Different cultures,timezones,mother tongues,habits.

Recipe for failure?

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Open source success stories!

Semi-chaotic, multicultural, multi-timezone distributed teams that work.

whatis open development?

(it’s like open source)

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openeverybody gets the same information

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meritocraticnobody knows you’re a dog

sustainableconflict resolution rules

self-service archivesexposure promotes quality

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keyelements

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Shared vision

Real-time status updates

Broadcast help requests

Searchable archives

4 drivers

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tasks:issue tracker

code: sharedcode repository

discussions,decisions,

votes:mailing lists& archives

“centralized open collaboration bus”

smiley: dhester on morguefile.com

the

rules

talk tothe project!

(no 1-1 email)

speak in URLs!

(precise references to persistent information)

email is where information goes to die...

plan inthe tracker!

(issue tracker tickets for everything)

code inthe repository!

(there's no "it's on my hard disk")

tasks:issue tracker

code: sharedcode repository

discussions,decisions,

votes:mailing lists& archives

“centralized open collaboration bus”

smiley: dhester on morguefile.com

does it work?

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and many others...

piggy: mconnors on morguefile.com

yes.

obstacles

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we're in thesame office

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my codeis not finished

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mistakesin public...

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Shared vision

Real-time status updates

Broadcast help requests

bene$ts

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Searchable archives

In summary...

reading list:https://delicious.com/bdelacretaz/opendevelopment

this works!