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TODO at Open Source Summit North America

At Open Source Summit North America, the TODO Group will lead a track featuring a variety of talks dedicated to open source program management: Listed below are the talks from the TODO track at OSSNA: Wednesday, August 21 Metrics - When One Size Doesn’t Fit All - Carsten Jacobsen, Uber Technologies Inc. & Manrique Lopez, Bitergia The Developer Goodie Bag - Carsten Jacobsen, Uber Technologies Inc. Shifting Incentives in Open Source Participation - Craig Northway, Qualcomm Technologies Inc Navigating the Interface Between Open and Closed Source Software - Craig Peters & Lachlan Evenson, Microsoft Your Company Cares About Open Source Sustainability.

Open Source Program Case Studies: Uber

Our Open Source Program Guides cover case studies from the industries leading open source programs. We started with Comcast, Dropbox, Facebook, Microsoft, Red Hat and Salesforce, SAP, this month we’re happy to add the Uber open source program (OSPO): Uber Uber is one of the best-known disruptors in the digital age. Its business model famously separated transportation services from the traditional underlying infrastructure with an app-based model offering on-demand and multimodal options.

Open Source Program Case Studies: Uber

Our Open Source Program Guides cover case studies from the industries leading open source programs. We started with Comcast, Dropbox, Facebook, Microsoft, Red Hat and Salesforce, SAP, this month we’re happy to add the Uber open source program (OSPO): Uber Uber is one of the best-known disruptors in the digital age. Its business model famously separated transportation services from the traditional underlying infrastructure with an app-based model offering on-demand and multimodal options.

Open Source Program Case Studies: SAP

Our Open Source Program Guides cover case studies from the industries leading open source programs. We started with Comcast, Dropbox, Facebook, Microsoft, Red Hat and Salesforce, this month we’re happy to add the SAP open source program (OSPO): SAP SAP has been working with open source for decades and has now established an open source program office (OSPO) to further formalize the coordination of its open source activities and expand its engagement with the open source communities.

Open Source Program Management 2018 Survey Results

The TODO Group is thrilled to announce the first Open Source Program Management Survey for 2018 (in partnership with The New Stack) that examines the prevalence and outcomes of open source programs among the Global Fortune 2000, including the key benefits and barriers to adoption. We have open sourced all of our survey results and graphics. Key findings include: Open source use has become commonplace among tech and non-tech companies alike with 72% of companies frequently using open source for non-commercial or internal reasons and 55% using open source for commercial products.

Open Source Program Guide: Setting an Open Source Strategy

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 setting an open source strategy for your organization.

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.