OSPO 101 Training Modules

OSPO 101 is a course on everything you need to know about open source program office management.

It is intended to be modularized so the content is reusable in a piecemeal fashion:

• Open Source Introduction
• Open Source Business Strategy
• Effective Open Source Program (OSPO) Management
• Open Source Development Practices
• Open Source Compliance Programs
• Collaborating Effectively with Open Source Projects
• Creating Open Source Projects

The OSPO 101 course material is also available on LF Training as a full fledged packaged course for your organization:

https://training.linuxfoundation.org/training/open-source-management-and-strategy/

Course Outline

• Open Source Introduction

  • Introducing Open Source
  • A Short History of Open Source Software
  • Reasons to Use Open Source

• Open Source Business Strategy

  • Introducing Open Source Business Models
  • Developing an Open Source Strategy
  • Developing Open Source Policies
  • Introducing the Open Source Program Office (OSPO)

• Effective Open Source Program (OSPO) Management

  • Open Source Program Offices & Your Organization
  • Building an Effective Open Source Program Office
  • Additional Information & Case Studies

• Open Source Development Practices

  • Effective Open Source Development & Participation
  • The Role of Continuous Integration & Testing
  • Applying Open Source Methodologies Internally

• Open Source Compliance Programs

  • Open Source Licensing and Compliance Basics
  • Building an Effective Compliance Program
  • Choosing the Right License Compliance Tool
  • The Role of Open Source Audits During M&A Activities

• Collaborating Effectively with Open Source Projects

  • Understanding Upstream Open Source Projects
  • Effective Upstream Contribution Strategies
  • Upstream Development Practices

• Creating Open Source Projects

  • Open Source Project Creation Overview
  • New Project Preparations
  • Successful Project Launch & Sustainment

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank Guy Martin for helping seed the initial content for the course. The course was converted to friendly markdown format by the TODO Group community, including contributions from Chris Aniszczyk and Greg Back.

License

All code is offered under the Apache 2.0 and documentation is offered under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/