This blog has existed since 2005, so there are a lot of posts here, and many of them have drifted into obsolescence. To help you find the things that might be most relevant, here are links to get started with topics that are currently interesting to me and are related to my consulting practice.
Strategic OSPO Topics
- A Strategic Approach for OSPOs
- Demonstrating Organizational Value and More about Demonstrating Organizational Value
- OSPO Contribution Strategies to Demonstrate Value
- Assessing the Viability of Open Source Projects
- OSPO Information at Scale
- What can your OSPO do about power dynamics, rug pulls, and other corporate impacts on OSS sustainability?
- Strategy Before Metrics
- How OSPOs Can Take a More Strategic Approach to Conference Talks
- Responsibly Sunsetting OSS Projects: A Guide for OSPOs
Improving Open Source Sustainability
- Sustainable Open Source Leadership
- From Data to Action: Building Healthy and Sustainable Open Source Projects
- Contributor Sustainability Impacts Risk and Adoption of OSS Projects
- The Impact of Funding for Sustainable Open Source Projects
- Funding Open Source Sustainability at CHAOSScon and FOSDEM
- From First PR To Lifelong Impact: Helping People Thrive in Open Source
- Educating the Next Generation of Open Source Project Contributors
Open Source Project Governance
- Good Governance for Open Source Projects
- Governance Part 1: Why is it important?
- Governance Part 2: Defining Governance
- Governance Part 3: New Contributors and Pathways to Leadership
- Governance Part 4: Creating Intentional Culture
- Governance Part 5: Overall Ownership of a Project
- The Turing Way Fireside Chat about Governance
Metrics and CHAOSS
These are covered on a special page devoted to metrics.
Photo by Csaba Talaber on Unsplash, which was selected because snowdrops are the start of the first spring flowers that bloom in my UK garden every year.