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Strategic Approach to CHAOSS at OpenChain x OSPOlogy Prague

I’m excited to be leading the Roundtable Discussion at OpenChain x OSPOlogy Prague on October 6 on the topic of taking a Strategic Approach to Improving your OSPO using CHAOSS.

Hero image for Roundtable Discussion: [GROUP B] Strategic Approach to Improving your OSPO using CHAOSS. MENTOR: Dawn Foster (TODO Group Ambassador). October 6, 2026. 13:40 - 14:40. Deloitte Offices. OpenChain X OSPOlogy Prague 2026.

Metrics can provide deep insights into our open source initiatives, but they can also be overwhelming and require interpretation. Interpreting metrics and understanding what they mean is only useful if you drive appropriate actions to make decisions and improvements based on those metrics. In this roundtable, we’ll use a strategy first approach to discuss how to use metrics, tools, and practitioner guides from CHAOSS to improve the work within your OSPO whether you want to improve OSS projects themselves, assess their viability / risk for your organization, or demonstrate the value and impact of your OSPO.

Since this will be facilitated as a roundtable discussion, here are some links that participants (and anyone else) may find helpful.

Approach:

CHAOSS Practitioner Guides:

Metrics:

Tools:

As with everything I write, this was written by a human without the use of LLMs or other AI assistance.

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More about Demonstrating Organizational Value

OSPOs and other open source teams often struggle to demonstrate the value of their work in a way that resonates with the people in leadership positions within their organization. This is why we created a CHAOSS Practitioner Guide all about Demonstrating Organizational Value, which I blogged about in July when the guide was launched. Since then, it’s still been something I’ve continued to spend quite a bit of time thinking about!

Bob Killen and I recently joined Harmony Elendu for an episode of CHAOSScast to share our thoughts about how organizations can more effectively demonstrate the value of their open source efforts. We talked about the guide and shared some of our own stories about what we’ve done at past companies to demonstrate the value of our teams’ open source work. It’s only 23 minutes long, so I hope you enjoy listening to our conversation!

I’ll also be at OSPOlogy Lyon on November 5 & 6 where I’ll be giving a 20 minute talk about Demonstrating the Value of Open Source Efforts, which is based partly on the content from the guide along with my own experience working within organizations to demonstrate open source value. It’s in person, but free to attend, so I hope to see some of you in Lyon!

OSPOlogy hosted by LF Energy and Réseau de Transport d’Electricité (RTE) on 5-6 November 2025 in Lyon, France on a purple-blue background. Profile picture of Dawn Foster with text underneath reading, Speaker Dawn Foster with the CHAOSS logo.

If you want feedback or help with your open source strategy and how to demonstrate value for your organization, I’m available for consulting engagements.

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