Is #Strategy for #FOSS? Taking a strategic approach...

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Taking a strategic approach to software development projects. Have a vision, outline strategies, create a plan, act on it. Does it happen in FOSS world?

Searching on strategy gives pages full of biz this, commercial that, capitalistic BS.

Would FOSS benefit from being more strategic? There's this concept called #OpenStrategy and it could be adapted, populated with practices that are useful for teams, communities, and the commons.

A #poll to see what you think..

Anonymous poll

Poll

FOSS projects being more strategic is needed

34.9%

FOSS projects go as they go, and that's fine

44.2%

I am curious. What would be the benefits?

16.3%

Just show me the results

4.7%

43 people voted.
Voting ended 3 Jul 2022 at 7:32.

Like 26 Jun 2022 at 7:32 | Open on mastodon.social

4 comments

Silmathoron ⁂

@humanetech I think all FOSS projects should help lobbying efforts on political bodies (e.g. EU) to get some legislation out about software that's installed by default. That way we could propose any Linux distro to people that get a new computer, any web browser upon first login, etc.
Second thing is to get them to recognize public-interest FLOS software and fund it.

26 Jun 2022 at 7:56 | Open on floss.social

smallcircles (Humane Tech Now)

@silmathoron I agree. But how to convince them to spend time on that, and that there's a win-win on the long term? Mostly the project-specific tasks absorb all attention and there's little focus on the broader picture beyond. It is understandable, because there's already so much to pay attention to, to keep a good project going.

26 Jun 2022 at 7:58 | Open on mastodon.social

Silmathoron ⁂

@humanetech I do think that it's easier for somewhat stable/big projects that can either donate to the NGOs that do some lobbying, pay people with legal expertise to work on that, or directly have one of their members go meet the politicians.
However, some small projects have successfully done some lobbying... maybe ask @aral how he got the EU to invite him?

26 Jun 2022 at 8:23 | Open on floss.social

Aral Balkan

@silmathoron @humanetech Spoke twice at the EU parliament. One was the greens, I think, inviting me because they knew of my work. The other was because Eugen asked if I’d go speak in his place.

To be fair, I could have spoken to a brick wall for all the good it did.

Also, we (Small Technology Foundation) haven’t received a single euro of EU funding for any of our work. Not for lack of asking either. So make of that what you will.

26 Jun 2022 at 8:36 | Open on mastodon.ar.al