Session: 2 for 1: The Hidden Life of Open Source/How Many Ways Can You Fail? A Taxonomy of Corporate (in)Decision
The Hidden Life of Open Source – amanda casari
Just as open source has evolved in the last few decades, the metaphors and analogies we use to describe it change as well. We’ve moved from cathedrals and bazaars, to roads and bridges, to clubs and stadiums, to gardens. What these all fail to capture is the evolutionary nature of open source which has developed over time without an overarching plan.
In this talk, we briefly introduce the concepts behind the principles of evolutionary, bottom-up systems, and how these can better shape open source maintainer’s planning for their project and community during chaotic economic conditions. We will also briefly discuss how corporations are able to invest in open source, and how moving to an evolutionary resource model could change corporate-community engagements for long-term sustainability.
How Many Ways Can You Fail? A Taxonomy of Corporate (in)Decision – Federico Lucifredi
Decision-making in the modern corporation is riddled with paradox: the outward declared objective of the organization, has to contend with all too human realities ranging from the Peter Principle to having too many cooks in the kitchen, to the individual’s perfectionism, indecision, or even straight up cowardice. Decisions that are the lifeblood of your project can be deferred, avoided, or derailed in perfectly legitimate and even well-meaning ways. This can spell death for what you were tasked to build, as success depends on implementation as much as on a good idea. You cannot execute if decisions are not prompt, mostly correct, and accepted by the team.
We dissect how decisions do *not* happen, and what you can do about it. Success in business depends on getting things done. Join us as we explore the lost art of thinking in the corporation, and what you as a tiny but revolutionary-minded cog can do about it.
