Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2020

Open Source is already established as a standard for many evolving technologies and there is almost no project that is not based on it or using it in some aspect. This type of software can give maintainers and contributors independence on how they can lead and develop their projects, but more freedom means higher responsibility for the project leadership. One major role of an Open Source Program Office (OSPO) is to assist projects to become sustainable and recognized as reliable for adoption. In this talk, we will share the example criteria that measure a project’s “health” and will discuss how to interpret the data to identify potential problems. The CHAOSS project’s Augur tool has developed over the past years to enable this type of data collection and metrics measurement. Prior talks from the CHAOSS community have covered details about the analysis approach that Augur is using, while we will focus more on the OSPO perspective as project adopters. We will show demos of projects we are working with and how we assess their health. We believe that such knowledge can benefit the whole ecosystem and provide guidance that is highly useful for all stakeholders.