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Published 20 hours ago • verified publisher icon InnerSourceCommons

Types of InnerSource projects

Open rrrutledge opened this issue 2 years ago • 7 comments

As I talk with people about InnerSource, I often hear confusion and importance given to the type of project:

  • Technical enabler vs. product stack.
  • API vs module.
  • Reuse only vs. open for contribution.

It comes up so much that I want to have some kind of visual explaining it.

rrrutledge avatar Feb 20 '23 20:02 rrrutledge

See https://docs.google.com/document/d/1lVQ4MJfdVokHg1fq7syoWaWErokMBxE-NMnZiU8v0lQ/edit

rrrutledge avatar Feb 20 '23 22:02 rrrutledge

Is something like the picture below in scope or out of scope? (original idea is to enlight the trade-offs between Asset Size&Type vs complexity / ease of reuse

Image

tfroment avatar Feb 27 '23 16:02 tfroment

Another idea: starting a program prioritize which types of projects will help to get going.

rrrutledge avatar Feb 27 '23 16:02 rrrutledge

Hey @rrrutledge . I left a bunch of comments in the document linked above. Hope they are helpful.

gruetter avatar Mar 02 '23 18:03 gruetter

Thanks! Will take a look.

rrrutledge avatar Mar 02 '23 19:03 rrrutledge

I think that types of InnerSource projects from organizational PoV is also something that is covered in some of the ISC materials, but it could be improved. I liked this article: https://przemek.malirz.pl/en/blog/unlocking-the-power-of-inner-source/ that explains from the organizational side how InnerSource projects can be different.

winterrocks avatar Apr 25 '23 13:04 winterrocks

I'm not working on this any longer.

rrrutledge avatar May 30 '23 20:05 rrrutledge