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The previous 'Help Most Needed' list was presenting information in a way that focused on the desires of the community rather than the value that sponsoring organisations can generate - for both themselves and the commons. Replace the list with a new list of 'Upstream Investment Opportunities', and a process to keep them current by removing them after they have been on the list for between 6 months and a year, so that the submitter is forced to reaffirm their interest and the TC is forced to re-evaluate the relevancy. Since the current 'Help Most Needed' entries are generally not written in a style emphasising the value to a business of investing, the initial list is empty and will be filled as the TC evaluates business cases according to its new criteria and understanding of the needs of potential contributing organisations. To preserve the existing information, the contents of the current 'Help Most Needed' list appear as the 2018 upstream investment opportunites. Links to the old list will temporarily redirect here until such time as the new entries are in place, at which point we can redirect to the main page with the latest index. Change-Id: I65fef701dc2e3d50aa84e7ee79b068c78346c846
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Upstream Investment Opportunities
Many companies in the OpenStack community are looking to invest in upstream development of OpenStack, for many reasons: to build expertise within the organisation; to minimise the cost of downstream maintenance by addressing issues at the source; to drive insights gained from serving their customers into the upstream design; to mitigate business risks presented by a tragedy of the commons; or just to support the community. One study has shown that companies that contribute to Open Source projects are able to capture up to twice as much value from their use of the software than those who do not contribute are.1 However, OpenStack is a large project and figuring out where best to invest to derive business value can seem daunting, especially for those new to the community.
This page presents a curated set of suggested investment areas based on the current opportunities available in the community, along with contact points for each who can help you get started. The list is in no particular order - which opportunity is the best fit depends on the nature of your business. In general, contributors to the community need not be solely devoted to upstream development, but we have found that long-term commitments generate the most value for both the project and the sponsoring organisation.
Current Investment Opportunities
2019/index
Note
This process is new in 2019. You may wish to refer to the entries
from the previous Help Most Wanted list <2018/index> while the
process of converting them to the new format is underway.
Inclusion Criteria
Only entries approved in the current calendar year are shown, but entries from previous years may be reproposed if they are still relevant. Each item should provide a business case that potential sponsors can use to identify whether the opportunity is relevant to them, a description of the kind of experience needed as well as the mentoring opportunities the community is able to provide, and at least one point of contact for anyone interested in contributing.
Footnotes
Nagle, Frank, Learning by Contributing: Gaining Competitive Advantage Through Contribution to Crowdsourced Public Goods (December 21, 2017).↩︎