In the last session for the year fo the OnRamp webinar series, our speaker Clare Dillon will explores how the highly influential Team Topologies framework can be applied to Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) and InnerSource Program Offices (ISPOs). She will use the book’s concepts to clarify the organizational role of these offices. The talk will help define their clear, compelling value proposition and translate their work into well-defined, business-friendly outcomes.
Save the date, to find out more about Clare’s progress in her research in the field of OSPO.
- 📅 Friday, December 19th
- ⏰ 10:30-12:00 CEST
- 🎙️ Clare Dillon, Community Lead at CURIOSS & Researcher at Lero.
- 📜 Team Topologies & Value Paths for OSPOs and ISPOs.
As usual, it is an online event open to all with no registration in a safe environment. Just come and grab a seat. Please connect to our 🌐 BigBlueButton instance on the given date and time. You can import this specific session into your calendar with this 📅 ICS file.
In 2019 Matthew Skelton and Manuel Pais’s published Team Topologies, which became a widely influential book in the software and DevOps communities, praised for its practical framework on organizing teams for fast flow and effectiveness. The book defines four fundamental team types (including enabling and platform teams). Team Topologies’ popularity drove investment in enabling and platform teams, as organizations attempted to reduce cognitive load and support stream-aligned teams through better internal tooling and collaboration structures. Open Source Program Offices (OSPOs) and InnerSource Program Offices (ISPOs) are organizational units that enable open collaboration practices. In this talk, Clare will use the Team Topologies framework as a lens to understand how these program offices fit into an organization’s structure. This talk will explore how Team Topologies can provide a foundation for crafting a clear and compelling value proposition for OSPOs and ISPOs. It helps translate the often intangible or misunderstood work of these program offices into well-defined outcomes that resonate with business audiences.
The OSPO OnRamp meeting series provides an open, neutral and friendly forum, low-threshold entry point to exchange and learn about the basics of how to set up an Open Source Program Office and get started with open source. More on the dedicated page.