Types of InnerSource projects

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Types of InnerSource projects #22

Open rrrutledge opened 1 year ago

rrrutledge commented 1 year ago

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 commented 1 year ago

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

tfroment commented 1 year ago

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

rrrutledge commented 1 year ago

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

gruetter commented 1 year ago

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

rrrutledge commented 1 year ago

Thanks! Will take a look.

winterrocks commented 1 year ago

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.

rrrutledge commented 1 year ago

I'm not working on this any longer.