Your Open Source Program Office, Your Program Management Organizati... Duane O'Brien & Talia Tupling

Your Open Source Program Office, Your Program Management Organization, And You - Duane O'Brien & Talia Tupling, Indeed

You are building an Open Source Program Office (an OSPO) that is the center of excellence for open source consumption, contribution, and production. Your company already has a Project or Program Management Organization (a PMO) that is the center of excellence for program strategy, management, and execution. How can these two organizations collaborate effectively? How is your Open Source Program Officer different from a Program Manager? What can we learn from each other? This talk by leaders from both the Open Source Program Office and the Program Management Office will focus on lessons learned over the course of a four year collaboration. We will give specific examples of problems that we solved together, times we disagreed but still made progress, and ongoing challenges that we’re still working on. Audience members from medium-to-large companies will benefit the most from this talk. Attendees will learn: 1. How do you connect these two organizations? 2. Why should your PMO care about open source? 3. Why should your OSPO have an embedded PMO member? 4. How can your OSPO and PMO team up to make a big community impact with a small team? 5. How can you bring more partners to the table, evaluate goals, and build consensus?