Research Exercise: Interview questions: Reflecting on open sourcing the thing we do/did!'
Context: Did you have an idea of what 'success' or 'failure' would look like? Why OS or community sourcing? Was a pre-existing OS community seen to be relevant? Who used the OS version of the product? Where was the OS product used? Why did they use the OS product? Are they still using it? Actors/Involvement: How did the idea to OS the product/service come about? How did the idea to OS 'get off the ground'? How was the argument for OS positioned beside proprietary activities, products or services? What role did the various actors play (engineering, services, support, executives, board)? What did/do you have to do to get an OS product and community working? Feeling: How did/do you 'feel' about being involved on the OS side? How did/do you 'feel' about OS and its relationship to the rest of the business? How would you characterise other's 'feelings' about OS? Who was identified with the OS side and the OS initiative? Why do you think the...