Sustaining OS projects to products

Michele Kimpton

OpenAire conference

11/5/2013

DuraSpace

How is DuraSpace organized?

DuraSpace

Projects

DSpace Fedora Vivo

Services

DuraCloud Education Dspacedirect

Funded through sponsorship,grants,RSP

program

Funded through service revenue and grants

DuraSpace Stewardship

• Executive leadership; strategic planning

• Community programs and awareness

• Fundraising

• Technical lead and Product Manager

• Marketing and communications

• Partnerships

• Legal home for Software

• Infrastructure

• Administrative and financial services

What makes a project sustainable?

• Adequate resources to do the work

• Engaged stakeholders

• Transparent governance

• Shared common need

• Broad and diverse community of users

Transition from Grant or project funding

grants; 25%

services; 18%

sponsorship;

57%

grants; 41%

services;

21%

sponsorship;

38% grants; 84%

services; 2%

sponsorship;

14%

2010 2012

2013

Financial resources through sponsorship

Contributions in kind

• Committers

• Testers

• Documentation

• Working groups

• Developers

• Regional training and advocacy

Engaged and empowered stakeholders

Our Communities “own” our projects.

Transparency and democratic process

Broad and diverse when possible

Diversified community geographically

Continued adoption around the world, particularly developing Countries

26%

25% 23%

10%

7%

4%

4% 1%

North America

Western Europe

Asia

South America

Eastern Europe

Australia/New Zealand

Africa

Middle East

Fedora project governance

Community of users

Sponsor Advisory committee

Mgt Steering committee

Project team

Technical contributors

Project Sponsors

Committers

Tech working group

Fundraising working group

Governance working group

VIVO project governance

…words of advice • Engage your stakeholders through

participation and governance

• Ensure your project meets the needs of your stakeholders

• Develop project champions beyond the initial creator

• Focus on sustainability early in the project before you run out of funding

• Share the work by creating a broad, diverse community of users

Thank you

Michele Kimpton

mkimpton@duraspace.org