Open Source in the Enterprise - Proposed work items

This table lists proposals made by participants in the Project "Open Source in the Enterprise", in no particular order. These proposals may overlap as they are independently generated. They may then be split, combined and altered in the process of getting off the ground. Once they are considered as work in process they move to the list of work items.

Proposed work item	proposed by	Characterization	Audience	Comments
Managers Guide to using Open Source	Dock Allen	Provide a user-friendly overview of open source / free software licensing, with references to where to find out more. Help realize financial and schedule benefits from this new resource, and avoid common pitfalls	Decision Makers	Discussion with authors started
Including Open Source in your SW landscape	Walter Stahlecker	Resource for those who execute inclusion of Open Source with existing SW, including discussion of various licenses	IT folks, developers, legal staff
Best practices for releasing Open Source	Walter Stahlecker	Compendium of best practices on the release of code and IP under Open Source licenses	Decision Makers, project leaders, legal staff
How to include Open Source into IT Architecture	Walter Stahlecker	Describing both rationale and issues coming up during consideration of including Open Source into IT architectures	IT and Enterprise Architects	Possibly an addition to TOGAF. The Architecture Forum is interested to receive such a submission.
Evangelization in Enterprises	Walter Stahlecker	Turning myths to facts about using and creating Open Source. This comprises preparation of materials and the promotion work using such material.	Decision makers, IT architects, IT staff, legal staff

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