INCUBATION WORKING GROUP

TOPICS

• Short history
• Lessons learned
• Mentorship
• Q&A

SHORT HISTORY

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• 2013: incubation review
• 2014: approval and first projects, OSS watch training
• 2015: graduations and projects
• 2016: make IWG sustainable proces

INCUBATION GRADUATES

• Apereo OAE
• OpenCast
• Xerte
• Karuta
• Unitime

LESSONS LEARNED

LICENSING

• It becomes formal/ people wake up
• It can be confusing: inbound/outbound
• It is bureaucratic and takes long to close

ADDONS

• Portlets or other subcompoments
• Many dependencies on 'mother project'
• Best dealt with thru PMC

ADOPTION BEFORE GRADUATION

• Incubation should bring wider adoptiom
• But incubation S4 also requires adoption
• How to raise awareness is the question

MENTORSHIP

IWG MENTORS

• Work on Apereo portfolio
• Help projects in vulnerable startup phase
• Are information brokers
• Spend a couple of hours per month

IWG MENTORS

• Gain (collective) experience on software life cycles
• Provide the outside view / prevent group think
• Safeguard Apereo values

DISCUSSION

DISCUSSION

• Experiences
• Incubation graduates
• IWG membership and mentors