Hi Jonathan, Nice to bump into you today!
Thanks for reminding me about Cofundos, I've made a note on the above Clubs page: http://appropriatesoftware.net/foundation/Clubs.html I would be very interested to learn more about the Cofundos process. Maybe some of the Cofundos people are on this list? :-) In particular, I would be interested to hear how well it works for variable scope proposals. It appears to be designed for fixed scope work. It starts with a list of missing features, and pays out at the end only when they are successfully realised (apparently). It doesn't appear directly to coalesce different actors working across identical domains. Therefore, it appears to reflect a market based approach, where vendors make offers, customers make bids, and payments are made when procured goods are delivered. The software club process we've arrived at seems to be slightly differently constituted. There are two levels: domain and proposal. Central to the software club process is connecting with a definite domain of work. Actors working within the domain are invited to become members of the club. Members simply consent to the proposal for the club, which defines the scope of objectives and the general strategy of the club. The strategy is normally to share analysis and software development on an incremental and indefinite basis. Then within these indefinite iterations, the club host relentlessly builds consensus around variable scope proposals to build capacity within the domain. There's a much better description in the Operational Guide for Software Clubs: http://appropriatesoftware.net/foundation/docs/OperationalGuideforSoftwareClubs.pdf At the moment, our best example is Scan Club (for medical imaging work): http://appropriatesoftware.net/scanbooker/Community.html There seems to be a number of similar (but valuably different) approaches emerging. We're trying to make a list on the Clubs page, but we would prefer to circulate analysis and software between these different initiatives, and think that a software club might be a good way to go. We've named a club called Club of Clubs for this purpose, but would like to hear about how others are thinking about these concerns before pushing ahead too fast. Similarly, I thought we might propose this approach to the international development groups, perhaps before the meeting in the Summer. Best wishes, John. -- Appropriate Software Foundation http://appropriatesoftware.net Telephone: 07811 392292 _______________________________________________ okfn-discuss mailing list [email protected] http://lists.okfn.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/okfn-discuss
