Open Source Summit Europe 2024

Open source is not just a tactical choice for consumption made by a developer. Open source should be a key part of your innovation plan and strategy, and product managers and business leaders need to understand it. From managing a key open source dependency to releasing open source for building an ecosystem and standards, to joining an open source foundation as a core part of a business plan, business owners need to know open source. Often, the business side of the house is not involved in open source decisions and don’t see it as business impacting. This session is about how to get the business side of the house involved in opens source. It is understanding the business planning process and how to ensure open source is included in that process. Whether it is ideation for a new product, managing ongoing investments in a product line or in marketing and launches, open source is a key component of business plans. As the head of the OSPO at Amazon, I work to build bridges with the business side of the house and to show them implications to the business of open source decisions we make. They need to be involved, support and invest in how we do open source at a company.