Open Source Summit Europe 2024

The data available about open source projects can feel like a tsunami, but there are ways to make this more manageable by focusing on the metrics that matter the most for your OSPO. This session will highlight how OSPOs can use data to generate meaningful insights about the open source software communities that are important for your business. This talk will start with a discussion about how to approach the tsunami of data by moving from data points toward insight and wisdom about your open source software. We’ll start with data collection and processing before discussing how collections of metrics can be used to understand your community more holistically than looking at individual metrics. The final section will include examples of how to interpret the data to move beyond analysis and find tangible ways to improve your OSS projects. We’ll show examples from Augur and 8Knot to show what is possible with structured data and metrics from the CHAOSS project. The audience will walk away with tips and techniques for making sense of those waves of data using collections of metrics and data science to result in actionable insights about your open source software.