TheHitchhiker'sGuidetoOFBizHowwefoundOFBizandjoinedthecommunity

SiChenOpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

HowWeGotHere

About

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

Onlineretailerofluxurylinensandhomedcor

Servesinteriordesigners,architects,directconsumers

SourcesfromvendorsinUS,Europe,Asia

Custommakesitemsforclients

Growthinnewproductsandmarketsegments

BeforeOFBiz...

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

WebSiteandShoppingCart

CatalogManager

CustomerListsOrderManagement

OrderEntryInventoryAccounting

Shipping

Multiplepointapplicationswithlimitedconnectivity

AGrowingCompanyNeeds...

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

LowCostofOwnership

Integratedsolutionforefficiency

Adaptabletonicheproduct

Flexibleasbusinesschanges

Scalable,infunctionsandinvolume

WhyWeChoseOFBiz

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

StrongFeatureSet

RobustDataModel

ArchitectureforGrowth

PowerfulDevelopmentFramework

DeployingOFBiz

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

DNSFailover

Apache OFBiz PostgreSQL

Linux ProductionServer

BackupServer

WhatWe'veLearned

RapidDevelopmentwithOFBiz

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

Fastdesigntocodeprocess

Studythedatamodel

Prototypewithbeanshell

Servicesandsecasmakecodehighlyreuseable

LearnOFBizbyJoiningIt

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

Readthetutorials:

http://www.opensourcestrategies.com/ofbiz

Identifyareaofinterest

FindtasksonJIRAordevlist

Invest4hours/weekx13weeks(3months)=52hours

Submityourworkforreview

MakingOFBizWork

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

Collaboration

Contributions

Improvements

ContinuingInnovation

CommunitywithoutContributions

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

Eachorganizationinvestsinmaintenance,documenation,andextensionsinisolation

Highlyinefficientduplicationofefforts

Maint Extend

Doc

Maint Extend

Doc

Extend

Doc

CommunitywithContributions

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

Poolofcollectiveresources

Lowerseachorganization'scosts

Maint Extend

Doc

Doc

TheVirtuousCycle

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

MoreFeatures MoreUsers

MoreDevelopers

MakeaContribution

BenefitsofOpenSourceCollaboration

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

BetterRequirements

PeerReview

Testing

Maintenance

LowerCost

BetterSoftware

Generatingcodeisonlysmallpartofcreatingsoftware

Unlessallexpertsareinhouse,collaborationisgood

AndMostImportantly...

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

BetterRequirements

ShouldIContributetoOpenSource?

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

IfIContribute... IfIDon'tContribute...

Collaboratewithotherdevelopers

Feedback,maintenance,improvementsfromcommunity

Easiertoupgrade

Encouragemorecontributions

Keepuniqueoffering

Maintainandimproveityourself

Gulfwithopensourcecodebase

Whatifopensourcecatchesup?

WhatShouldIContribute?

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

YoushouldcontributeUNLESS:

Itformsyouruniquecompetitiveadvantage

AND

Youwillinvesttomaintainthatadvantage

WhatCanIDo?

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

Givefeedbackondesigns

Trynewfeaturesandvoteonthem

Bugreportsaregood

Patchesarebetter

Helpwithdocumentation

TellothersaboutOFBiz

Remember...

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

Opensourcedoesn'tsucceedbecauseofcharity.

Opensourcesucceedsbecauseweworktogether.

TheRoadAhead

Accounting Inventory&Warehouse

CustomerService

ProductCatalogs

eCommerce

ContentMgmt

Manufacturing Marketing OrderEntry PointOfSales

NextStepwithOFBiz

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

BringtogetherbusinessprocesseswithOFBizbasedERPsolution

Logospropertiesoftheirrespectiveowners freeimages.co.uk

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

BringingOpenSourcetotheEnterprise

About

2005OpenSourceStrategies,Inc.

Bridgegapbetweenopensourceandcommercialenterprisesoftware

Createkeysupportandmarketingnetworks

Promoteopensourcesoftwaredevelopment