The Hitchhiker's Guide to OFBiz How we found OFBiz and joined the community Si Chen Open Source Strategies, Inc.
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