Continuous Valuation
Abstract
Organizations often struggle to quantify the value and ROI derived from consuming and contributing to open source. In this talk, we present Continuous Valuation, a holistic and repeatable framework for demystifying the open source investment process, enabling organizations of all types to measure the incredible value they derive from open source engagement. This methodology effectively combines software engineering and open source domain expertise with economic theory to convert diverse contribution engagements – from code commits to community building to financial support – into measurable monetary equivalents as well as estimate the total return to contribution. We will detail actionable strategies for placing this framework “into production,” providing organizations with novel, credible, and tailor-made insight into their open source contribution ROI.
