<html><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="word-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;" class="">Hi<div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">I am doing a little bit of research into product management strategies and processes within OSGeo. The purpose is to inform a talk that I hope to present at FOSS4G and/or FOSS4GUK later in the year.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">My aim is to explore and compare approaches to product management across several well known OSGeo projects.<div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13px;" class=""><br class=""></div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Amongst the questions that I will <b class="">try</b> to answer</div><div style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal; min-height: 13px;" class=""><br class=""></div>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Does the Open Source collaborative development model incorporate and support product management disciplines?</li>
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<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Are there formal product management strategies within the OSGeo Community?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">How is a roadmap developed?</li>
<li style="margin: 0px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: normal;" class="">Are there best practices that we can learn from and share?</li></ul><div class="">If you are a member of a Project Steering Committee and would be willing to participate in this research effort by completing a short survey and possibly a follow up interview please contact me or forward this mail to someone within your project who might be interested in participating.</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Thanks for any help</div><div class=""><br class=""></div><div class="">Steven</div><div class="">
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