How to achieve effective Open source collaboration
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Hi everyone, my name is Franklin Ahebulan. I'm pleased to be here with you all. I would like to share with you how to achieve effective open source collaboration.
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Open source collaboration entails working together with a group of people to complete a project that will be freely and publicly available for anyone to use, inspect, modify or enhance. Open source collaboration requires open-mindedness and team players
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since every individual with varying personalities, work experience and attitude are involved. Creating an atmosphere that respects diversity increases engagement. It also encourages open communication and fosters accountability amongst every participant.
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People can collaborate better to open source projects using the right collaboration and project management tools. Principles of effective open source collaboration. Some of the principles of effective open source collaboration include
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accountability, adaptability, clarity, efficiency, empathy, optimism, organization, respect for diversity, trust and transparency, accountability.
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The most successful open source projects have systems and processes where participants can reference a project's schedule and tasks so they have a clear understanding of how their contributions affect the group.
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Adaptability. Collaborative projects often don't go as planned. There may be obstacles or unforeseen issues that may delay progress. Adapting well to changes comes with practice and experience.
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Clarity. It's natural for people to have their own priorities or interests. That is why it's important to identify everyone's priority and agenda upfront to find a common denominator that will move the project forward. Efficiency. To increase productivity.
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In person meetings or rather video calls with agenda and clear goals outlined for each participant must be made. Empathy. The more you get to know your fellow participant or colleagues
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and understand how they work and what challenges they are dealing with, the better chance you will have at successfully collaborating with them. Having empathy for your teammates can allow you to better understand their motives and feelings. Taking time to listen and understand how others think and work
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can help you to communicate with them in the right ways. Optimism. Just because you had a group project go poorly in the past doesn't mean the same might happen. Try to let go and start
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and approach every work like a new start with an open mind and positive mindset. Organization. Collaboration cannot be successful. Allized people are able to delegate workload, take care of their responsibilities and keep themselves organized. Respect for diversity.
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To ensure effective collaboration is essential to reflect on any implicit biases or decisions that could be a softer form of discrimination when working with colleagues from other countries and culture. Trust. People need to feel safe and receive genuine constructive feedback.
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Be inspired by a common goal and have the tools and opportunities to connect. Transparency. Practicing honesty and transparency at work might mean
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working through a disagreement. Explain that you are unable to complete a certain task on time or sharing difficult updates. Without transparency, it can be difficult for a team to develop trust and therefore work together efficiently.
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Ways to achieve effective open source collaboration. Some of the ways of achieving effective open source collaboration include 1. Provide support and learn to compromise.
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2. Identify strengths and weaknesses of team members. 3. Clarity of team goals and purpose. 4. Assign rules and responsibilities. 5. Create an atmosphere of trust. 6. Organize the process. 7. Encourage participants to network.
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8. Recognize and reward efforts. 9. Resolve problems without assigning blame. 10. Provide support and learn to compromise. 11. Creating a supportive environment for collaboration. 12. Encourage team members to speak out and interact with both colleagues
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and the project maintainers. When working closely with others, it's essential you listen closely to each team member's idea, feedback and advice and be considerate and respectful when responding. While you may have your own ideas about the direction of a project
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or how the team should perform each task, it's critical you take your colleagues' opinion into account too. Clarity, identify the strengths and weaknesses of team members.
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It is a great strategy to work with team members' strengths rather than working around their weaknesses. This enables each person to get to know themselves better and their individual strengths. Then pair them with convenient tasks or rules. It will help significantly improve the confidence of the member
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and better understand their personality. When teams are connected in this way, each member is set up for success because they are each assigned tasks that play to their respective strengths. Clarity of team goals and purpose.
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To create a cohesion, team members must be provided with a convincing reason to be a part of the project's mission. To drive success in team members, it's important to set measurable goals for each on a quarterly basis.
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Having a clear course on why to get involved makes them passionate about the goals and objectives. For collaboration to work, the vision on purpose must be clear. Assign rules and responsibilities. Members of the free and open source software community
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should understand their rules and responsibilities in a collaborative environment. By that way, they can review their rules and encourage participants to take more responsibilities and be ready to support them as well.
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Within the dynamics of teamwork, it's important that the parties both understand the work they are responsible for and make the effort to complete the same tasks on time and up to the expected standard. Create an atmosphere of trust.
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A balanced and sustained collaboration system listening to team members' feedback and involve them in the decision-making process. As a team leader, it's mostly up to you to create a safe environment based on trust. Setting up visible and realistic goals is a good way to start.
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It shows that you are able to manage performance in a way that motivates the fellow team members. And when a team can trust each other, it's easier to have a healthy approach to the project and admit a mistake the moment it occurs.
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Organize the process. There is no chance for a collaborative environment unless you organize the work processes. In addition to providing support, building trust clarifying team members' role and responsibility. It is essential to provide a team with a platform
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to share their ideas or leave feedback. Encourage participants to network. Socializing with co-participants is an effective way to open channels of communication,
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share common interests, or talk on some challenges outside of work. This helps to decrease individual biases. For a free and open-source community to grow, they must encourage brainstorming and exchange of thoughts on a regular basis.
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Recognize and reward efforts. For collaboration to work, it must be consistent and purposeful, with resources and rewards dedicated to resources. When team members feel they are part of something exceptional, they are willing to work together. Taking time to recognize results
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and celebrate positive outcomes as a group is essential for effective collaboration. Resolve problems without assigning blame. Sometimes when working with others, problems arise or people make mistakes. In these circumstances, it is essential
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to calmly analyze the issue as a group without blaming any team member. Instead, focus your energy on working together to find solutions. To enhance collaboration is important. You are willing to forgive mistakes when others make them
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and take responsibility when you make an error. Essential skills for successful open-source collaboration. According to the American author, Helen Keller, she put it, alone we can do so little,
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together we can do so much. Essential skills for successful open-source collaboration include goal setting, communication, problem solving, active listening, time management, emotional intelligence, open-mindedness, goal setting.
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When you are working with a team, everyone must understand the purpose and vision behind the project, as well as how you will be determining the success. Establishing transparency builds trust and ensures everyone is committed to success
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and aligned with the common purpose. Every effective team needs to understand what the common goals are, how these goals are measured, and what the team should focus on. Set realistic expectations, otherwise your team will find frustration
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instead of success. Communication. Before you begin tackling attacks or projects, ensure you set clear intention. Let the team know what you are doing and set realistic expectations for when you will get done
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and be sure to follow through. Also remember to communicate if you need to make any changes to the plan that you have set out. If something unexpected happens and you won't be able to deliver a result as expected, communicate these changes through an all-in-one communication tool.
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Clear and thoughtful communication is very important for successful collaboration. People communicate differently. Some of us feel perfectly comfortable speaking in groups, others don't. And fostering clear and open communication means being mindful of different communication styles
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and adapting the way you communicate accordingly. Active listening. Much like communication, active listening skills can help a team to understand and trust each other. Active listening is the art of making an effort
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to focus intently on one person as they share their ideas, thoughts or feelings. You might also ask follow-up questions to dig deeper into what they are communicating. When you are working closely with others, you have to listen closely to every participant's idea,
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feedback and advice. Problem solving. When problems arise, analyze the issue as a group without blaming any one person. Rather, focus your energy on working together to find solutions. This helps build trust between team members
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and ensures transparency. Time management. Being able to prioritize your tasks and schedule them out accordingly is key to ensuring you can meet deadlines and complete the work that your team is counting on you to deliver.