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A course on Managing Open Source

A course on Managing Open Source
Submitted by sverma on Wednesday, May 11, 2005 - 21:33

I will be teaching a new course in Fall 2005. The course is titled "Managing Open Source", offered by the Information Systems department in the College of Business. It is listed as:

Course: ISYS 573-02
Schedule# 22094
Title: MANAGING OPEN SOURCE
Lectures: Tuesday 1900-2145
Location: Creative Arts 106
Instructor: SAMEER VERMA

The course details should go live on the SFSU catalog in June. The description follows...

Prerequisite: ISYS 363 or equivalent. (If you think you have equivalency, you can come by and talk to me).

Detailed study of the management of open source software and related processes: open source methodology, code management, integration of open and proprietary software, licensing, copyright and intellectual property rights. Also examines open source business models in the enterprise.

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Subject: 
 Course Syllabus
Author: 
 sverma
Date: 
 Tue, 2006-04-18 11:50
ISYS 573
Managing Open Source

Sameer Verma, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Information Systems
Information Systems Department
College of Business
Course E-mail: sverma@sfsu.edu
Phone: 415-338-7016
Office: Room 359 Science Bldg.
Office Hours: 4:45pm to 6:45pm on Thursdays

Appointments can be scheduled outside these time slots with adequate notice.

Note: Students with disabilities who need reasonable accommodations are encouraged to contact the instructor. The Disability Programs and Resource Center is available to facilitate the reasonable accommodations process.

Prerequisites: ISYS 363 or equivalent.
Knowledge of the basic components of an IS environment is required.

Course Description:
 Detailed study of the management of open source software and related processes: open source methodology, code management, integration of open and proprietary software, licensing, copyright and intellectual property rights. Also examines open source business models in the enterprise.

Course Objectives:
The student will be able to:

  • understand the similarities and differences between open and proprietary software;
  • evaluate licensing, copyright, intellectual property rights and business models related to open source software;
  • identify issues such as standards, interoperability, and source code management in managing a heterogeneous Information Systems environment;
  • describe the challenges in integrated management of open source and proprietary software in the Information Systems infrastructure;
  • use Return on Investment (ROI) and Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) approaches in the acquisition and use of open source software.

Course Content:

  1. Basics of Open Source: Philosophy, Methodology, Software.
  2. Licensing as a driver of diffusion and adoption.
  3. Open source business models.
  4. Source code management approaches.
  5. Comparison with other methods of software development.
  6. Methods of Support for Open Source Software.
  7. Managing proprietary and open source applications.
  8. Evaluating maturity of an open source project.
  9. Assessing viability using the ROI and TCO approach.

 

Grading Policy: The weights placed on the exams, projects, and cases are as follows.

Project/Exam Weight
Case Analysis 1 15%
Case Analysis 2 15%
Project 1 (Individual) 10%
Project 2 (Group) 20%
Exam 1 20%
Exam 2 20%

Case Analysis: Case questions will be provided by the instructor through the course website. Please note that you have to turn in hard copies of the case analyses on respective due dates. File attachments will not be accepted.

Grades:
The grades will be assigned as follows:

 

Grade Points
A 93% to 100%
A- 90% to 92%
B+ 87% to 89%
B 83% to 86%
B- 80% to 82%
C+ 77% to 79%
C 73% to 76%
C- 70% to 72%
D+ 67% to 69%
D 63% to 66%
D- 60% to 62%
F Less than 60%

Other Policies:

  1. Students are expected to attend every class session. Absenteeism will result in a lower grade.
  2. There will be no make-up exams/tests. A grade of zero will be assigned for a missed exam/test.
  3. Late assignments and cases will not be accepted.
  4. Hand written assignments and cases will not be accepted.

Books:

  • Succeeding with Open Source by Bernard Golden, Addison-Wesley Professional, ISBN: 0321268539 (referred to as BG)
  • The Cathedral & the Bazaar (paperback) by Eric S. Raymond, O'Reilly; Revised edition (January 15, 2001), ISBN: 0596001088 (referred to as ESR)
  • Open Source Licensing: Software Freedom and Intellectual Property Law, By Lawrence Rosen [online PDFs] (referred to as LR)
Date Topic Book Chapter Comments
Feb 2 Introduction
Feb 9 The Open Source World - Philosophy, Software, Management
Movie: Revolution OS 		BG: Chapter 1
ESR: A brief History of Hackerdom		 Take notes during the movie show. You will need it later.
Feb 16 The Open Source World - Philosophy, Software, Management BG: Chapter 1
ESR: The Cathedral and the Bazaar
Feb 23 The People of Open Source ESR: Homesteading the Noosphere
Mar 2 The Business of Open Source BG: Chapter 2
Mar 9 Open Source Licensing LR: Chapters 1 and 4. Download PDFs of these chapters. Chapter references from Larry Rosen's book on this topic. See details here
Mar 16 Risks associated with Open Source Software BG: Chapter 3
ESR: Magic Cauldron
Mar 23 Exam 1
Software Quality, Maturity and Assessment 		Exam 1 will cover Chapters 1, 2 and 3 from the BG book.
BG: Chapter 4 		I will give you a copy of a chapter on Open Source Software Quality
Mar 30 Open Source as a Product
Open Source as a Service 		BG: Chapters 5 and 10
Apr 6 SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK SPRING BREAK
Apr 13 Open Source Maturity Model BG: Chapter 4
Chapter 11
Apr 20 Technical Support, Documentation and Training BG: Chapters 6, 7 and 8
Apr 27 Open Source Integration BG: Chapter 9
May 4 Total Cost of Ownership of Open Source Solutions Class exercise
May 11 OSS: Community, Business, Hype and Reality Lecture
May 18 Team Project Presentations
May 25 Final Exam Covers Chapters 4, 5, 6, 7, ,8, 9 ,10 and 11



 

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