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Skeleton Outline of OSPlaybook

INTRODUCTION

Defining terms, describing scope.

BEFORE YOU BEGIN

Getting Clearance

Guidelines for getting initial approval to begin, talking to legal, etc.

Starting a New Open Source Project

Vetting the project idea, making sure it's right for open source, initial scoping, early choices re: language, tools, architecture.

Open Sourcing an Existing Project

Common challenges of open sourcing after the fact, methods for tackling obstacles.

THE FIRST RELEASE

Code

How to repo, useful abstraction, handling assets.

Docs

Choosing the scope, scale, and character of your docs, audience considerations, examples.

GROWTH & MAINTENANCE

Working with community

Levels of community engagement, building for productive interactions.

Managing Releases

Release types and use cases, frequency, communication.

Handoffs and Sunsets

Building to withstand organizational change, how to handle various futures.

BEST PRACTICES

Likely a collection of practices mentioned in the doc and abstracted/reiterated here as a reference.