I asked the Open Source Initiative (OSI)’s Executive Director for more detail on the “co-design” process they controversially selected to form their own views on the future of Open Source with the advent of AI at the last (and final) town hall on the topic, which they eventually posted and I have transcribed with Whisper*:
I just wanted to hear more about the co-design process itself and how it was selected. But specifically, how does it work in terms of what [are] the kind of ceremonies, the artifacts; [for] agile you have got, regular sprints and daily stand-ups and things like that. If you can walk us through how co-design actually works, that would be great.
This was what they had to say in their defense of the specification on which they hope we will bet the future of our $30 billion industry supporting $9 trillion in activity and 98% of enterprises:
You ask questions.
You get people in a room, virtual or physical.
You ask them questions.
And work with them through different techniques.
Sometimes it’s been butcher papers and Post-it notes.
Sometimes it’s been more assignments of tasks.
And we ask them to give feedback.
And we reconcile that feedback at the end of the session.
That’s it.
I don’t even know where to start with this — the critique writes itself. It’s not even wrong.
I rest my case, your honour.
* Conspicuous in its absence from the recording was the discussion about how they’re all going on holidays until the end of the year after dropping the bomb on us and celebrating on Monday.