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Unmanagement and Peer-Production
2nd OSEHRA SummitSeptember 6th 2013
Luis Ibanez
Kitware Inc / OSEHRA
Peer-Production
The Manufacturing
Delusion
"Softwareis largely a service industry
operating under the persistent but unfounded delusion
that it is a manufacturing industry."
Eric S. Raymond
Software is Not
a “Product”
Software is never
“Finished”
Software is a platform
for deliveringServices
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rampix/2983350797 CC-BY 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brewbooks/8178924346 CC BY-SA 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vectorportal/4047547668/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pingping/61487666
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nicmcphee/455279239
http://www.flickr.com/photos/goodrob13/2989972965
http://www.flickr.com/photos/perspective/186512550
False !
“Buying Software…”
Pay for a License…
to use the Software
http://www.flickr.com/photos/infusionsoft/4443959260/
Labor Intensive
Knowledge Intensive
KnowledgeGood
CustomerKnowledge…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/officenow/2631534032
In-HouseKnowledge
ExternalKnowledge
Technical
Domain Expertise
Technical+ Domain
Domain + Technical
Cost
Losses
Cost
Inefficiency
InformationLosses
Low Quality
The Sourceof Confusion…
The Software Manufacturing
Delusion
Software “for Sale”
$220 Ba Year
Software“for Use”
$1,400 Ba Year
87%Not for Sale
Tools
Infrastructure
Software is a platform
for deliveringServices
http://www.flickr.com/photos/rampix/2983350797 CC-BY 2.0
http://www.flickr.com/photos/brewbooks/8178924346 CC BY-SA 2.0
70%Failure Rate !
The Solution…
Knowledge
Knowledge
Cost
Losses
Knowledge
Knowledge
Cost
Losses
Knowledge
Knowledge
Knowledge
Knowledge
Knowledge
Knowledge
Labor
Labor
Non-Rival Goods
Non-Rival Goods
Labor
Labor
Labor
Labor
Labor
Labor
Labor
Labor
More and SmarterPeople Outside…
Peer-Production
…beyond theIndustrialRevolution
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pwbaker/280669369
but now…
Means of Production…
Widely Available…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tudor/3283083059
Distributed Production Capacity
Provisioning…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mararie/3313582639
“Cognitive Surplus”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:ClayShirkyJI1.jpg
Clay Shirky
1 Trillion Hours per Year…
200 Billion Hours…watching TV…
200 BillionHoursWatchingTV…
1 TrillionHours
Free Time
per Year
200 Billion Hours
Watching TV…
every year
100 Million Hoursto create Wikipedia
http://www.informationisbeautiful.net/2010/cognitive-surplus-visualized/
10 Million HoursLinux Kernel
2,000Wikipediasper Year…
20,000 Linux Kernelsper Year…
Is This Real ?
5 Million Hours / Day
2 Billion Hours / Year
~ 30%of DoD
Manpower
156 Billion Hours…Gaming…
23xDoD
Manpower
200 BillionHoursWatchingTV…
1 TrillionHours
Free Time per Year
156 BillionHoursPlayingeGames
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mararie/3313582639
Solved Provisioning…
Hundreds…Thousands…
Coordination…
Unmanagement
Coordinate
Educated
MotivatedEnabled
Empowered
Unmanagement
+ Low CostCommunications
Control
Service
Unmanagement
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davegray/6416285423/
http://connectedco.com/
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davegray/6416285269
http://www.flickr.com/photos/davegray/6416285201
Unmanagement
Unmanagement
Unmanagement
“Governing the Commons”
Elinor Ostrom - Nobel - Economics 2009
Conditions forSelf-Governance
Human Psychology
“Trust is Everything”
Elinor Ostrom
“Nobody wants to be a Sucker”
Elinor Ostrom
Shared Goals
Common Principles
Motivation !
“Drive”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/cipd/2595705992/
Dan Pink
Motivations…
(1) Autonomy
(2) Mastery
(3) Purpose
“Gamification”
Work can be Enjoyable…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joi/2662612352
Jane McGonigal
Gamification
Ralph Koster
Satisfying Work…
Getting Better…
Constant Feedback…
PeopleWe Like…
Making Work Enjoyable
UnManagingPeer-Production
Organizations…
Must Be Comfortable…
Letting Goof Control…
Self-Governance
Meritocracy
Community
Labor
Labor
Labor
Labor
Labor
Labor