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STEVEN DE COSTASteering Group Member

@STARL3N

CKAN FOO

STEVEN DE COSTASteering Group Member

@STARL3N

WHO AM I?

Link Digital Executive Director

CKAN AssociationSteering Group Member

Open Knowledge AustraliaCo-Secretary & Treasurer

Data ShadesFounder

GovHackNational Organiser

AWS User GroupCBR Organiser

STEVEN DE COSTASteering Group Member

@STARL3N

Delivering the world’s best open data management systemThe purpose of the CKAN Association is to support sustainable growth and development of CKAN while also protecting the interests of the CKAN community.

The Association values a healthy and thriving community which continues to deliver the best open data management system in the world.

STATEMENT OF PURPOSE

Community interests, or needs, can be generalised as:1. Users need an enterprise level open data management system tailored to meet their needs

now and into the future.

2. Individual contributors need a project that is rewarding to work for, inclusive and active.

COMMUNITY INTERESTS

Who owns or directly manages the CKAN project? The project, its releases and future direction are cooperatively managed by its community of users and contributors. Association delegates, staff and office holders may be active within the project but will exercise no more or less influence than any other contributor or user.

More information about CKAN and how to contribute can be found at CKAN.org.

DELEGATION TO SERVE AND PROTECT

What is the current structure of the CKAN Association?See http://ckan.org

The steering group carries on a number of business activities.

This includes raising revenue, managing resources and directing projects or programs of activity relevant to the CKAN Association’s statement of purpose.

COMPLETENESS OF PURPOSE

FORMAL MEMBERSHIPS

1. Large installation base of significant platforms

2. Open Source projects favoured by technical influencers, driving adoption

3. Historical association with Open Knowledge adds significant ‘open’ credibility

4. Support via Open Knowledge opens direct and indirect funding support

5. Global awareness of CKAN due to many years in the market

6. CKAN Association is established with strong representatives from three continents

7. Established, experienced and professional technical team

8. Extension model allows for customisations

9. CKAN can be integrated with WordPress or Drupal

10. Free to use

11. A number of private companies now specialise in CKAN services

12. Public roadmap for future features

OUR STRENGTHS

1. Current reliance on Open Knowledge funded contributors

2. Technical debt (python framework needs replacement)

3. Relatively* low activity on roadmap feature development

4. Community and Communications Team lacks resources

5. Technical team is relatively* small

6. Relatively* small number of private companies specialise in CKAN services

* Compare with projects with such significant adoption in enterprises

OUR WEAKNESSES

1. Partnerships within data and civic app sector

2. Many markets where CKAN is being considered

3. Markets are growing

4. CKAN is a technically interesting project for potential contributors

5. Attractive to internal technical teams within Government

6. Use case ‘distributions’ to meet new verticals

7. Use case extensions can increase the value of current installations

8. Regular update releases supporting a vendor community

9. Vendor community can grow awareness, demand and installations of CKAN

10. An effective communications effort can grow awareness of the project

11. A modified license would allow CKAN to be integrated with commercial applications

12. Revenue from formal membership tiers can fund business activities

13. In-kind contributions from formal membership can advance business activities

14. Domain specific working groups can align the project with various global activities and market segments

15. Ensuring broad interoperability to widen use cases and adoption within various solution

16. Direct alignment with OK initiatives, such as OpenSpending, for increasing the value of CKAN

OUR OPPORTUNITIES

1. Alternatives to CKAN could gain in popularity, degrading contributor interest

2. Project is overly reliant on support from Open Knowledge

3. Possibility of user churn out, degrading the user base

4. Supply of enterprise services fails to meet demand for services, killing adoption

5. Project could fork in too many directions if doesn’t evolve to meet user needs over the long term.

6. Contributors churn out, leaving the community without new contributors entering

OUR THREATS

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STEVEN DE COSTASteering Group Member

@STARL3N

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