2021 Open Source Program Trends

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Annual survey of open source program offices returns 1141 completes and is translated into Chinese and Japanese for the first time; results live as a raw CSV on GitHub. Findings show most OSPO activity centers on consumption rather than contribution, a rising share of respondents who don’t know their maturity, about 63% deem OSPOs critical, ~77% report improved development practices, and security and supply‑chain tooling become a growing driver.

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1. 0:00Introduction
2. 1:18Agenda
3. 2:23Methodology
4. 3:27Survey Results
5. 5:08Organizations
6. 6:13Key Findings
7. 6:32Top Responsibilities
8. 8:46Business Alignment
9. 13:44OSPO Success
10. 14:20Improved Software Practices
11. 14:59Streamline License Compliance
12. 15:32Code Quality
13. 15:55Communication
14. 19:41Questions
15. 24:36Phase 2 Survey
16. 26:26Security
17. 28:21Industry

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